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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 28.09.2023 Ukraine MOD 28 Sep 2023
• NATO Chief Says Ukraine 'Gradually Gaining Ground' As Kyiv Repels Massive Russian Drone Barrage RFE/RL 28 Sep 2023 -- Ukrainian forces were "gradually gaining ground" in their counteroffensive against Russian invaders, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said during a previously unannounced visit to Kyiv on September 28, hours after the Ukrainian military said it had repelled a massive wave of Russian drone attacks on southern Ukraine.
• Stoltenberg Says Ukrainian Forces 'Gradually Gaining Ground' VOA 28 Sep 2023 -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Ukrainian forces are "gradually gaining ground" in the face of fierce fighting and that he is constantly urging allies to provide more aid, boost defense production and speed up arms deliveries to Ukraine.
• Secretary General in Kyiv: Ukraine is closer to NATO than ever before NATO 28 Sep 2023 -- Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kyiv on Thursday (28 September 2023), underscoring NATO's powerful support for Ukraine in talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his government.
• Russia plans funneling massive resources into Ukraine offensive to fight 'hybrid war' Press TV 28 Sep 2023 -- Russia has unveiled its plan to funnel massive resources into its Ukraine offensive to fight what it calls a "hybrid war" unleashed by the West, particularly the United States.
• Russia says Ukraine's Western allies helped Kiev with last week's Crimea missile attack Press TV 28 Sep 2023 -- Moscow says Ukraine's Western allies coordinated along with Kiev last week's attack on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean Peninsula.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 28 Sep 2023 -- On 28 September at around 1.00 p.m., the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 28 Sep 2023 -- On 28 September at around 11.00 a.m. Moscow time, another 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 has been foiled.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 28 Sep 2023 -- 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 has been foiled this morning.
• Ukraine Loses 230 Troops in Donetsk, Zaporozhye Directions in Past Day Sputnik 28 Sep 2023 -- Ukraine has lost about 230 servicemen in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with newly elected regional heads President of Russia 28 Sep 2023 -- The President had a videoconference with 26 newly elected heads of Russian regions.
• Meeting with Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov President of Russia 28 Sep 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov.
• Chechen Leader Kadyrov Assures Putin That Special Op Fighters Will Fully Fulfill His Orders Sputnik 28 Sep 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ramzan Kadyrov in the Kremlin, where the president and the head of Chechnya discussed the situation in the republic, the social sphere, and the participation of Chechen fighters in the special military operation.
• Russia to closely monitor U.S. plans to deploy INF-banned weapons in Europe People's Daily 28 Sep 2023 -- Moscow will closely monitor U.S. steps to deploy weapons systems previously banned by the arms-control Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in Europe, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.
• Russian Aerospace Force Receives New Su-57 Multirole Fighter Jets Sputnik 28 Sep 2023 -- In August, during a meeting with Rostec chief executive Sergei Chemezov, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for an increase in the share of production of the latest weapons, noting that the Su-57 and Su-35 fighters had "proved themselves perfectly".
• Russia Needs to Boost Defense Spending to Counter Hybrid War - Kremlin Sputnik 28 Sep 2023 -- An increase in defense spending is necessary for Russia, as the country is living in a state of hybrid war deployed against it, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
• Baltic Fleet's anti-submarine ships launch planned exercise Russia MoD 28 Sep 2023 -- A hunter-killer task force has proceeded to an exercise to search for and destroy an enemy submarine at the Baltic Fleet's maritime training range.
• Baltic Fleet's ships conduct air defence exercise in naval station Russia MoD 28 Sep 2023 -- Ships of the Baltic Naval Base and the Baltic Fleet's surface formation conducted a planned air defence exercise in the Baltiysk home station.
• ADMM Plus exercise: participants prepare concept and plan of joint counterterrorism operation Russia MoD 28 Sep 2023 -- The first stage of a joint international anti-terrorist exercise between military formations of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the armed forces of the member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ADMM Plus dialogue partners has been completed in Primorsky Krai.
• Russia's Harsh Prison System Is 'A Bottomless Reservoir Of Mercenaries,' Says Rights Advocate RFE/RL 28 Sep 2023 -- In the summer of 2022, Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeny Prigozhin - who was killed in a suspicious plane crash in August, exactly two months after leading a brief mutiny against Russian military authorities - began recruiting convicts in Russian prisons to fight in Ukraine. Within weeks, he had sent tens of thousands of them into some of the bloodiest fighting of Moscow's invasion, particularly in the area around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with TASS News Agency, Moscow, September 28, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Sep 2023
• Analysis: Xi and Putin to Meet as Allies Despite Differences VOA 28 Sep 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in October on the sidelines of China's Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
• Kazakh President Assures Germany His Country Follows Sanctions Regime Against Russia RFE/RL 28 Sep 2023 -- Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev says his country will not help Russia circumvent Western sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine amid suspicions that Moscow is still receiving goods via Central Asian nations.
• Russia-South Sudan talks President of Russia 28 Sep 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held talks at the Kremlin with President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir, now paying an official visit to Russia.

News Reports

• Rosatom Says Fulfilling Obligations Under Contracts on Uranium With Foreign Customers Sputnik 28 Sep 2023 -- Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom told Sputnik on Thursday that it is fulfilling obligations under contracts with foreign customers on the supply of uranium in full.
• Payments in National Currencies Between Russia, India Up 5 Times in 2023 Year-on-Year - Sberbank Sputnik 28 Sep 2023 -- Settlements in national currencies between Russia and India have grown five-fold in monetary terms in 2023 year-on-year, while the average transaction amount in the first half of the year has increased by 83%, deputy chairman of Sberbank's executive board Anatoly Popov said.