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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 01.08.2023 Ukraine MOD 01 Aug 2023
• Doctor Killed In Kherson Hospital Attack After Ukraine Declares Second Air-Raid Alert Within Hours RFE/RL 01 Aug 2023 -- A doctor was killed and several medical workers injured on August 1 as a result of a Russian missile attack on a hospital in Kherson, regional officials said after a second air-raid alert was declared for Kyiv and most of Ukraine.
• Latest in Ukraine: Russia Reports Ukrainian Drone Hits Government Offices in Moscow VOA 01 Aug 2023 -- Russian officials said Tuesday that a Ukrainian drone hit the 21st floor of a high-rise building in Moscow but that the country's air defenses shot down two other drones on the outskirts of the Russian capital.
• Latest in Ukraine: Russia Reports Ukrainian Drone Attack on Moscow VOA 01 Aug 2023 -- Russian officials said Tuesday air defenses shot down several Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow, with the wreckage from one drone striking a high-rise building in the Russian capital.
• Russia views Kiev's attacks on civilian facilities as "acts of desperation": official People's Daily 01 Aug 2023 -- Moscow views Ukrainian attacks on civilian facilities in Russia as "acts of desperation," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
• Russia taking additional security measures to protect civilian infrastructure People's Daily 01 Aug 2023 -- Moscow is taking additional measures to protect civilian infrastructure from Ukrainian attacks, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Monday.
• Russia shoots down drone over Crimea Press TV 01 Aug 2023 -- Russian forces have shot down an Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle (UAV) in the Sevastopol district of Crimea as Ukraine increases its drone attacks on Russian targets.
• Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian 'terrorist' drone attacks on Moscow Press TV 01 Aug 2023 -- Russia declares its air defenses have again thwarted a Ukrainian "terrorist attack" against its capital Moscow using drones, reporting no casualties or significant damages in the aftermath.
• Ukrainian Forces Lose Over 345 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction - Russian MoD Sputnik 01 Aug 2023 -- The Ukrainian military lost over 345 troops in the Donetsk direction in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russia Repulses Ukrainian Drone Boat Attacks Targeting Black Sea Fleet Warships Sputnik 01 Aug 2023 -- Earlier, Russia's patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" repelled an attack of two Ukrainian drone boats, with no member of the ship crew injured as a result of the attempted attack.
• Russian Forces Strike Down Several Ukrainian Drones in Moscow - Defense Ministry Sputnik 01 Aug 2023 -- Several drones deployed by Ukrainian forces in the Moscow region were downed during the early morning hours of Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense has confirmed.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Belarus Received Over 50% of Russian Nuclear Arms Meant for Stationing in Country Sputnik 01 Aug 2023 -- More than half of Russian tactical nuclear weapons that are supposed to be stationed in Belarus have already been delivered and dispersed throughout the country, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.
• Meeting with Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko President of Russia 01 Aug 2023 -- The Speaker of the parliament's upper chamber reported on the Federation Council's performance during the spring session.
• Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces of Russian Federation General of Army Valery Gerasimov inspects forward command post of Group of Forces in Zaporozhye direction Russia MoD 01 Aug 2023 -- In the course of a visit to the special military operation zone, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation General of the Army Valery Gerasimov inspected a forward command post of the Group of Forces in Zaporozhye direction.
• Minister of Defence of Russian Federation hold talks with Algerian People's National Army Chief of Staff Russia MoD 01 Aug 2023 -- The head of the Russian military department noted that Russian-Algerian ties are developing particularly dynamically and positively.

Foreign Policy

• ICC Expresses 'Deep Concern' Over Russian Arrest Warrant For Judge RFE/RL 01 Aug 2023 -- The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has expressed "deep concern" over Russia's issuance of arrest warrants for several court officials, including one of its judges.
• Embassy operations of Iceland in Moscow suspended "Government of Iceland 01 Aug 2023 -- Operations of the Embassy of Iceland in Moscow have been suspended as of today. Countries represented by the embassy will be covered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland.

News Reports

• Associates Of Notorious Russian Ultranationalist Handed Lengthy Prison Terms RFE/RL 01 Aug 2023 -- A Russian court has sentenced six associates of the late Maksim Martsinkevich, a notorious Russian ultranationalist who died while in detention in 2020, on charges of murder motivated by ethnic hatred to prison terms between eight and 15 years.
• Kazakhstan Refuses To Extradite Russian IT Expert To U.S., Russian Diplomat Says RFE/RL 01 Aug 2023 -- An official at the Russian General Consulate in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, said on August 1 that Kazakh authorities have decided not to extradite Russian IT expert Nikita Kislitsin to the United States.
• Russia to Produce 18 MC-21, Over 40 Superjet New Aircraft by 2026 - UAC Sputnik 01 Aug 2023 -- Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will produce 18 MC-21 aircraft and more than 40 new-generation Sukhoi Superjet aircraft by 2026, Andrey Boginsky, UAC deputy director general for civil aviation, told Sputnik.