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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Zelenskiy Vows More Ukrainian Action Against Russia After Strike On Black Sea Fleet RFE/RL 26 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed new Ukrainian action against Russia following a missile strike last week against Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters that Kyiv said killed nearly three dozen officers, including its top commander.
• Russia: US Abrams tanks, ATACMS won't change battlefield situation for Ukraine Press TV 26 Sep 2023 -- Russia says US Abrams tanks will "burn" in Ukraine, stressing that these tanks and ATACMS long-range missiles will not help Kiev to change the situation on the battlefield.
• Russian commander shown at meeting after Ukraine claimed it killed him Press TV 26 Sep 2023 -- Russian Black Sea Fleet commander Viktor Sokolov has appeared at a meeting in footage released by the country's defense ministry, a day after Ukraine claimed to have killed him in a missile strike.
• Abrams Will Be Ukraine's 'Potent Deterrent' Despite Kiev's Tepid Assessment - Pentagon Sputnik 26 Sep 2023 -- The Pentagon stated that Abrams tanks would become Kiev's "potent deterrent" and allow Ukraine to be more effective the on battlefield, despite less enthusiastic assessments by the Ukrainian leadership.
• Abrams' Achilles Heel: How Russia Will Deal With American Tanks in Ukraine Sputnik 26 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian officials announced on Monday that the first batch of the 31 promised M1 Abrams main battle tanks had arrived in the country. What tools does Russia have at its disposal to dispatch with the American-made armor? Sputnik did some digging to find out.
• Russian Forces Destroyed Over 17,000 Ukrainian Military in September - Shoigu Sputnik 26 Sep 2023 -- The Ukrainian counteroffensive began on June 4. Kiev has thrown into battle brigades trained by NATO instructors and armed with Western equipment, including Leopard and Challenger tanks. Three months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had failed.
• Ukrainian Drone Drops Explosives on Power Substation in Russia's Kursk Region - Governor Sputnik 26 Sep 2023 -- A Ukrainian drone has dropped explosives on a power substation in Russia's Kursk Region, leaving seven settlements without power, Kursk Region Governor Roman Starovoit said on Tuesday, adding that no one was injured.
• US Reconnaissance Flights Near Crimea Tripled Since Start of Year Sputnik 26 Sep 2023 -- On Friday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that a missile strike on Sevastopol damaged the historic building of the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
• Russian Air Defense Shoots Down Ukrainian Drone Over Kursk Region - Defense Ministry Sputnik 26 Sep 2023 -- Air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian fixed-wing drone over the territory of Russia's Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Polish Investigators Confirm Ukraine Fired Missile Found in Poland Last Fall - Reports Sputnik 26 Sep 2023 -- Polish investigators have confirmed the missile which fell on the territory of Poland last fall and killed two people was fired by Ukraine, a Polish newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Defence Ministry Extended Board session takes place in Moscow Russia MoD 26 Sep 2023 -- Today, the National Centre for State Defence Control has hosted the Defence Ministry Extended Board session chaired by Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu.

Foreign Policy

• Russia places ICC president on Wanted list People's Daily 26 Sep 2023 -- The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has placed President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Piotr Hofmanski on the country's wanted list, local media reported Monday.
• Telephone conversation with President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi President of Russia 26 Sep 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi at the Iranian side's initiative.
• Raeisi, Putin discuss Iran-Russia relations, censure foreign meddling in regional affairs Press TV 26 Sep 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have discussed the expansion of Tehran-Moscow ties and the latest developments in the region, stressing the necessity of preventing foreign interference in regional issues.
• Russia: Armenian PM Pashinyan 'succumbed to Western influence' Press TV 26 Sep 2023 -- The Russian foreign ministry says Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's latest remarks on distancing his country from its alliance with Moscow are aimed at shifting blame for his failures onto Moscow while submitting to Western pressure was behind the "severe" defeat in Karabakh.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions at a joint news conference with Minister for Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad of the Republic of Tunisia Nabil Ammar following talks, Moscow, September 26, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Sep 2023
• It is not a good use of time for the Security Council to prejudge the outcome of Nord Stream investigations: UK statement at the Security Council UK FCDO 26 Sep 2023 -- Statement by UK Political Coordinator Fergus Eckersley at the UN Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security.

News Reports

• Five Bulgarians Charged With Spying For Russia Remanded In Custody By London Court RFE/RL 26 Sep 2023 -- Five Bulgarian nationals charged in the U.K. with spying for Russia appeared in a London court on September 26 and were remanded in custody until their next hearing in mid-October.
• North Koreans in Russia received scant medical care during pandemic Radio Free Asia 26 Sep 2023 -- North Korean workers in Russia who contracted serious diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic were unable to receive proper medical treatment, nor were they able to return to North Korea, according to an internal document seen by Radio Free Asia.
• Russian Court Rejects Navalny's Appeal Against His 19-Year Prison Term RFE/RL 26 Sep 2023 -- A Russian court has rejected Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny's appeal against a decision to imprison him on extremism charges for almost two decades.