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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 20.08.2023 Ukraine MOD 20 Aug 2023
• Russian-Occupied Crimea Facing Gasoline Shortages Following Ukrainian Bridge Strike RFE/RL 20 Aug 2023 -- Crimea is facing a shortage of gasoline after Ukraine last month bombed the only bridge connecting the Russian-controlled peninsula to Russia.
• Moscow Briefly Halts Operations At Two Airports As Zelenskiy Visits The Netherlands RFE/RL 20 Aug 2023 -- The authorities in Moscow briefly halted operations at two major airports overnight in response to what officials described as a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian capital, as Ukraine's president arrived in the Netherlands for talks on the delivery of advanced Western fighter jets.
• Ukraine Using Soviet-Era Missiles in Strikes on Russia VOA 20 Aug 2023 -- The British defense ministry said Sunday in its daily report about Russia's invasion of Ukraine that Ukraine is striking deep inside Russia and the leadership of Russia's Aerospace Forces is "highly likely" being pressured to improve its defenses over western Russia.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on a terrorist attack by the Kiev regime Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Aug 2023
• Medvedev warns Russia-Ukraine hostilities could drag on for decades Press TV 20 Aug 2023 -- Russia's Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has warned that hostilities between Russia and Ukraine may end up dragging on for decades, saying the West is bound to end up defeated.
• Russia repels Ukraine drone attack on Moscow as missiles hit gathering of drone makers in Ukrainian city Press TV 20 Aug 2023 -- Russian authorities have reported repelling Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Moscow and another city as Kiev declares a Russian missile strike targeting the venue of Ukrainian drone manufacturers in a northern city.
• Air Defense Prevents Ukrainian Drone Attack on Moscow Sputnik 20 Aug 2023 -- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that on Sunday night, air defense forces stopped a Ukrainian drone flying to Moscow from the south.
• Ukrainian Drone Attacks Railway Station in Russia's Kursk, 5 People Injured Sputnik 20 Aug 2023 -- Kursk Region Governor Roman Starovoit said on Sunday that a Ukrainian drone attacked the building of the railway station, causing five people to be slightly injured.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Coalition Jet Flies Dangerously Close to Russian Fighter in Syria Sputnik 20 Aug 2023 -- An F-35 fighter jet of the US-led coalition operating in Syria flew dangerously close to a Russian Su-35 aircraft near Al-Tanf in southeastern Syria, a senior Russian military official said Sunday.
• Iran Army ground force commander in Russia for bilateral talks IRNA 20 Aug 2023 -- The Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Force, Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari, has arrived in Moscow at the invitation of Russia.
• Iran's Army commander arrives in Moscow for bilateral talks ISNA 20 Aug 2023 -- Iranian Army Ground Forces commander Brigadier General Kiumars Heidari paid a visit to Moscow on Sunday to meet with Russian military officials.

Foreign Policy

• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the anniversary of Russian journalist Darya Dugina's murder by Ukrainian special services Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Aug 2023

News Reports

• Russia's Luna-25 Lunar Probe Crashes Into Moon After Technical Failure RFE/RL 20 Aug 2023 -- Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed onto the surface of the moon on August 20 after spinning into an uncontrollable orbit, the Roskosmos space agency reported, delivering a blow to President Vladimir Putin's space ambitions.
• Russia's Luna-25 Module Experienced Issues Before Pre-Landing Maneuver - Expert Sputnik 20 Aug 2023 -- Some "worrying issues" with Russia's Luna-25 module were detected before it attempted to enter the pre-landing orbit around the Moon, but the decision to postpone the maneuver was not taken, Nathan Eismont, a leading researcher at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Sputnik.
• Luna-25 Station Collided With Moon - Russian Space Agency Sputnik 20 Aug 2023 -- The mission was part of the Russian lunar program for the exploration and practical use of the Moon and its orbit to establish a fully automated lunar base. Luna-25 was expected to become the first station to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, which has difficult terrain, on August 21.
• Russia's Luna-25 Crashes Into Moon VOA 20 Aug 2023 -- Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon.
• Russia Seeks To Seize Power Assets Belonging To One Of Nation's Richest Individuals RFE/RL 20 Aug 2023 -- Russia's Prosecutor General has filed a lawsuit to confiscate a power asset belonging to one of the country's richest men, claiming his purchase of the company five years ago was corrupt, local media reported.
• Russia Supplied 62.7% More LNG to China in January-July 2023 Year to Year Sputnik 20 Aug 2023 -- Russia supplied 4.46 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) worth $2.98 billion to China over January-July 2023, up 62.7% compared to the same period last year, according to data released by China's General Administration of Customs on Sunday.