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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 14.11.2023 Ukraine MOD 14 Nov 2023
• Bridgehead On The Dnieper: Russia Struggles To Contain A Ukrainian River Crossing. What Will It Do For The Counteroffensive? RFE/RL 14 Nov 2023 -- The announcement published by Russian state news agencies raised eyebrows: A "regrouping" - a tactical withdrawal to more favorable positions - had been ordered by Russian commanders amid intense fighting on the eastern banks of the Dnieper River and reports of one or more growing Ukrainian bridgeheads.
• Nationwide Air-Raid Alert Declared In Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Nov 2023 -- An air-raid alert was declared for the whole territory of Ukraine on November 14, with the authorities urging the public to seek shelter amid reports of Russian air activity.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 14 Nov 2023 -- In the course of 14 November, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled.
• Report Says Use Of Mines, Including In Ukraine, Disproportionately Harms Civilians, Children RFE/RL 14 Nov 2023 -- The use of antipersonnel land mines continues to cause a large number of casualties despite the devices being banned by most countries, a new report by a group of organizations looking at the issue said, adding that civilians, many of them children, bear the brunt of the damage, sometimes long after a conflict has ended.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia Seeks To Send 500 Residents Of Siberian Region To War Weekly RFE/RL 14 Nov 2023 -- A Russian defense official has requested that Yakutia, a region with a non-ethnic Russian majority in northeastern Siberia, send 500 men to the Ukrainian front on a weekly basis to improve its ranking.
• Pacific Fleet's detachment of ships complete business call programme and left port of Chittagong (Bangladesh) Russia MoD 14 Nov 2023 -- A detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet comprising the large anti-submarine ships Admiral Tributs, Admiral Panteleyev and the medium sea tanker Pechenga completed the programme of a business call and left the port of Chittagong in the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
• Su-57 Unleashed: Rostec Powers Up Jet With Game-Changing Stage 2 Engine Sputnik 14 Nov 2023 -- The combat capabilities of the Su-57 fifth-generation fighter are increasing as it is being upgraded and is now equipped with the second stage engine (Saturn AL-51F-1, codenamed "Izdeliye 30"), the Rostec State Corporation press service told Sputnik.

Foreign Policy

• 44th Universal Periodic Review of human rights: UK statement on Russia UK FCDO 14 Nov 2023 -- Simon Manley, the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, delivered a statement during Russia's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council.
• Telephone conversation with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi President of Russia 14 Nov 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
• Moscow: US is ignoring calls to end the suffering of the Palestinians ISNA 14 Nov 2023 -- The US is using its veto power in the UN Security Council to sabotage international efforts to end the bloodshed in the Middle East, despite dire warnings from the intergovernmental organization's own staff about the staggering civilian death toll in Gaza, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.

News Reports

• Electronics in the Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone Institute for Science and International Security 14 Nov 2023 -- Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, filled with Western electronics, continue to destroy Ukrainian lives and their civilian infrastructure. These drones, also known as Geran 2, are produced and assembled at JSC Alabuga facilities inside the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Russia, with assistance from Iran. Yet, the company responsible, JSC Alabuga, 1 and related companies are still not found on public U.S. or allied sanctions lists.
• Russian Convicted Over Journalist Politkovskaya's Killing Pardoned for Fighting in Ukraine VOA 14 Nov 2023 -- A former Russian detective who was convicted over the 2006 murder of a Russian investigative journalist has been pardoned in exchange for fighting in Ukraine, his lawyer said.
• Man Convicted In Murder Of Russian Journalist Politkovskaya Pardoned After Fighting In Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Nov 2023 -- Former Russian police officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in organizing the 2006 assassination of the prominent journalist Anna Politkovskaya, has received a pardon from President Vladimir Putin after taking part in Moscow's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.