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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 19.12.2023 Ukraine MOD 19 Dec 2023
• Zelenskyy: Military Asking for Hundreds of Thousands More People to Be Mobilized VOA 19 Dec 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his nation's military has requested an additional 450,000 to 500,000 Ukrainians to replenish his country's army as it fights Russia.
• Ukraine Lost 383,000 Troops Since Special Op's Launch, Shoigu Reveals Sputnik 19 Dec 2023 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu provided an update on the progress of the special military operation and shared the key accomplishments of the Russian Armed Forces and the nation's military-industrial complex in 2023.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Expanded meeting of Defence Ministry Board President of Russia 19 Dec 2023 -- The President arrived at the National Defence Control Centre of the Russian Federation to attend an expanded meeting of the Defence Ministry Board.
• Russian Security Forces Have All Powers to Ensure Country's Defense - Putin Sputnik 19 Dec 2023 -- The Russian security forces have all the necessary powers to ensure the country's defense and the protection of the civilians, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated.
• Putin: Russian Nuclear Triad 95% Modernized Sputnik 19 Dec 2023 -- The activity of NATO has increased sharply in general, and US forces, including aircraft, have been deployed to the Russian borders, Russian President Vladimir Putin said while presiding over a Russian Ministry of Defense meeting on December 19.
• Russia says not party to US-led task force in Red Sea Press TV 19 Dec 2023 -- Russia says it's not taking part in a new US-led operation aimed at focusing on the "security challenges in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden."
• Russian Deputy Defense Minister's Visit to Niger to Boost Cooperation - Nigerien Minister Sputnik 19 Dec 2023 -- The visit of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Col. Gen. Yunus-Bek Evkurov to Niger will strengthen cooperation between the two countries, Niger's military-appointed Prime Minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine told Sputnik.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the defence cooperation agreement between Finland and the US Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Dec 2023

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry statement on response to the EU's twelfth package of anti-Russia sanctions Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Dec 2023
• Russian Diplomat: JCPOA has no alternatives ISNA 19 Dec 2023 -- "The Russian Federation is convinced that there is no alternative to the JCPOA. An early restart of the plan is the only way that meets the interests of regional and international security," he said at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
• Russian PM's China visit keeps cooperation momentum, break Western barriers Global Times 19 Dec 2023 -- High-level interaction between China and Russia will continue the momentum of cooperation, further deepen the economic bond between the two sides and help jointly cope with external interference, Chinese analysts said on Tuesday, as Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin started a two-day visit to China.

News Reports

• Owner of Kansas Company Pleads Guilty to Crimes Related to Scheme to Illegally Export U.S. Avionics Equipment to Russia and Russian End Users US Dept. of Justice 19 Dec 2023 -- Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, 60, of Lawrence, Kansas, the owner and president of KanRus Trading Company Inc., pleaded guilty today for his role in a years-long conspiracy to circumvent U.S. export laws by filing false export forms with the U.S. government and, after Russian's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, continuing to sell and export sophisticated and controlled avionics equipment to customers in Russia without the required licenses from the U.S. Department of Commerce.