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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 05.09.2023 Ukraine MOD 05 Sep 2023
• Zelenskiy Returns From Visits With Ukrainian Brigades Saying Soldiers' Requests Will Be Addressed RFE/RL 05 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has returned to Kyiv after two days in eastern and southern Ukraine for meetings with commanders and Ukrainian troops to hear their requests, which he said would be passed on to top generals and other officials and addressed.
• Romanian President Says Russian Attacks Have Come Close But Haven't Hit His Country RFE/RL 05 Sep 2023 -- Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on September 5 said attacks are occurring close to Romania's border with Ukraine but no drone or other device landed in Romania during a weekend attack by Russian forces on Ukrainian port infrastructure.
• Ukrainian Military Staff Will Hear Issues Raised By Soldiers, Zelenskiy Says RFE/RL 05 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says issues raised during his meetings with soldiers who have battled on the front line will be considered by top Ukrainian military officials.
• Putin Declines to Renew Black Sea Grain Initiative VOA 05 Sep 2023 -- Talks between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ended without an agreement to restart a deal under which Russia provided safe passage to ships moving grain across the Black Sea, including ships leaving from Ukrainian ports.
• Russia says it downed Ukraine's drones heading for Moscow Press TV 05 Sep 2023 -- Russia says its air defense systems shot down at least three Ukraine-launched drones that were heading toward Moscow.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 05 Sep 2023 -- On the morning of 5 September, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 05 Sep 2023 -- On the morning of 5 September, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 05 Sep 2023 -- On the morning of 5 September, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 05 Sep 2023 -- On 5 September at about 03:00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled.
• UK-Made Challenger 2 Tank Got First Taste of Combat in Ukraine - and Failed Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- The Challenger 2 was destroyed in combat in Ukraine for the first time. Britain provided the Kiev regime with 14 such tanks for frontline breakthroughs.
• Finnish Arms Manufacturer Mulls Partly Relocating Production to Ukraine - Report Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- Finland has already sent military assistance to Ukraine worth almost $1.4 billion since the start of the Russian special operation. Moscow has repeatedly warned that such assistance will add to prolonging the Ukraine conflict.
• Ukraine Fails to Achieve Its Goals in Three Months of Counteroffensive - Shoigu Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported on the progress of special military operation and shared his opinion on so-called Ukrainian counteroffensive.
• Russian Air Defense Systems Down Ukrainian Drone Over Crimea Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- Russian air defense systems have shot down a Ukrainian aircraft-type drone over Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russian Forces Repel 3 Attacks in Kupyansk Direction, Destroy More Drones Headed To Moscow - MoD Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- Russian forces have repelled three attacks of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kupyansk direction, spokesman of Russia's Zapad Group of Forces Sergei Zybinskii told Sputnik.
• Russian Air Defense Destroys Drones in Kaluga, Moscow Regions - Moscow Mayor Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- Russian air defense forces destroyed drones in the Kaluga and Moscow regions that were trying to attack Moscow overnight, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday.
• Ukrainian Sabotage Group Prevented From Entering Russia's Bryansk Region - Governor Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- A Ukrainian sabotage group was prevented from infiltrating the border area of Russia's Bryansk region, governor Alexander Bogomaz said on Monday.
• Russia's Shifting Public Opinion on the War in Ukraine VOA 05 Sep 2023 -- Vladimir Putin's Russia has sharply constricted the space for free expression in recent years, but some independent pollsters who fled the country have not abandoned their work.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Minister of Defence holds teleconference with tleadership of Russian Armed Forces Russia MoD 05 Sep 2023
• Russian Hypersonic Missiles Carrier Frigate to Conduct Exercises in Atlantic Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- Russia's Admiral Gorshkov frigate carrying Zircon hypersonic missiles will conduct series of exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Foreign Policy

• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, September 5, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Sep 2023
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's participation in the upcoming 18th East Asia Summit Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Sep 2023
• Putin Says Russophobia, Neo-Nazism Become Norm in Ukraine, Baltic States Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- The Russian leader noted on Tuesday that the country confronts ideological descendants of Nazi criminals in Ukraine, stressing that they are the real enemy of Russia, and not the common people terrorized by the radicals.
• Kremlin Not Confirming Reports on Meeting Between Putin, North Korean Leader in Russia Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov shared Moscow's opinion on key issues of foreign and global policy.
• Russia has increasingly used this Council as a platform for propaganda and disinformation: UK statement at the Security Council UK FCDO 05 Sep 2023 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Working Methods of the Security Council.

News Reports

• Russia's 'General Armageddon,' Not Seen Since Wagner Mutiny, Reappears In Telegram Photo RFE/RL 05 Sep 2023 -- General Sergei Surovikin, who has not been seen publicly since the June mutiny by Wagner Group mercenaries, has reappeared in a new photograph online, adding further mystery to the fate of the Russian commander.
• Francis Fukuyama Says Russia's Weakening Would Embolden Central Asia, Present Opportunities RFE/RL 05 Sep 2023 -- Renowned U.S. political scientist and philosopher Francis Fukuyama says a diminished Russia due to losses in the Ukraine war would remove any territorial threats to Kazakhstan and give Central Asian countries more opportunities to set their own policies.
• Russia to Extend Voluntary Cut in Oil Exports by 300,000 Bpd Until Year-End Sputnik 05 Sep 2023 -- Russia will extend its voluntary cut in oil exports by 300,000 barrels per day until the end of 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.