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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Says Troops Fend Off 'Terrorist' Russian Attacks As Putin Vows To Intensify The War RFE/RL 01 Jan 2024 -- Ukraine said at least 56 combat clashes with Russian forces took place on the first day of the year after a "record number" of drone and missile attacks struck Ukrainian cities over the past 24 hours, while Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to intensify attacks in the days ahead.
• Death Toll Rises From Biggest-Yet Russian Attacks on Ukraine VOA 01 Jan 2024 -- New Year's Day was a day of mourning for Ukraine for those killed from Russia's massive missile strikes Friday.
• Foreign Ministry statement on the Kiev regime's latest terrorist attack on the Russian city of Donetsk Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jan 2024
• Putin: Attack on Belgorod Was Terrorist Act Sputnik 01 Jan 2024 -- Ukraine shelled the central part of Belgorod on Saturday afternoon. The Russian Defense Ministry said Czech-made Vampire rockets and missiles with cluster munitions were fired at the city.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Visit to Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital President of Russia 01 Jan 2024 -- The President visited Branch No 2 of the National Medical Research Centre of High Medical Technologies - Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital of the Russian Federation Defence Ministry, where the Armed Forces military personnel injured during the special military operation are undergoing treatment.
• Capabilities of Russian Armed Forces Constantly Increasing - Putin Sputnik 01 Jan 2024 -- On January 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited wounded servicemen who took part in the special military operation in Ukraine at the Vishnevsky hospital in Moscow.
• Russian Paratroopers Received 2,500 Units of Weaponry in 2023 Sputnik 01 Jan 2024 -- Russian paratroopers are a highly skilled and elite branch of Russia's Armed Forces. They are trained to carry out various operations, including air assaults, reconnaissance, and special operations.
• North Korean-Russian Military Cooperation Could Threaten Global Security VOA 01 Jan 2024 -- The renewed military cooperation between North Korea and Russia in 2023 could increase threats to global security in coming years, analysts said.

Foreign Policy

• Russia assumes CIS chairmanship on January 1, 2024 President of Russia 01 Jan 2024 -- The Concept for the Russian Federation's chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States in 2024 has been published.
• Address by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the start of Russia's BRICS Chairmanship President of Russia 01 Jan 2024 -- On January 1, Russia was passed the baton of the BRICS chairmanship, an association which, according to the decision adopted by the 15th BRICS Summit in August 2022, now includes 10 countries. Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates joined BRICS as new full members which is a strong indication of the growing authority of the association and its role in international affairs.
• Xi exchanges messages with Biden, Putin Global Times 01 Jan 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden exchanged congratulatory messages Monday, the first day of 2024, to mark the 45th anniversary of the two countries' diplomatic relations, after the Chinese leader exchanged New Year greetings messages with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday.

News Reports

• The Monster Returns: Stalin Looms Large Over Putin's Russia RFE/RL 01 Jan 2024 -- In the second-largest city in Russia's Tatarstan region, Naberezhnye Chelny, there is an unusual statue of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin on the grounds of an unlicensed private school.