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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 07.10.2023 Ukraine MOD 07 Oct 2023
• Ukraine Reports Small Advances In East As Russian Air Strikes Continue RFE/RL 07 Oct 2023 -- Russia carried out dozens of air strikes against Ukraine during the night of October 6-7, as Ukraine's military reported continued slow progress in its ongoing counteroffensive.
• Russia Escalates Nuclear Rhetoric to Influence Ukraine Support VOA 07 Oct 2023 -- Russia's new silo-based intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile system is nearly combat-ready, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Saturday, after he inspected the manufacture of Sarmat missiles, one of Russia's most advanced weapons, according to Reuters.
• Russian Air Defense Systems Destroy Ukrainian S-200 Missile Flying to Crimea Sputnik 07 Oct 2023 -- Russian air defense systems have destroyed a Ukrainian S-200 long-range missile converted into a strike version that was intended for targeting Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Ukraine Lost Almost 200 Troops in Donetsk Direction in Past Day Sputnik 07 Oct 2023 -- In the Donetsk direction, the South group of the Russian armed forces repulsed 3 attacks of the Ukrainian army over the day and the enemy lost up to 190 servicepeople and 5 units of equipment, including one US-made M777 howitzer, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Russian Air Defenses Destroy 3 Tochka-U Missiles Over Belgorod Region Sputnik 07 Oct 2023 -- Russian air defense thwarted a Ukrainian attempt to strike the Belgorod Region using Tochka-U missiles, as all three of them were shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Ukraine Loses About 60 Soldiers As Russia Repels 7 Attacks Sputnik 07 Oct 2023 -- Ukraine has lost about 60 servicemen as Russia has repelled seven attacks by the Kiev regime in the Krasny Liman direction, Alexander Savchuk, a spokesman for Russia's Center group of troops, told Sputnik.

Defense Policy / Programs

• No More Coaxing Convicts. Russia's Defense Ministry Wants To Change The Law To Permit Drafting Prisoners. RFE/RL 07 Oct 2023 -- By the time Russian Defense Ministry recruiters arrived at penitentiary IK-29 in the far northern region of Arkhangelsk in April, Artyom Bunyatov had already turned down two previous pitches by mercenary group representatives urging him to serve on the front lines in Ukraine in exchange for his freedom.
• Russian MoD Announced Equipping 1st Missile Regiment With Sarmat Sputnik 07 Oct 2023 -- The first missiles of the Sarmat strategic missile system will be put on combat duty in the very near future after their production at the JSC Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant (Krasmash) is completed, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Russia Monitoring Situation With NATO's Military Activity - Moscow Sputnik 07 Oct 2023 -- Russia is monitoring the situation with NATO's military activity in Europe to plan a response, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.
• Russia won't resume nuclear tests despite possible retreat from CTBT: Kremlin People's Daily 07 Oct 2023 -- Russia's potential withdrawal from the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) will not imply that the country will restore nuclear tests, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
• Russian fighter intercepts U.S. patrol plane over Norwegian Sea People's Daily 07 Oct 2023 -- A Russian MIG-31 was scrambled to intercept a U.S. patrol aircraft over the Norwegian Sea, Russia's defense ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Foreign Policy

• Meeting with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 07 Oct 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Novo-Ogaryovo.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova over ongoing repression of Russian media and journalists Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Oct 2023
• US expels two Russian diplomats; Moscow calls it 'banal revenge' Press TV 07 Oct 2023 -- The US has expelled two Russian diplomats in what the Russian ambassador to the United States called "banal revenge".
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the sharp escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Oct 2023
• Russia Urges Israel, Palestine to Cease Fire, Return to Negotiations - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 07 Oct 2023 -- Russia calls on Israel and Palestine to cease fire and return to the negotiating table and considers the current escalation a very dangerous relapse of the long-running conflict, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Sputnik on Saturday.

News Reports

• Launch of Russian gas supplies to Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan President of Russia 07 Oct 2023 -- President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev took part, via videoconference, in the launch of Russian gas supplies to Uzbekistan via Kazakhstan.
• US blacklists 42 Chinese firms for selling microchips to Russia Radio Free Asia 06 Oct 2023 -- The United States has blacklisted 42 Chinese companies among a total of 49 worldwide for on-selling U.S.-made microchips to Russia in violation of sanctions, according to a document released Friday.
• US bans trade with 42 Chinese firms, Beijing decries 'bullying' Press TV 07 Oct 2023 -- The United States has banned trade with 42 more Chinese companies over military support for Russia. Beijing decries the move as "a typical act of economic coercion and unilateral bullying."