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Ukraine Invasion

• Deep Freeze, Blizzards Cut Power To Ukrainian Settlements, Force Russia To Halt Drone Strikes RFE/RL 09 Jan 2024 -- Ukraine's Energy Ministry says 1,025 settlements were without electricity on January 9 as the war-wracked country grapples with a wave of unusually cold weather, snowfall, and high winds that even forced Russia to pause its relentless waves of drone and missile strikes.
• Russia Reports New Ukrainian Aerial Attacks VOA 09 Jan 2024 -- Russian officials reported Ukrainian aerial attacks on two regions Tuesday, as the Kremlin said it would act to counter an increase in Ukrainian shelling on the Russian border city of Belgorod.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 09 Jan 2024 -- At about 15:30 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kiev regime to launch a terrorist attack with fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 09 Jan 2024 -- At approximately 15:00 Moscow time, Kiev regime's attempt to launch a terrorist attack using fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.
• Russia's Air Defense Destroys Ukrainian Drone, Missile Over Belgorod Region Sputnik 09 Jan 2024 -- Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone and a Uragan MLRS missile over the Belgorod region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 240 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction in Past 24 Hours - MoD Sputnik 09 Jan 2024 -- The Ukrainian military lost up to 240 service people in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Tuesday.
• Ukraine Faces Anti-Aircraft Missile Deficit Amid Russia's High-Precision Strikes Sputnik 09 Jan 2024 -- Russia has recently ramped up high-precision strikes against Ukrainian military targets, including military production facilities and a decision-making center, in retaliation for terror bombings carried out by the Kiev regime targeting settlements in the Donbass region and its border cities, including Belgorod.
• Ukraine Lost Over 215,000 Troops in 2023 - Shoigu Sputnik 09 Jan 2024 -- The Russian military is continuing its operations to reduce the combat effectiveness of Ukraine's military, and maintains the strategic initiative in the special military operation zone, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has announced.

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Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossien Amir-Abdollahian Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Jan 2024

News Reports

• American Detained In Russia On Drug Charges RFE/RL 09 Jan 2024 -- A Russian court has sent U.S. citizen Robert Romanov Woodland to pretrial detention for two months on drug-possession charges that could see him imprisoned for up to two decades.
• Navalny Placed In Solitary Confinement After Exiting Quarantine In Arctic Prison RFE/RL 09 Jan 2024 -- Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny says he was immediately placed in a punitive solitary confinement cell after finishing a quarantine term at the so-called Polar Wolf prison in Russia's Arctic region where he was transferred last month.
• The Yacht Collector: Russian Tycoon Linked to 'Putin's Yacht' Fights Straw-Owner Claim In U.S. Court RFE/RL 09 Jan 2024 -- The Amadea is a $325 million super yacht docked in the U.S. Pacific coast port of San Diego, seized by the U.S. government as the property of sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.