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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 13.12.2023 Ukraine MOD 13 Dec 2023
• Fresh Russian Missile Attack On Kyiv Wounds Dozens, Including Nine Children RFE/RL 13 Dec 2023 -- At least 53 people, including nine children, were wounded in the latest Russian missile attack on Kyiv early on December 13, officials said, despite all incoming missiles being shot down.
• Kyivstar Gradually Restoring Service After Russian Cyberattack RFE/RL 13 Dec 2023 -- Subscribers of Ukraine's largest mobile phone operator report that service is gradually being restored after a cyberattack that was claimed by a Russian hacking group.
• Russian Hacking Group Claims Attack That Took Out Ukrainian Mobile Operator VOA 13 Dec 2023 -- A Russian hacking group, believed by Ukraine to be working with Russia's military intelligence, has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that targeted Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile operator.
• Ukraine's Botched Counteroffensive Ignites New 'Mantras' in US - Lavrov Sputnik 13 Dec 2023 -- With Ukraine's counteroffensive obviously failing, the United States has taken up a new rallying cry, which is to prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from winning in Ukraine so that "NATO is not conquered," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 250 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction in Past 24 Hours Sputnik 13 Dec 2023 -- Ukraine has lost up to 250 soldiers both killed and wounded in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday.

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions following the Government Hour in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow, December 13, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Dec 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to questions during the Government Hour in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow, December 13, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Dec 2023
• U.S. Sanctions Target Russian Firm That Received Dual-Use Tech From Kazakhstan RFE/RL 13 Dec 2023 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on a Russian firm that RFE/RL found had received hundreds of shipments from Kazakhstan of dual-use technology that Western governments say Russia is using in weapons it is deploying in its war against Ukraine.
• Joint Statement Against Islamophobia and Religious Intolerance at the Reconvened 32nd session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Vienna, December 8, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Dec 2023
• Russian assets: Federal Council continues to follow international developments closely Federal Council - Swiss Government 13 Dec 2023 -- The Federal Council continues to closely monitor international discussions on the status of sanctioned Russian assets, and in particular legislative developments within the European Union (EU). It instructed the EAER and the FDFA to finalise the analysis of two EU directives once the final texts were published, and to submit the results to it.
• Russia's Top Diplomat Lavrov: West Not Eager to Establish Palestinian State Sputnik 13 Dec 2023 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that neither Israel nor its Western allies want Palestinians to establish an independent state in the occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank on Wednesday.
• Russia: West does not want Palestinians to establish independent state Press TV 13 Dec 2023 -- Russia says Israel and its Western allies do not want Palestinians to establish an independent state in the occupied territories of the West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip, which has been under intense bombardment by the Tel Aviv regime for more than two months.
• Talks Held between DPRK Minister of External Economic Relations and Russian Governor of Maritime Territory KCNA 13 Dec 2023 -- Talks between Yun Jong Ho, minister of External Economic Relations of the DPRK, and Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of the Maritime Territory Administration of the Russian Federation, took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on Tuesday.

News Reports

• Why Should You Pay Attention To Putin's Q&A? Here Are Six Reasons. RFE/RL 13 Dec 2023 -- Vladimir Putin is running for a fifth term as Russia's president. This we now know for sure, though it's been widely assumed for months or even years.
• Russian governor visit points to more worker exports Radio Free Asia 13 Dec 2023 -- A visit by a Russian governor to North Korea suggests that Pyongyang will likely send more farmers and construction workers to Russia, which appears to be suffering from a manpower shortage amid its war in Ukraine, experts told Radio Free Asia.
• Associate Says No Sign Of Navalny In Moscow Detention Centers RFE/RL 13 Dec 2023 -- The former head of Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, Ivan Zhdanov, said on December 13 that associates of the Russian opposition leader were unable to find him in Moscow pretrial detention centers and his whereabouts remain unknown.