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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 22.07.2023 Ukraine MOD 22 Jul 2023
• Kyiv Strikes Occupied Crimea, Suspending Bridge Traffic, As Russian Shelling Kills Seven RFE/RL 22 Jul 2023 -- Ukrainian troops struck an oil depot and an ammunition warehouse of the Russian Army in Russian-annexed Crimea, the Ukrainian military's communications department confirmed on July 22.
• Ukraine drone attack in Crimea prompts mass evacuation, brief bridge closure Press TV 22 Jul 2023 -- A Ukrainian drone attack at infrastructure facilities in Crimea has sparked mass evacuations and briefly suspended road traffic on the bridge linking the peninsula to Russia, according to the regional governor of Crime.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the murder of Russian journalist Rostislav Zhuravlyov by Kiev militants Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Jul 2023
• Europe's support for Ukraine serves U.S. interests, weakens itself: Putin People's Daily 22 Jul 2023 -- Europeans are seeing that providing ceaseless support to Ukraine does not serve their own interests, but only benefits the United States, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
• Russian journalist killed by US cluster bombs in 'heinous' crime in Ukraine: Moscow Press TV 22 Jul 2023 -- A Russian journalist has been killed by cluster munitions in what Moscow denounced as a "heinous, premeditated crime" committed by Western powers and Ukraine.
• White House Admits Kiev Forces Take Serious Losses Amid 'Hard Going Counteroffensive' Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- About one and a half months after the launch of the much-hyped Ukrainian "counteroffensive," Kiev's Western sponsors have begun to grudgingly admit that Ukrainian forces have not fared well on the battlefield.
• US Crossing 'Moral Red Lines' by Supplying Kiev With Cluster Munitions - Russian UN Envoy Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- The United States is crossing "all moral red lines" by supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions that killed Sputnik war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev and injured, among others, the news agency's photojournalist, Konstantin Mikhalchevsky, Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyanskiy said on Saturday.
• Sputnik Journalist Dies From Cluster Bomb Wounds During Evacuation - Russian Defense Ministry Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- The Russian Defense Ministry said that four journalists received wounds of varying degrees of severity as a result of the Ukrainian strike with cluster munitions.
• About 4,990 Foreign Fighters Killed by Russian Forces Since Beginning of Military Op in Ukraine Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that Kiev has intensified recruitment of mercenaries to hide heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during long-advertized counteroffensive. Ukraine is trying to recruit fighters in the US and Canada, including with the help of the CIA, as well as in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
• Ukraine Attacks Village in Russia's Belgorod Region With Cluster Munitions Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- Earlier this week, White House National security spokesman John Kirby said that Ukraine has started using cluster munitions, adding that Kiev was using them "appropriately".
• Evacuation Announced After UAV Attack Causes Explosion in Crimea Sputnik 22 Jul 2023 -- An explosion occurred at an ammunition depot in Crimea after a drone strike, the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov said on Saturday, adding that preliminary information suggests nobody was injured in the incident.

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Foreign Policy

• Erdogan Looks West. What Does It Mean For Putin? RFE/RL 22 Jul 2023 -- In the lead-up to his toughest election battle in two decades, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not hesitate to bash Western allies and principles, seeking to bolster support from conservative and nationalist voters and distract them from his dismal economic record in recent years.

News Reports

• Girkin Associate Briefly Detained In Moscow RFE/RL 22 Jul 2023 -- Pavel Gubarev, an associate of Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), the former military commander of Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine who was sent to pretrial detention following his criticism of President Vladimir Putin, was briefly detained by security forces in Moscow on July 21 after picketing the Meshchansky district court building to demand Girkin's release.