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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 13.11.2023 Ukraine MOD 13 Nov 2023
• Russian Shelling in Kherson Kills 2, Injures 12, Including Infant VOA 13 Nov 2023 -- Russian shelling hit the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson Monday, killing three people and injuring at least 12, including a 2-month-old infant, according to local governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
• Russian State News Agencies Publish, Then Immediately Retract Story On Troops 'Regrouping' East Of Dnieper RFE/RL 13 Nov 2023 -- Russian state-news agencies published, then abruptly retracted a news item suggesting Russian forces had ordered a tactical withdrawal in a location of intense fighting in southern Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia Seeks To Amend Law To Charge Volunteer Fighters For Ignoring Orders, Desertion RFE/RL 13 Nov 2023 -- Russia may charge volunteer fighters who surrender, desert, or refuse to carry out orders with a crime as the Kremlin seeks to maintain discipline on the front lines in Ukraine.
• Demand for Russian Arms Not Decreasing Despite Sanctions, Remains at $50-55Bln - Moscow Sputnik 13 Nov 2023 -- The demand for Russian military equipment abroad is not decreasing despite sanctions, with the portfolio of arms orders remaining at a level of $50-55 billion, Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation chief Dmitry Shugaev told Sputnik on Monday.
• Russia's Checkmate Fighter Jet: Preparations for Production of First Samples Underway Sputnik 13 Nov 2023 -- Checkmate is Russia's first fifth-generation single-engine aircraft, created by Sukhoi, part of Rostec's United Aircraft Corporation.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Senegal Macky Sall President of Russia 13 Nov 2023 -- At the initiative of the Senegalese party, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall.
• Tsahkna in Brussels: Let's not submit to Russia's blackmail in the OSCE Estonia MFA 13 Nov 2023 -- Today 13 November, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna attended the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, where he called for speeding up defence assistance to Ukraine, continuing to isolate Russia internationally and ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches civilians in Gaza.

News Reports

• Roscosmos to Purchase Satellite Resources From Private Sector for First Time Sputnik 13 Nov 2023 -- Russian state space corporation Roscosmos is going to purchase the resources of Earth observation satellites from private companies for the first time, deputy director of the Department of Automatic Space Complexes, Navigation Systems of Roscosmos Valery Zaichko said on Monday.
• US Calling on Israel to Speed Up Gaza Operation Behind Closed Doors - Russia's Intel Service Sputnik 13 Nov 2023 -- The United States is calling on Israel to accelerate its operation in the Gaza Strip behind closed doors as it may negatively affect President Joe Biden's reelection bid in case of prolongation, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Monday.
• US secretly pushing Israel to speed up Gaza war: Russian intelligence Press TV 13 Nov 2023 -- Russian intelligence authorities say the United States is pressing the Israeli regime behind closed doors to "speed up the operations" in Gaza in order to avoid the impacts of a prolongation of the conflict on President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election bid.