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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 24.11.2023 Ukraine MOD 24 Nov 2023
• Russia Facing 'Mass Casualties' from Ukrainian Strikes Behind Lines, UK Ministry Says VOA 24 Nov 2023 -- Russia continues to face "mass casualties from Ukrainian long-range precision strikes well behind the front line" the British Defense Ministry said Friday in its daily intelligence update on the war.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Supreme Court Confirms Right Of Conscripts To Perform Alternative Service RFE/RL 24 Nov 2023 -- Russia's Supreme Court has issued a ruling confirming the right of a mobilized Russian man to perform alternative civil service.
• Baltic Fleer's Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile systems carry out a missile strike training exercises Russia MoD 24 Nov 2023 -- As part of a planned tactical exercise of a missile unit equipped with Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems, Iskander-M crews practised launching group missile strikes at critical facilities of the mock enemy.

Foreign Policy

• Russia blocks discussions at Kimberley Process Plenary UK FCDO 24 Nov 2023 -- Russia has blocked discussions on conflict diamonds and Ukraine at the Kimberley Process Plenary in Zimbabwe.
• Government decides to establish registration centres to improve security Finnish Government 24 Nov 2023 -- In an extraordinary session held on 24 November, the Government decided that people arriving across the eastern border will be processed at registration centres.
• Finland's Ambassador to Moscow informs Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs of decision concerning Finland's eastern border Finnish Government 24 Nov 2023 -- Finland's Ambassador to Moscow Antti Helanterä visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation at his own request on 24 November to inform on the Finnish Government's decision of 22 November 2023 to temporarily close the border crossing points of Kuusamo, Salla and Vartius.
• EU's Frontex To Provide Additional Support To Help Finland Patrol Russian Border RFE/RL 24 Nov 2023 -- The European border protection agency Frontex plans to send 50 border guards and other staff to Finland to bolster the country's border security after an increase in the number of asylum seekers crossing from Russia.

News Reports

• Russia eyes new AI strategy to rival West's 'dangerous' monopoly: Putin Press TV 24 Nov 2023 -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia says he will soon approve a new version of the national strategy for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in an effort to rival the West's "dangerous" monopoly in the sphere of controversial technology.
• Russia To Impose Hefty Fines For Distribution Of Unlabeled 'Foreign Agent' Materials RFE/RL 24 Nov 2023 -- Russia is to introduce legislation that will impose fines of up to 500,000 rubles ($5,660) on third parties that "intentionally or unintentionally" promote or distribute materials produced by "foreign agent" entities without appropriately labeling them, Deputy Justice Minister Oleg Sviridenko said on November 23.
• Pashinian: Future In Russian-Led CSTO Will Be Based On Armenia's 'Own State Interests' RFE/RL 24 Nov 2023 -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has said any decision about Yerevan's continued membership in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be based on "its own state interests" after he declined to attend the current summit in Minsk.