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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 17.12.2023 Ukraine MOD 17 Dec 2023
• Ukrainian Forces Reportedly Press Fight Inside Russia, Target Air Base, Battle Near Border Village RFE/RL 17 Dec 2023 -- Ukraine targeted an air base and surrounding areas inside Russia on December 17 with what one regional official called "mass drone strikes" while both sides' forces reportedly exchanged gunfire outside the village of Terebreno - also inside Russia and a short distance to the border.
• Russia 'Plays the Long Game' Amid Ukraine Fatigue Sputnik 17 Dec 2023 -- After the collapse of Ukraine's so-called counteroffensive and President Volodymyr Zelensky's latest lackluster Washington visit, there has been increasingly more resentment in the West towards shelling out more cash for the Kiev regime.
• Russian Air Defense Destroys 33 Drones Over Lipetsk, Rostov, Volgograd Regions Sputnik 17 Dec 2023 -- The Russian air defense destroyed 33 Ukrainian drones over Russia's Lipetsk, Rostov, and Volgograd Regions, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin rejects Biden's claim that Russia plans to attack NATO as 'nonsense' Press TV 17 Dec 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed US President Joe Biden's claim that Russia could attack a NATO country as "nonsense," saying such a conflict would run counter to his country's interests.
• Putin Says Naively Believed There Would Be No Confrontation Between West, Russia Sputnik 17 Dec 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that in the early 2000s, he had a naive idea that the world has changed, there is no ideological confrontation, and no grounds for conflict between the West and Russia.
• How Strategic Rocket Forces Saved Russia From Being Erased From World Map Sputnik 17 Dec 2023 -- Sunday is Strategic Rocket Forces Day, the professional holiday of the branch of the military in charge of Russia's ground-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. A lot has changed since their creation over 60 years ago, but the forces' mission remains the same: defending Russia and preventing a world-ending nuclear war.
• United Russia party congress President of Russia 17 Dec 2023 -- Vladimir Putin attended a meeting at the 21st congress of the United Russia political party.

Foreign Policy

• Putin Warns Finland Of Unspecified 'Problems' As Helsinki Closes Border Again RFE/RL 17 Dec 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of unspecified "problems" with Finland and said he had ordered the establishment of a new military district in regions bordering the Nordic nation.
• Fresh anti-Russia sanctions to cause more damage to EU: Moscow Press TV 17 Dec 2023 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Saturday that the latest European Union sanctions against Russia will cause more harm to the EU than Russia.
• Researchers Cite Western Progress in Curbing Electronics Transfers to Russian-Iranian Drone Facility VOA 17 Dec 2023 -- U.S. and Ukrainian researchers say Western nations are making progress in trying to curb illicit transfers of Western electronic components to a Russian facility suspected of making Iranian-designed attack drones, but that more needs to be done.

News Reports

• United Russia Party Congress Unanimously Supports Putin's Presidential Bid Sputnik 17 Dec 2023 -- On December 8, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his plans to run for reelection in 2024.
• Western Companies Declare Over $100Bln in Losses After Leaving Russian Market - Reports Sputnik 17 Dec 2023 -- Western companies that announced their withdrawal from Russia following the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine in 2022, suffered losses of more than $103 billion, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
• Gazprom Sets New Daily Record for Gas Deliveries to China Sputnik 17 Dec 2023 -- The new record emphasizes the importance of Russia's partnership with its Asian neighbor, as Europe struggles with the irony of their economic failures following their unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia, as well as the cost of liquefied natural gas exports from the US.