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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• 'Ukraine Is Russia,' Says Putin Ally Dmitry Medvedev VOA 04 Mar 2024 -- Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council and an ally of President Vladimir Putin, said Monday that Ukraine is part of Russia and that what he called historical parts of Russia needed to "come home."
• Leaked audio indicates Germany's intention to strike Russia, Kremlin says Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Russia says leaked talks within the German military on the Ukraine war about potential strikes on Russian targets raises questions regarding Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz being in "control of the situation."
• Russian Defense Ministry Confirms US-Made Abrams Tank Wiped Out Near Avdeyevka Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- In February, Russian forces destroyed the first Abrams tank used by Ukraine in the special military operation zone near Avdeyevka.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 04 Mar 2024
• Ukraine military official: half of all North Korean shells are duds Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- Russia has imported more than 1.5 million artillery shells from North Korea to cover its insufficient arms production as the war with Ukraine rages on, but about half of the shells are duds, a Ukrainian military official said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia: NATO war games 'provocative', our 'defensive capabilities' ready Press TV 04 Mar 2024 -- Russia raps strongly NATO war games launched by the US-led military alliance on the country's doorstep.
• Russia Monitors Nordic Response Drills, Considers Them Provocative Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- Russia is monitoring NATO's Nordic Response military drills that kicked off on Monday in Finland, Sweden and Norway, and considers them to be provocative, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said.
• Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on February 26-March 3, 2024 Lithuania MND 04 Mar 2024
• 'I Realize I May Never Come Back': Moldovan Mercenaries Join Russian Units In Ukraine RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- Just a few bureaucratic hurdles to clear and Andrei can quit his factory job in Transdniester, a pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova, pick up a gun, and join like-minded countrymen fighting with invading Russian forces in neighboring Ukraine.

Foreign Policy

• Statement on P5 meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Mar 2024
• Russia Always Open to Serious and Equal Dialogue, Lavrov Affirms Sputnik 04 Mar 2024 -- On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at a session of the World Youth Festival. The World Youth Festival is running from March 1 to 7 in the Krasnodar Region's Sirius Federal Territory, located in Russia's south on the Black Sea coast.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions during a special session of a large MGIMO discussion programme combined with the 7th Global Forum of Young Diplomats, Russia and Its Role in Shaping a Multipolar World, Sochi, March 4, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Mar 2024
• UN Rights Chief Slams Russia's 'Repression' Of Dissent Ahead Of Election RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- The head of human rights for the United Nations has chided Russia for its throttling of "dissenting voices" prior to this month's presidential election, adding that the death of Kremlin critic Aleksei Navalny added to concerns over the state of human rights in the country.

News Reports

• Prosecutors Seek Harsher Sentence For Jailed Former Leader Of Navalny's Team RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- A court in Russia's Volga city of Samara ruled on March 4 to send the case of Lilia Chanysheva, the imprisoned former chief of late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in Ufa, to the Appeal Board of the Supreme Court of Bashkortostan after prosecutors said a 7 1/2 year prison sentence handed to the activist last year for extremism charges was too lenient.
• Russia's Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Rejecting Anti-War Candidate From Running For President RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- The Appeal Board of the Russian Supreme Court on March 4 rejected anti-war presidential hopeful Boris Nadezhdin's latest appeal of a Central Election Commission (TsIK) decision to bar him from being registered to run in the March 15-17 presidential election.
• Berlin, Moscow Dispute Whether Ambassador Summoned Over Leaked Military Talks RFE/RL 04 Mar 2024 -- German Ambassador to Russia Alexander Lambsdorff spent about an hour at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow on March 4 amid a dispute between the two countries over the publication of a recording of a confidential discussion between German military officials about providing the long-range Taurus missile to Ukraine.