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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Ushers In 2024 As Deadly Missile Strikes Hit Both Sides Of Border RFE/RL 31 Dec 2023 -- Ukrainians braced for further attacks as they ushered in another likely difficult year on January 1, with death and destruction from Russian missile strikes continuing to terrorize Ukrainian cities and dampening any New Year's celebrations.
• On New Year's Eve, Russia Launches New Strikes on Ukraine VOA 31 Dec 2023 -- Russian airstrikes hit the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv Sunday, injuring at least 28 people and damaging residential buildings, hotels, a kindergarten and administrative buildings.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 31 Dec 2023 -- Yesterday the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an attack with multiple rocket launchers against the city of Belgorod. Civilians, including children, were killed.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 31 Dec 2023 -- Today the Kiev regime attempted to launch indiscriminate attacks at Belgorod by two Olkha missiles with cluster submunitions and Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles.
• Ukrainian Shelling on Donetsk Kills 3 People, Leaves 7 Wounded Sputnik 31 Dec 2023 -- Three people were killed in the shelling of the city of Donetsk in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) by Ukrainian troops on New Year's Eve, DPR head Denis Pushilin said Monday.
• Russia Repels 3 Attacks in Donetsk Direction, Ukraine Loses Up to 300 Troops - MoD Sputnik 31 Dec 2023 -- The Russian military has repulsed three Ukrainian attacks near the villages of Bogdanovka and Georgeevka in the Donetsk People's Republic in the past 24 hours, where Kiev lost up to 300 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
• Near 90% Residents of New Russian Regions Received Passports in 2023 Sputnik 31 Dec 2023 -- Almost 90% of residents of Russia's new regions received Russian passports in 2023, and to speed up the process, special migration units have been created, Russian Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said on Sunday.
• Ukrainian Shelling Kills 1, Injures 1 in Russia's Belgorod Region Sputnik 31 Dec 2023 -- The Ukrainian military shelled a village of Krasnoe in Russia's Belgorod Region, killing one elderly man and wounding a woman, the regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Sunday.
• Russia Launches Retaliatory Strikes on Ukrainian Decision-Making Centers After Belgorod Attacks: MoD Sputnik 31 Dec 2023 -- Belgorod, a Russian city of 340,000 situated about 40 km from the Ukrainian border, was hit by a Ukrainian missile and long-range MLRS strike on Saturday, with 24 civilians killed and dozens injured. The terror strike came following Friday's massed Russian attacks across Ukraine targeting energy facilities, ammo depots, airfields and military HQs.
• Death Toll From Ukrainian Attack on Russia's Belgorod Rises to 24 Sputnik 31 Dec 2023 -- The death toll from the Ukrainian air attack on the western Russian city of Belgorod has risen to 24 after one of the victims died in hospital overnight, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Sunday.
• Russia: Ukraine used banned munitions in 'terrorist attack' on civilians in Belgorod Press TV 31 Dec 2023 -- Russia has accused Ukraine of using internationally banned cluster munitions in a "terrorist attack" that targeted civilians in the western Russian city of Belgorod.

Defense Policy / Programs

• New Year Address to the Nation President of Russia 31 Dec 2023
• Russia's Shoigu Greets Military on New Year, Says Army Demonstrates 'Invincibility' Sputnik 31 Dec 2023 -- The passing year will go down in history with new pages of feats, and the Russian army has shown its invincibility and ability to crush the enemy despite the hopes of the West, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Sunday.
• Russia: Ukraine used banned munitions in 'terrorist attack' on civilians in Belgorod Press TV 31 Dec 2023 -- Russia has accused Ukraine of using internationally banned cluster munitions in a "terrorist attack" that targeted civilians in the western Russian city of Belgorod.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Moscow, December 31, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 31 Dec 2023
• Xi says to continuously consolidate, develop China-Russia ties serves fundamental interests of both countries Global Times 31 Dec 2023 -- The development of China-Russia relations in the past three-quarters of a century has shown that to continuously consolidate and develop bilateral relations featuring permanent good-neighborly friendship, comprehensive strategic coordination and mutually beneficial cooperation serves the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, meets the expectations of the international community and conforms to the trend of the times, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday.

News Reports

• How The Russian State Ramped Up The Suppression Of Dissent In 2023: 'It Worked In The Soviet Union, And It Works Now' RFE/RL 31 Dec 2023 -- There were no mass protests in Russia in 2023. There were no hair-raising scenes of riot police in helmets and body armor beating students and shoving elderly demonstrators into police vans.
• The EU Is Much Less Dependent On Russian Gas But Still Isn't Ready To Give It Up RFE/RL 31 Dec 2023 -- In the fall of 2022, the Kremlin was forecasting a very bleak winter ahead for citizens of the European Union.