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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 25.08.2023 Ukraine MOD 25 Aug 2023
• Russia Reinforcing Troops Ahead Of Renewed Offensive In 'Tense' East, Ukrainian General Says RFE/RL 25 Aug 2023 -- Russian forces are regrouping and sending in reinforcements in preparation of resuming their offensive in the east of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskiy, commander of Ukraine's ground forces, said on August 25.
• Russia Preparing for New Push in Eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian General Says VOA 25 Aug 2023 -- Russia is getting ready to go on the offensive again in the Moscow-controlled eastern part of Ukraine, said Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian military's ground forces.
• Russia Claims to Have Shot Down 42 Ukrainian Drones VOA 25 Aug 2023 -- Russia said early Friday that it has downed dozens of drones launched from Ukraine.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's article "Dead soil: Western depleted uranium munitions make Ukraine uninhabitable," Komsomolskaya Pravda, August 25, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Aug 2023
• Russia says thwarted 73 Ukrainian drone attacks in 24 hours Press TV 25 Aug 2023 -- Russia says its air defense has thwarted 73 drone attacks by the Ukrainian side in several regions in a space of 24 hours.
• Russian Foreign Ministry Warns Moldova Against Carrying Ukraine Support Too Far Sputnik 25 Aug 2023 -- Moldova should beware of overplaying its support for Ukraine to the point of becoming an accomplice to the crimes committed by the Ukrainian military, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Friday.
• Russian Forces Obliterate Ukrainian Assault Units in Rabotino Sputnik 25 Aug 2023 -- Assault units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that managed to reach the first line of defense in the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region were completely annihilated by Russian forces, Yevgeny Balitsky, the acting governor of the Zaporozhye region, wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday.
• Ukraine Loses About 310 Soldiers in Donetsk, Kupyansk Directions - MoD Sputnik 25 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine has lost about 310 soldiers in the Donetsk and Kupyansk directions in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
• Russian Air Defense Systems Intercept Ukrainian UAV Over Kaluga Region - MoD Sputnik 25 Aug 2023 -- Earlier in the day, the Kaluga regional authorities said that a drone was destroyed by air defense systems, adding that there are no casualties or damage.

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• Kremlin Claims It Wasn't Involved In Plane Crash Believed To Have Killed Wagner Boss RFE/RL 25 Aug 2023 -- The Kremlin has denied any involvement in the plane crash near Moscow that is believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group that ran afoul of President Vladimir Putin by launching a short-lived mutiny against Russia's top army brass over how the war against Ukraine was being conducted.
• 'Message Sent': Russian Elite, Nationalists On Notice After Prigozhin's Presumed Death RFE/RL 25 Aug 2023 -- After the Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin led an abortive rebellion this summer that posed the greatest challenge to President Vladimir Putin's 24-year grip on power, many experts said the billionaire Kremlin insider now had a target on his back.
• Lukashenko Says Prigozhin Never Asked Him for Security Guarantees Sputnik 25 Aug 2023 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that Wagner Group private military company (PMC) leader Yevgeny Prigozhin had never asked him for security guarantees.
• Wagner chief believed killed in plane crash near Moscow People's Daily 25 Aug 2023 -- Russia's Federal Agency for Air Transport has confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner military group, was on the passenger list for a plane that crashed near Moscow on Wednesday.
• EU Parliament Member Urges Kyrgyz Compliance With Sanctions Against Russia RFE/RL 25 Aug 2023 -- The European Parliament's Foreign Committee chair David McAllister has urged Kyrgyzstan to ensure compliance with international sanctions against Russia amid growing concerns countries in Central Asia are being used to bypass the measures.
• The Week In Russia: 'Force And Fear' And A Fiery Crash RFE/RL 25 Aug 2023 -- Signs of the times: The Sakharov Center is shut, suspicions settle on the Kremlin as Wagner mercenary group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead in a plane crash, and Ukraine celebrates the independence it is guarding from relentless Russian attacks.