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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 06.08.2023 Ukraine MOD 06 Aug 2023
• Moscow Again Closes Major Airport, As Ukraine Reports Massive Overnight Air Strikes RFE/RL 06 Aug 2023 -- For the second time in the last week, Moscow's Vnukovo airport was temporarily closed on August 6 after Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that a drone strike on the Russian capital had been parried.
• Russia hits Ukraine's aeronautics company after its tanker attacked in Black Sea Press TV 06 Aug 2023 -- Russia has hit a key Ukrainian aeronautics company with hypersonic missiles just a day after Ukraine staged a drone strike against a Russian tanker in the Black Sea.
• Russia: West's efforts to mobilize Global South behind Ukraine's 'peace formula' doomed to failure Press TV 06 Aug 2023 -- Russia has strongly criticized the efforts made by the West to mobilize the international community behind a peace plan proposed by Ukraine, saying such efforts are doomed to failure.
• Russia repels Ukraine drone attacks, launches retaliatory air strikes Press TV 06 Aug 2023 -- Russia on Sunday repelled Ukraine's latest drone attacks and launched a multi-wave overnight retaliatory operation against targets in Ukraine.
• Ukraine shells civilian targets in Donetsk with cluster bombs twice in a day: Report Press TV 06 Aug 2023 -- Ukrainian armed forces shelled civilian targets, including a university, in the Russian-controlled Donetsk City with banned cluster munitions twice on Saturday, according to a report.
• Russia's Medvedev slams Kiev's drone attacks on Black Sea tanker, vows reprisal raids Press TV 06 Aug 2023 -- Russia's senior national security official and ex-president has suggested further reprisal attacks in western Ukraine in response to Kiev's recent drone raids against cities and a chemical tanker in the Black Sea threatening an environmental disaster, saying Kiev only understands language of "cruelty and force."
• Ukrainian Forces Terrorize Civilians by Striking Bridges, School Sputnik 06 Aug 2023 -- Unable to attain tangible success during its so-called counteroffensive, the regime in Kiev has resorted to its tried and tested tactic of attacking civilian targets in Russia.
• Ukrainian Drone Destroyed in Moscow Region - Russian Defense Ministry Sputnik 06 Aug 2023 -- No casualties or damage occurred as a result of the foiled terrorist attack, the ministry added
• Russia Repels Drone Attack in Bryansk Region Sputnik 06 Aug 2023 -- Russian air defense has destroyed two aircraft-type drones over the Karachevsky district of the Bryansk region, governor Alexander Bogomaz said on Sunday, adding that there were no casualties.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia Accuses US-Led Coalition in Syria of Dangerous Drone Fly-Bys Sputnik 06 Aug 2023 -- A senior Russian military official at the Syrian reconciliation center accused the US-led coalition on Sunday of flying its drones dangerously close to Russian fighter jets over Syria.

Foreign Policy

• Human Rights situation in Russia Council of Europe 06 Aug 2023 -- Statement by Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić
• US Northern Command Denies Russian-Chinese Naval Patrol Entered Alaskan Waters Sputnik 06 Aug 2023 -- The US Northern Command has denied in a response to a Sputnik query there was an incursion by a joint Russian-Chinese naval patrol after Republican senators suggested as much on Saturday.
• 15th anniversary of armed conflict between Georgia and Russia Council of Europe 06 Aug 2023 -- Statement by Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić

News Reports

• Kremlin Spokesman Calls Presidential Election 'Costly Bureaucracy' In Rare Honest Assessment RFE/RL 06 Aug 2023 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov appeared to disparage the state of Russian democracy, a rare honest assessment from a man who has spent years spinning truths about elections and freedom at home.