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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 10.09.2023 Ukraine MOD 10 Sep 2023
• Two Foreign Aid Workers Killed In Ukraine As Russian Drones Target Kyiv RFE/RL 10 Sep 2023 -- Two foreign aid workers were killed and two others wounded in eastern Ukraine, officials said on September 10, hours after at least one person was injured in fresh Russian air strikes on the capital, Kyiv.
• Russia air defenses down eight Ukrainian drones over Black Sea near Crimea Press TV 10 Sep 2023 -- The Russian Defense Ministry says the country's air defenses have shot down eight Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula.
• Russian Air Defense Destroys 2 Ukrainian Drones Over Belgorod Region Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Two Ukrainian drones were shot down by the Russian armed forces over Russia's Belgorod Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• United Russia Party Wins Local Elections in LPR, Kherson, Zaporozhye Regions Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Russia's ruling United Russia party scored a landslide victory in local elections in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, election commissions said on Sunday after counting all ballots.
• Senior Russian Lawmaker Says West's Plans Failed as New Russian Regions Held Local Votes Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Russian parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Sunday that Washington and Brussels failed to disrupt local elections in the four recently-converted Russian regions, adding that the high voter turnout speaks to the residents' desire to have a say in the future of their regions.
• Ukraine Loses 340 Troops in Donetsk, Zaporozhye Directions - MoD Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 340 troops in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions over the past 24 hours, with the Russian army repelling eight attacks, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
• Erdogan Warns Any Grain Route Plans Leaving Out Russia Bound to Fail Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Ankara is placing enormous importance on ensuring food security in Africa, but any alternatives to the grain deal that exclude Russia's participation are bound to fail, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cautioned on Sunday.
• Ukrainian Drone Shot Down Over Russia's Bryansk Region - MoD Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Earlier in the day, the defense ministry said that Russian air defenses destroyed eight Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea near Crimea.
• Russian Aircraft Destroy Three US-Made Boats Near Zmeiny (Snake) Island Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Russian naval aviation aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed three boats with a landing force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Zmeiny (Snake) Island, which were heading toward Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
• Russia Destroys 8 Ukrainian Drones Over Black Sea Near Crimea Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Russian air defenses destroyed eight Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea near Crimea early on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia's Regions Boost Spending By Half On Security Services, Police Amid Growing Repression RFE/RL 10 Sep 2023 -- Russia's regions have ramped up spending this year on national security and law enforcement as the state intensifies its crackdown on any form of dissent amid a failing war, according to a new report.
• Over 100 terrorists killed in joint Syrian-Russian military operations in Idlib Press TV 10 Sep 2023 -- At least 111 foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists have been killed and 80 others wounded after Syrian and Russian forces jointly carried out a string of strikes against terrorist bastions in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with Interim President of Mali Assimi Goïta President of Russia 10 Sep 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Interim President of the Republic of Mali Assimi Goïta at the latter's initiative.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions following the G20 Summit, New Delhi, September 10, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Sep 2023
• West failed to promote anti-Russia agenda of India's G20 summit: Lavrov Press TV 10 Sep 2023 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the West failed to make the recent meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) in the Indian capital of New Delhi revolve around the Ukraine conflict thanks to the consolidated position of developing countries.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from Russian Party Leader KCNA 10 Sep 2023 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), received a message of greeting from G. A. Zyuganov, chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, on September 6.
• "We have been making intense efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 10 Sep 2023 -- Holding a press conference following the G20 Summit in New Delhi, President Erdoğan said: "We have been making intense efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, which has cost millions of lives. We have undertaken many diplomatic moves ranging from the Istanbul Process, which brought the sides together around the same table, to the prisoner exchange and Black Sea Initiative."

News Reports

• Guard At One Of Putin's Palaces Flees To Ecuador, Criticizes War And Kremlin Leader RFE/RL 10 Sep 2023 -- A guard at one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's residences in occupied Crimea has fled to Ecuador, calling the Kremlin leader a war criminal.
• Sobyanin Receives Over 2Mln Votes in Moscow Mayoral Election After Preliminary Vote Count Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Sergei Sobyanin received more than 2 million votes in the Moscow mayoral election according to preliminary results, a mayor's office official said on Sunday.
• Russian Trade Said To Be Surging, Approaching Prewar Levels, Despite Sweeping Sanctions RFE/RL 10 Sep 2023 -- Trade at Russia's three largest ports has been surging and is approaching prewar levels despite sweeping sanctions by the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies, according to a new report.
• Russian Energy Ministry Sticks to LNG Output Target of 140Mln Tonnes by 2035 Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov told Sputnik that his ministry remains committed to a target level of domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) production at 140 million tonnes by 2035, describing anything above this mark as unfeasible.
• LNG Exports From Russia Increased by Several Percent Since Year Start Sputnik 10 Sep 2023 -- Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia have already increased by several percent since the year start, Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov said in an interview with Sputnik at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).