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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 11.08.2023 Ukraine MOD 11 Aug 2023
• Russian-Occupied Nuclear Plant In Ukraine Reconnected To Main Power Line, Averting Possible Blackout RFE/RL 11 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has been reconnected to its main external power line, state-owned power generating company Enerhoatom said on August 11, averting what officials said was a possible blackout.
• Explosions Over Kyiv, Air Strikes Elsewhere Keep Alert Level High Across Ukraine RFE/RL 11 Aug 2023 -- Explosions over Kyiv on August 11 prompted Mayor Vitali Klitschko to urge residents to stay in air raid shelters as Russian air strikes in the west, south, and east of Ukraine killed and injured more civilians.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Press release on the decisions adopted by Russia, the UK and the United States regarding the de-targeting of strategic nuclear missiles Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Aug 2023

Foreign Policy

• Press release on the current situation in Niger Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Aug 2023
• United States Sanctions Russian Financial Elites and a Russian Business Association US Dept. of State 11 Aug 2023 -- Today, the United States is imposing sanctions on four prominent members of Russia's financial elite who have served on the supervisory board of the Alfa Group Consortium, one of the largest financial and investment conglomerates in Russia.
• Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Russian Elites and a Russian Business Association US Treasury 11 Aug 2023 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a new round of sanctions targeting prominent members of Russia's financial elite, as well as a Russian business association. The four individuals targeted today include Petr Olegovich Aven, Mikhail Maratovich Fridman, German Borisovich Khan, and Alexey Viktorovich Kuzmichev, all of whom have served on the supervisory board of the Alfa Group Consortium ("Alfa Group"), one of the largest financial and investment conglomerates in Russia. These individuals were previously sanctioned by Australia, Canada, the European Union, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.  

News Reports

• Press release on the launch of the Luna 25 automatic station Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Aug 2023
• In His First Public Statement After Latest Conviction, Navalny Slams 'Those Who Lost Russia's Historic Chance' RFE/RL 11 Aug 2023 -- In his first public statement after his latest trial that ended with a conviction and a 19-year sentence on extremism charges last week, Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny lashed out at Russia's post-Soviet ruling class, saying, "I fiercely, madly hate all those who sold, drank away, wasted the historic chance our country had at the beginning of the 1990s."