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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 17.08.2023 Ukraine MOD 17 Aug 2023
• Ukraine Claims Recapture Of Southeastern Village, Russia Says Sea Drone Attack Foiled As Counteroffensive Grinds On RFE/RL 17 Aug 2023 -- Russia military officials claimed a new success in an offensive in the eastern Donetsk region and said two Russian war ships repelled a Ukrainian sea drone in the Black Sea late on August 17 as Ukrainian forces liberated a village amid a slow-moving, weeks-long counteroffensive that has worried some of Kyiv's Western backers.
• Ukraine Claims New Battlefield Advance VOA 17 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine claimed Thursday that its counteroffensive had retaken parts of Russian-controlled land in the southeastern part of the country in a push beyond the newly liberated village of Urozhaine.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- On 17 August 2023 at 22:55, the Ukrainian Armed Forces employed a uncrewed boat to conduct an unsuccessful attack against the ships of the Black Sea Fleet carrying out tasks to control navigation in the south-western part of the Black Sea, 237 km south-west of Sevastopol.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- On 17 August at 22:22 Moscow time, Russia foiled an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using fixed-winged UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- Today at around 9.00 a.m. Moscow time, Russia has foiled an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-winged unmanned aerial vehicle against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Russian Forces Thwart Ukrainian Drone Strikes in Black Sea, Belgorod Region Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- A Ukrainian sea drone on Thursday tried to attack Russian warships in the Black Sea southwest of Sevastopol but was destroyed in a return fire, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
• Kiev Loses Up to 310 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine has lost up to 310 soldiers in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Russian Air Defenses Down Ukrainian Strike Drone Over Belgorod Region - MoD Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- Russian air defense systems have snuffed out a Ukrainian strike drone over the Belgorod Region at about 9 a.m. Moscow time (06:00 GMT) on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• ARMY 2023 IMTF announces development of new radio communication system for UAVs Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- A roundtable on 'Prospects of development of systems and means of communication of complexes with unmanned aerial vehicles' organised by Military Training and Research Centre of the Air Force 'Air Force Academy' specialists took place at the ARMY 2023 IMTF.
• Participants of ARMY 2023 IMTF discuss increasing the speed of procurement Russian Armed Forces Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- On 17 August at ARMY 2023 IMTF as part of the scientific and business programme, a roundtable was held on procurement under the state defence order, including the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
• ARMY 2023 IMTF: Participants discussed specifics of modern international relations Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- The Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre hosted the Interstate Confrontation amid Globalisation and Its Impact on National Defence Control of the Russian Federation roundtable as part of the scientific and business programme of the ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum. The event was organised by the Military Institute (National Defence Control) of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
• Russian Ministry of Defence signed state contracts for more than 400 billion roubles with defence industry companies at ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum Russia MoD 17 Aug 2023 -- Head of the Main Directorate for Innovative Development of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation Major General Aleksandr Osadchuk briefed the journalists on the results of the third day of the ARMY 2023 International Military-Technical Forum.
• Russia's Tu-95 Bombers to Double Power Capacity in 2023 Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- The power capacity of Russia's Tu-95 strategic bombers will be doubled in 2023, Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Oleg Bocharov said on Thursday.
• Russia Develops First 23mm Guided Detonation Munition - Source Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- The first guided detonation munition of the smallest caliber of 23 millimeters (0.9 inches), which will multiply the effectiveness of drone destruction, has been developed in Russia, a source told Sputnik on Thursday.
• Rosoboronexport Inks Arms Export Contracts Worth About $600Mln at Army-2023 Forum Sputnik 17 Aug 2023 -- Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has signed several contracts on exporting weapons amounting to about $600 million at the Army-2023 International Military-Technical Forum, CEO Alexander Mikheev said on Thursday.

Foreign Policy

• President Raeisi, Putin discuss Iran's BRICS membership, bolstering ties Press TV 17 Aug 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have discussed Iran's future membership of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies and possible ways to strengthen economic cooperation.
• PACE's General Rapporteur for political prisoners strongly condemns Alexei Navalny's recent sentencing Council of Europe 17 Aug 2023

News Reports

• Designating Individuals Involved in the Poisoning of Aleksey Navalny US Dept. of State 17 Aug 2023 -- "Today, the United States is designating four Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) operatives, Alexey Alexandrovich Alexandrov, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, Ivan Vladimirovich Osipov, and Vladimir Alexandrovich Panyaev, pursuant to the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 for their involvement in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Aleksey Navalny three years ago this August."
• Treasury Targets Individuals Involved in the Poisoning of Aleksey Navalny US Treasury 17 Aug 2023 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is once again taking action to hold the Government of Russia accountable for its poisoning of Russian opposition politician Aleksey Navalny (Navalny) three years ago on August 20, 2020. Russian authorities imprisoned Navalny upon his return to Russia in January 2021, and on August 4, 2023, a Russian court sentenced Navalny to an additional 19 years in prison on unfounded charges of so-called "extremism." The State Department is also announcing related visa restrictions on the individuals designated today.
• Citing Kremlin's 'Contempt For Human Rights,' U.S. Sanctions Four Russians Linked To FSB In Navalny Poisoning RFE/RL 17 Aug 2023 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on four Russians who it says were involved in the 2020 poisoning of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny.
• US Sanctions 4 Russian Agents in Alexey Navalny Poisoning VOA 17 Aug 2023 -- The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions on four Russian security agents it accused of being involved in the 2020 poisoning of imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny.
• Astana Says Company Sanctioned By U.S. Over North Korea, Russia Deals Defunct Since 2021 RFE/RL 17 Aug 2023 -- Kazakhstan says the company sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) this week over its ties with arms deals between North Korea and Russia has been defunct for more than two years.
• Anne Applebaum: Putin 'Is Really Destroying Modern Russia' RFE/RL 17 Aug 2023 -- Anne Applebaum is a U.S. Pulitzer-Prize winning author who has written several books on Russia and the Soviet Union, including Red Famine: Stalin's War On Ukraine.