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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 14.12.2023 Ukraine MOD 14 Dec 2023
• Kyivstar Says Internet Access Restored To More Than 90 Percent Of Subscribers RFE/RL 14 Dec 2023 -- Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile and Internet operator, which was targeted by a massive cyberattack this week, says it has restored Internet connectivity to 93 percent of its home subscribers after managing to bring back mobile phone services late on December 13.
• Downed Russian Drone Falls On Romanian Territory Amid Attack On Southern Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Dec 2023 -- Romania's Defense Ministry says a drone shot down during Russia's attack on Ukraine's port installations on the Danube early on December 14 fell on Romanian territory, leaving a 1 1/2-meter deep crater near the village of Grindu, which is located some 8 kilometers from the Ukrainian port of Reni.
• Putin: No Peace in Ukraine Until Russia Achieves Goals VOA 14 Dec 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday there will be peace in Ukraine when his country achieves its goals, and that those aims remain unchanged.
• Putin Says 617,000 Troops Fighting in Special Military Operation in Ukraine Sputnik 14 Dec 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday put the number of Russian troops in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine at 617,000, with the contact line between Ukrainian and Russian forces stretching for over 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles).
• Putin: There Will be Peace When Russia Achieves Military Op's Goals Sputnik 14 Dec 2023 -- Ukraine does not want to agree on its demilitarization, because of this Russia is forced to use other measures, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 220 Soldiers in Kupyansk and Krasnolimanskoye Directions in Past 24 Hours Sputnik 14 Dec 2023 -- Ukrainian forces have lost about 220 servicemen in the Kupyansk and Krasny Liman directions, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
• Ukraine Knows Russia's Concerns, Where Red Lines Were Crossed - Kremlin Sputnik 14 Dec 2023 -- The Kiev regime knows Moscow's concerns perfectly well, and it knows where it crossed Russia's red lines, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 14 Dec 2023 -- Last night, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin President of Russia 14 Dec 2023 -- Vladimir Putin summed up the year's results and answered questions from journalists and the people of Russia in a live broadcast.
• President Putin says Ukraine war 'nothing like' Gaza catastrophe Press TV 14 Dec 2023 -- President Vladimir Putin of Russia says the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has nothing whatsoever in common with the war in Ukraine.
• The War Must Go On, Until Putin Says Otherwise: Takeaways From A Four-Hour Talk RFE/RL 14 Dec 2023 -- Four-plus hours filled with talk of eggs, natural gas, the European Union, abortions, Siberian railways, artificial intelligence, veterans' benefits.
• Putin Tells Russians War In Ukraine To Continue, Goals Remain The Same RFE/RL 14 Dec 2023 -- President Vladimir Putin showed no signs of relenting in his war against Ukraine, telling Russians in his annual press conference and call-in event on December 14 that his goals remained the same and peace will come when they are achieved.
• Nord Stream Pipelines Were Likely Blown Up by US - Putin Sputnik 14 Dec 2023 -- In September 2022, the Nord Stream pipelines, built to deliver gas under the Baltic Sea from Russia to the EU, were hit by explosions, which Moscow called an act of terrorism.
• Russia's First Maritime Drone to Be Tested in Special Op Zone Sputnik 14 Dec 2023 -- Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces have been using various types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Foreign Policy

• Putin: Moscow Wants to 'Reach an Agreement' on Return of Jailed American Journalist VOA 14 Dec 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the Kremlin wants "to reach an agreement" on the return of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed in Russia since March on espionage charges that are widely viewed as politically motivated.
• Denial Of Gershkovich's Appeal A 'Familiar Routine,' Says U.S. Envoy To Russia RFE/RL 14 Dec 2023 -- The U.S. ambassador to Russia said that a decision on December 14 by the Moscow City Court to reject an appeal filed by Evan Gershkovich against the extension of his pretrial detention showed a "familiar routine" in Russia's handling of the espionage case against The Wall Street Journal reporter, which he and Washington refute.
• New trade and financial sanctions against Russia come into force UK FCDO 14 Dec 2023 -- UK government legislates for further sanctions on goods, technology, and sources of funding that could support Russia's war effort.
• Rocket men: Kim and Putin fire up their alliance Radio Free Asia 14 Dec 2023 -- The armored train trundled into the far eastern Russian region of Primorsky Krai after a marathon journey as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first foreign trip in four years. Within hours of his Sept. 10 arrival, Kim was clinking champagne glasses with President Vladimir Putin at a hub of Russia's space program, amid speculation that North Korea would be trading desperately needed weaponry to Moscow in return for missile and rocket technology.
• Russia Ready to Open Hospital in Gaza, Israel Says It's Yet Unsafe - Putin Sputnik 14 Dec 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia will increase supplies of medical equipment and medicines to victims in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone at Israel's request.
• Finland's entire eastern border closed again Finnish Government 14 Dec 2023 -- he Government has decided to close border crossing points at the land border between Finland and Russia up to 14th of January 2024. The decision will take effect on the 15th of December 2023 at 20.00.

News Reports

• Russian Nationalist Putin Critic Girkin Pleads Not Guilty At Extremism Trial RFE/RL 14 Dec 2023 -- Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), once a leader of Kremlin-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, pleaded not guilty to the charge of public calls for extremist activities as his trial opened in Moscow on December 14.
• Former Special Agent in Charge of the New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Sentenced to 50 Months for Conspiring to Violate U.S. Sanctions on Russia US Dept. of Justice 14 Dec 2023 -- A former Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI Counterintelligence Division in New York, was sentenced to 50 months in prison and ordered to pay a $40,000 fine for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to commit money laundering in connection with his 2021 agreement to provide services to Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch.