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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 27.12.2023 Ukraine MOD 27 Dec 2023
• Ukrainian Navy Claims Destruction Of Russian Warship A 'Serious Blow' To War Effort RFE/RL 27 Dec 2023 -- The Ukrainian Navy has described the claimed destruction of a Russian landing ship in the occupied Crimean Peninsula as a "serious blow" to Russia's war operations against Ukraine.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Dec 2023
• Donetsk People's Republic Shelled by Ukraine 54 Times in Past Day Sputnik 27 Dec 2023 -- The Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes said Ukrainian troops had shelled the DPR territory 54 times over the past day.
• Russian Air Defenses Down 2 Ukrainian Drones Over Belgorod, Rostov Regions Sputnik 27 Dec 2023 -- Russian air defense systems have prevented a drone attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on Russia's western regions of Belgorod and Rostov, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• State Council meeting President of Russia 27 Dec 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the State Council on increasing the role and prestige of teachers and mentors in the St George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.
• Russian Army Receives First Batch of New Kalashnikov Sniper Rifles Sputnik 27 Dec 2023 -- The state-of-the-art marksman rifle recently adopted by Russia's military has been successfully tested in the Ukrainian conflict zone.
• Russian Defense Sector CEO Shoots Down Myth of Western 'Military Superiority' Sputnik 27 Dec 2023 -- Recent reports from the special op zone have shown that Russian troops continue to advance, thereby expanding their areas of control on all fronts.
• Russia Unveils New Supercam Kamikaze Drones Sputnik 27 Dec 2023 -- Sergey Chemezov, head of the Rostec state corporation, told Sputnik about the key advances in Russian military technologies and explained how they will affect the course of the special military operation.
• Russian Aerospace Forces launch Soyuz-2.1v rocket carrier from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Russia MoD 27 Dec 2023

Foreign Policy

• Excerpts from the briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, December 27, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Dec 2023
• Meeting with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar President of Russia 27 Dec 2023 -- Vladimir Putin met with Minister of External Affairs of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Kremlin.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions during a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Moscow, December 27, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Dec 2023
• Marking Five Years Since Paul Whelan's Wrongful Detention US Dept. of State 27 Dec 2023 -- December 28 marks five years since Russian authorities wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Paul Whelan.
• US, E3 blocked JCPOA revival last year: Russian diplomat IRNA 27 Dec 2023 -- A senior Russian diplomat has censured the United States and the European parties to the Iran nuclear agreement for blocking the revival of the US-abandoned accord.

News Reports

• Russia In Africa: Coups, Anti-Western Messaging Offset Setbacks From Ukraine War, Prigozhin's Demise RFE/RL 27 Dec 2023 -- When Wagner mercenary force founder Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a fiery plane crash in August, exactly two months after leading a rebellion that challenged President Vladimir Putin's 24-year grip on power, it cast a thick cloud over the future of Russia's footprint in Africa.
• 'Polar Wolf': The Harsh Prison Where Navalny Was Sent And How His Team Found Him RFE/RL 27 Dec 2023 -- Known as "Polar Wolf," the strict-regime prison to which opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has been sent is a place where a water cannon is an instrument of torture.