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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• 2 Killed By Ukrainian Strike On Russia's Belgorod, Officials Say RFE/RL 18 Mar 2024 -- Two people were killed and four others were wounded in a Ukrainian air strike on Russia's Belgorod region on March 18, the head of the region's administration, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram.
• Ukraine's 'air defense' may fail by end of March as Kiev running out of ammunition: Report Press TV 18 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine's army might deplete its air defense ammunition by the end of this month, and as it is grappling with shortages of air defense missiles, according to a report.
• Concert marking 10th anniversary of Crimea and Sevastopol's reunification with Russia President of Russia 18 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin attended a concert on Red Square to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Crimea and Sevastopol's reunification with the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 18 Mar 2024 -- From 11:30 to 11:45 Moscow time, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch a terrorist attack against the facilities in the Russian Federation using RM-70, Vampire, Olkha, and Grad MLRS.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 1,070 Soldiers in Past Day Sputnik 18 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine lost up to 1,070 soldiers both killed and wounded over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Monday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with candidates for President of Russia President of Russia 18 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with candidates for President of Russia.
• Potential Russia-NATO conflict just one step from WW3, Putin warns Press TV 18 Mar 2024 -- President Vladimir Putin has warned the US-led Western camp against the world-spanning consequence of a conflict between Russia and NATO.
• Russia Considers US Proposals to Start Arms Control Talks 'Hypocrisy' Sputnik 18 Mar 2024 -- Moscow considers Washington's proposals to hold arms control talks "hypocrisy," the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Monday.
• VOA Interview | US Says NKorea Shipped 10,000 Containers of Munitions to Russia VOA 18 Mar 2024 -- The United States disclosed Monday that North Korea has dispatched at least 10,000 containers loaded with military munitions to Russia in support of its war in Ukraine. This number surpasses the 7,000 containers estimated by the South Korean defense chief earlier in the day.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversations with presidents of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan President of Russia 18 Mar 2024
• Presidential 'election' in Russia: "Let's not recognise Putin's legitimacy as president", PACE President says Council of Europe 18 Mar 2024 -- Following the Presidential election in Russia, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos today made the following statement:
• Putin's Re-Election Confirms Russia Is 'Authoritarian Society,' Says NATO Chief RFE/RL 18 Mar 2024 -- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia's presidential election was "not free nor fair" and only confirms that Russia is "an authoritarian society."
• Krišjānis Kariņš calls for manganese ore to be covered by the 14th round of sanctions Latvia MFA 18 Mar 2024 -- On 18 March 2024, at the European Union (EU) Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Krišjānis Kariņš, called for an increase in the sanctions pressure on Russia and for work to begin on the 14th round of sanctions against Russia in order to weaken its war machine through a ban on the import of the country's agricultural products as well as expanding the export and transit ban on raw materials used in the Russian military industry to include the manganese ore and aluminium oxide.
• Russian presidential elections 2024: Foreign Secretary's statement following the outcome UK FCDO 18 Mar 2024 -- The Foreign Secretary condemns electoral violations, the suppression of opposition voices, and breaches of Ukrainian sovereignty during these elections.
• Gabrielius Landsbergis: coercion, oppression and fraud cannot give rise to respected international legitimacy Lithuania MFA 18 Mar 2024 -- The procedure imitating the Russian presidential election, which took place on 15-17 March 2024 under the conditions of an unprecedented restriction of civil and political rights, cannot be considered or called an election, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis noted.
• Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the imitation of elections in Russia Lithuania MFA 18 Mar 2024 -- The procedure imitating the Russian presidential election, which took place on 15-17 March 2024 under the conditions of an unprecedented restriction of civil and political rights, cannot be considered or called an election, because it was neither fair nor free, nor did it comply with any universally accepted standards of democracy and the rule of law.
• Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs on Russia's sham presidential election Canada 18 Mar 2024
• Putin reelected; 'China-Russia ties to continue to make progress' Global Times 18 Mar 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated Vladimir Putin on his reelection as Russian president, as Putin has addressed his supporters and declared his reelection victory earlier on the same day following the victory of presidential election with over 87 percent of the vote in his favor.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Congratulatory Message to President of Russian Federation KCNA 18 Mar 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on March 18 sent a congratulatory message to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Extends Congratulations to Russian President KCNA 18 Mar 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Monday extended congratulations to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on his reelection to the presidency of the Russian Federation.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming and Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Mar 2024
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 18 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Turkish side's initiative.
• Prime Minister congratulates H.E. Mr. Vladimir Putin on his re-election as the President of the Russian Federation India MEA 18 Mar 2024

News Reports

• Amid 'Repression And Intimidation,' Putin Posts 'Record' Election Win RFE/RL 18 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin has claimed a fifth presidential term with a landslide victory in a tightly controlled election that has been condemned by the West as neither free nor fair as the Russian leader seeks to prove overwhelming popular support for his full-scale invasion of Ukraine and increasingly repressive policies.