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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Patrol Vessel 'Sunk' Off The Coast Of Occupied Crimea, Ukraine Military Claims RFE/RL 05 Mar 2024 -- The Main Directorate of Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) said high-tech Ukrainian sea drones struck and "sunk" the Russian patrol vessel Sergei Kotov off the coast of occupied Crimea in what appears to be the latest sinking of a Russian ship well behind enemy lines.
• Russian Forces Battle To Advance Beyond Eastern City Captured Last Month, Ukrainian Military Says RFE/RL 05 Mar 2024 -- The Ukrainian military says its forces have contained an advance by Moscow's forces outside the eastern city of Avdiyivka as Russian drones carried out another attack on Odesa, the Air Force said.
• Ukraine Downs 18 Russian Drones VOA 05 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine said Tuesday its air defenses destroyed 18 drones that Russia launched in overnight attacks.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 05 Mar 2024
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 05 Mar 2024
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 05 Mar 2024
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights "Ten Years of Occupation by the Russian Federation: Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol, Ukraine" Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Mar 2024
• Russian Armed Forces Continue to Push Ukrainian Troops Westward - Shoigu Sputnik 05 Mar 2024 -- The Russian armed forces did not allow Ukrainian troops who fled from the Avdeyevka strongpoint to gain a foothold on the new line and continue to push them westward, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
• Top Russian Commanders Face ICC Arrest Warrants for Alleged War Crimes VOA 05 Mar 2024 -- The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu holds thematic teleconference with the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces Russia MoD 05 Mar 2024-- Today, Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu held a thematic teleconference with the leadership of the Russian Armed Forces at the National Centre for State Defence Control.
• Defense Ministry Reveals Possible Scenario of Attack on Russia Sputnik 05 Mar 2024 -- An air-ground or air-sea operation could be launched against Russia that would begin with a rapid global strike and several massive missile and air strikes at the same time, reads an article in Military Thought magazine, published by the Russian Defense Ministry.
• Sudan Has No Objection to Creation of Russian Navy Base Sputnik 05 Mar 2024 -- The Sudanese authorities have no general objections to the creation of a Russian navy base in the country, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Al-Sadiq Ali told Sputnik.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to question from Rossiya 24 TV channel, Sochi, March 4, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Mar 2024
• Russia stands against blackmailing UNRWA: Envoy to UN ISNA 05 Mar 2024 -- Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia stressed that Russia stands against any politicization of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA and finds the actions of donors to effectively blackmail the agency immoral.

News Reports

• Uzbek Insider Takes Over Gas Project Linked To Sanctioned Russian Tycoon Closely Tied To Putin RFE/RL 05 Mar 2024 -- Control of an $850 million gas-storage development in Uzbekistan linked to sanctioned Russian tycoon Gennady Timchenko, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been transferred to an obscure offshore firm owned by an Uzbek political insider with whom Timchenko has commercial ties, an RFE/RL investigation has found.