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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 16.10.2023 Ukraine MOD 16 Oct 2023
• Ukraine Reports More Than 50 Frontline Clashes As 600th Day Of War Marked RFE/RL 16 Oct 2023 -- The Ukrainian military said its forces fought 53 combat clashes at the front on October 16 - the 600th day of Russia's all-out invasion - and said the operational situation in the east and south "remains difficult."
• Russian Military Operations Slacken Near Strategic Town of Avdiivka VOA 16 Oct 2023 -- An operation by Russian forces to storm the strategically important city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam, Kyiv officials said Monday.
• Ukrainian Military Casualties Amount to 460 in Donetsk Direction Sputnik 16 Oct 2023 -- The Russian military has repelled 10 attacks in the Donetsk direction in the past 24 hours, and the Ukrainian troops has lost up to 460 soldiers as killed or injured, the Defense Ministry reported on Monday.
• Opening new road facililies in the regions President of Russia 16 Oct 2023 -- Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in a ceremony to mark the opening of new and reconstructed road facilities in the Donetsk People's Republic, Daghestan, the Krasnodar Territory, the Sverdlovsk and Leningrad regions.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting on current issues President of Russia 16 Oct 2023

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's talks with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Oct 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, Beijing, October 16, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Oct 2023
• Russia closely backs Belt and Road Forum for intl cooperation Global Times 16 Oct 2023 -- China is set to host the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing from Tuesday to Wednesday, with Russian President Vladimir Putin attending, which has been hailed by analysts as another milestone in the development of China-Russia bilateral ties and demonstration of Russia's support for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and willingness to further boost pragmatic collaboration.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's upcoming visit to the DPRK Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 16 Oct 2023
• Meeting on current issues President of Russia 16 Oct 2023
• US, West 'blind support' for Israel root cause of genocide in Gaza: Iran's president tells Putin Press TV 16 Oct 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says the "blind support" of Western countries, particularly the United States, for Israel has given the Zionists an incentive to intensify their crimes and continue genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
• Assad, Putin Discuss Ways to Stop Israeli Attacks on Gaza Strip at Phone Talks Sputnik 16 Oct 2023 -- Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin have discussed ways to stop attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip during a phone conversation, the office of the Syrian leader said on Monday.
• Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu President of Russia 16 Oct 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the State of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu.
• Remarks by Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Eric Van Nostrand on the Second Phase of the Price Cap on Russian Oil at the Brookings Institution US Treasury 16 Oct 2023
• Sandu Says Diversification Means Russia Can't Blackmail Moldova Over Gas RFE/RL 16 Oct 2023 -- Moldovan President Maia Sandu says steps taken by her country -- one of Europe's poorest -- to diversify its gas supplies means Russia can no longer "blackmail" Chisinau "as it used to."

News Reports

• 'Creating Chaos Wherever He Can': Khodorkovsky Argues Ukraine War Is Taxing Putin's Hold On Power RFE/RL 16 Oct 2023 -- For Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Israel-Hamas war is like every other crisis around the world: an opportunity to further Russia's aims in its invasion of Ukraine, says former oil tycoon and Russian opposition activist Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
• Navalny Attorney Goes Incommunicado After Three Other Lawyers For Imprisoned Kremlin Critic Arrested RFE/RL 16 Oct 2023 -- Aleksandr Fedulov, a lawyer of imprisoned Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, has gone incommunicado after three other lawyers who defended the Kremlin critic were arrested last week.
• Regional Governor Tells Citizens Russia Was Unprepared For A War 'We Don't Need' RFE/RL 16 Oct 2023 -- A Russian governor has said the country was not prepared for the war with Ukraine and that the invasion was not in Russia's interests, contradicting Kremlin propaganda.