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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 23.12.2023 Ukraine MOD 23 Dec 2023
• Ukraine Shoots Down Russian Fighter Jets VOA 23 Dec 2023 -- In his daily address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the air force pilots who shot down three Russian fighter jets Friday in Ukraine's Kherson region.
• Russia Repels 11 Attacks by Ukraine in Donetsk Direction Over Past 24 Hours Sputnik 23 Dec 2023 -- The Russian armed forces repelled 11 attacks by Ukraine in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, with Kiev losing up to 200 servicepeople and four tanks in the area, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Ukrainian Troops Shell Donetsk and Yasinovatsky District - DPR Sputnik 23 Dec 2023 -- Earlier this week, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Ukraine had lost 159,000 soldiers, 121 aircraft, and 776 tanks since the launch of its counteroffensive in June.

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Foreign Policy

• Iranian, Russian diplomats discuss Gaza IRNA 23 Dec 2023 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry in a statement announced that Mikhail Bogdanov, the special representative of the Russian President for the Middle East and Africa, and Kazem Jalali, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Russia, discussed the Gaza Strip and the solution to the Palestinian issue.
• Putin, Abbas urge political dialogue for settlement of Palestinian-Israeli conflict People's Daily 23 Dec 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday highlighted the urgent need to resume political dialogue to settle the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
• Iran summons Russian charge d'affaires IRNA 23 Dec 2023 -- Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian charge d'affaires to convey the strong protest of the Islamic Republic over Russia's repeated support for claims on Iran's trio Persian Gulf islands.
• Russia stresses respect for Iran's territorial integrity IRNA 23 Dec 2023 -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has highlighted that respect for Iran's territorial integrity is among Moscow's fundamental principles.
• Iran summons Russian envoy in protest over meddlesome statement Press TV 23 Dec 2023 -- Iran has summoned the Russian chargé d'affaires to Tehran in protest over a recent joint statement issued by Russia and several Arab countries on Iran's three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, the Greater Tunb, and the Lesser Tunb.
• Russia reiterates respect for Iran's territorial integrity Press TV 23 Dec 2023 -- Russia has reiterated its full respect for Iran's territorial integrity just days after a joint Russian-Arab forum in Morocco where the United Arab Emirates repeated its claims about three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf.
• Iran rejects Arab-Russia statement regarding ownership of Gulf islands People's Daily 23 Dec 2023 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday rejected a joint Arab-Russia statement, saying it challenged Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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