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Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
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Ukraine Invasion

• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 18 Jan 2024 -- On 18 January at around 01.30 a.m., the Russian Armed Forces have thwarted attempts by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Russian Troops Liberate Veseloye Settlement in Donetsk People's Republic - MoD Sputnik 18 Jan 2024 -- Ukraine has lost more than 260 soldiers both killed and injured in the Donetsk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Defence Minister General of Army Sergei Shoigu inspects fulfilment of state defence orders in Moscow region Russia MoD 18 Jan 2024 -- Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu inspects the fulfilment of state defence orders at the State Machine-Building Design Bureau Raduga named after. A. Ya. Bereznyak in Moscow region.
• Russian Forces Organize Air Patrols Along Separation Zone Between Israel, Syria Sputnik 18 Jan 2024 -- The military aviation of the Russian aerospace forces have conducted air patrols along the separation zone between armed forces of Israel and Syria, Vadim Kulit, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said on Thursday.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions during a news conference on Russia's foreign policy performance in 2023, Moscow, January 18, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Jan 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Choe Son-hui's official visit to the Russian Federation Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Jan 2024
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on tensions between Iran and Pakistan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Jan 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic Faisal Mekdad Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Jan 2024
• U.S. Imposes Sanctions On U.A.E. Shipping Firm For Violating Russian Oil Price Cap RFE/RL 18 Jan 2024 -- The U.S. Treasury Department on January 18 issued new Russian-related sanctions targeting a United Arab Emirates shipping company and 18 vessels that the department said have shipped Russian seaborne oil priced above the $60-per-barrel cap set by a U.S.-led international coalition.
• Designating Violator of Price Cap Policy on Russian Oil US Dept. of State 18 Jan 2024 -- The United States is taking additional action today to enforce the Price Cap Coalition's policies, designating the shipping company Hennesea Holdings Limited, whose fleet includes the HS Atlantica, a vessel that was blocked last year after it transported Russian crude oil priced above the cap while using a U.S.-based service provider.
• Treasury Targets Price Cap Violation-Linked Shipping Company US Treasury 18 Jan 2024 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking its first oil price cap enforcement action of 2024, targeting a shipping company linked to a price cap violation.
• US sanctions target UAE shipping firm for Russia oil price cap 'violations' Press TV 18 Jan 2024 -- The United States has imposed sanctions against a shipping company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for violating the $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian crude oil exports.
• Tsahkna: we are terminating the legal assistance agreement with Russia Estonia MFA 18 Jan 2024 -- At its session today 18 January, the government decided to terminate the legal assistance agreement between Estonia and Russia. Draft law will be submitted to the Riigikogu.

News Reports

• Prosecutor Seeks Almost Five Years In Prison For Russian Nationalist Putin Critic Girkin RFE/RL 18 Jan 2024 -- The prosecution has asked a court in Moscow to convict and sentence Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), once a leader of Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine's east, to almost five years in prison on a charge of making public calls for extremist activities.
• Eight Men In Russia's Bashkortostan Handed Jail Terms Amid Unprecedented Rallies RFE/RL 18 Jan 2024 -- A court in Ufa, the capital of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, has sentenced eight men to up to 14 days in jail for taking part in an unprecedented rally earlier this week to support the former leader of the banned Bashqort movement, Fail Alsynov, who has criticized Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine.
• Russia's Oil Exports Up by 500,000 Bpd in December Sputnik 18 Jan 2024 -- The International Energy Agency (IEA) believes that Russia in December increased exports of oil and petroleum products month-on-month by 500,000 barrels per day to 7.8 million barrels per day, while its revenue fell to a six-month low of $14.4 billion, according to a fresh IEA report published on Thursday.