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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Strikes Kill 2, Hit Russian Oil Refinery, Officials Say RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- Officials in two Russian regions bordering Ukraine say Ukrainian drones have killed two people and hit an oil refinery, setting it on fire.
• Ukraine, Russia Exchange Missile, Drone Assaults VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- Russia shot down 10 Ukrainian missiles over Sevastopol in Crimea and captured a village near Bakhmut on Saturday, Russian officials said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Address to citizens of Russia President of Russia 23 Mar 2024

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Egypt Sameh Shoukry Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Mar 2024
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on condolences and expressions of support received from abroad following the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Mar 2024
• Ukrainian Denials Of Involvement Sharpen After Attack On Russian Concert RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other Ukrainian officials on March 23 furiously denied any role by their country in the devastating attack on a Moscow-area concert hall a day earlier that killed at least 133 people and was claimed by the militant group Islamic State (IS), in a message that was also being pushed by Western officials.
• Terrorist Attack in Moscow US Dept. of State 23 Mar 2024 -- "The United States strongly condemns yesterday's deadly terrorist attack in Moscow."
• Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the Terrorist Attack in Moscow The White House 23 Mar 2024
• Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna's comment on yesterday's attack in Moscow Estonia MFA 23 Mar 2024 -- Yesterday's attack on a concert hall in Moscow clearly showed that the Putin regime is focused on conquering neighboring countries and organizing hybrid operations instead of caring for the well-being and safety of its own people.
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on the Severe Terrorist Attack in Russia PRC MofA 23 Mar 2024
• Xi extends condolences to Putin after deadly Moscow terror attack Global Times 23 Mar 2024 -- At least 133 people have been killed in a terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall music venue in the city of Krasnogorsk in the Moscow Region as of press time on Saturday. This is the first large-scale terrorist attack targeting civilians within Russia since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and came within a week after Vladimir Putin won a reelection victory.
• Xi extends condolences to Putin over deadly Moscow concert hall terror attack People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday extended condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the serious terrorist attack that caused heavy casualties at a concert hall in Moscow Oblast.
• Hungarian PM Expresses Condolences to Russians After Deadly Terrorist Attack Sputnik 23 Mar 2024 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has expressed condolences to Russians after a deadly terrorist attack in the Crocus City Hall in the Moscow Region.
• Raeisi tells Putin Iran stands with Russia after terrorist attack in Moscow Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has called for serious action by the international community to punish the "masterminds and perpetrators" of a terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall.
• Iran strongly condemns Moscow terror attack IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has strongly condemned a deadly terror attack on a concert hall in Moscow that killed over 40 people and wounded at least 140 others.
• World reacts to Russia terror attack IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- Reactions and condemnations have been pouring in following a terrorist attack in Russia where dozens of people were killed after gunmen began firing at people at the Crocus City Hall near the capital Moscow.
• UN Security Council strongly condemns terrorist attack in Russia People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack at a concert hall in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, the Russian Federation.
• UN condemns deadly attacks in Moscow UN News 22 Mar 2024 -- The UN chief condemned in the strongest possible terms Friday's deadly terrorist attack at a concert hall outside Moscow.

News Reports

• US shared intel on possible terror attack was general: Russian source IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- A Russian intelligence source has said that the country's intelligence services received information from the United States about a planned terrorist attack, but the information was general without specifying.
• Russia terrorist attack death toll rises to 133 IRNA 23 Mar 2024 -- The number of people killed in a shooting attack on a concert hall near the Russian capital Moscow has risen to 133, investigators have announced, while health officials said over 150 others had been wounded, including children.
• FSB Director reported to President about detention of terrorists who participated in the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall President of Russia 23 Mar 2024
• Fire, shooting claim over 90 lives in Moscow terrorist attack People's Daily 23 Mar 2024 -- The fire at a concert hall in Moscow's suburbs has been largely extinguished, with some areas still smoldering, Governor of Moscow Oblast Andrey Vorobyev said on Saturday.
• Putin vows punishment as death toll soars to 133 in Moscow terrorist attack Press TV 23 Mar 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to track down and punish those behind the "bloody and barbaric" terrorist attack in a concert hall outside Moscow as the death toll has soared to 133, according to Russian authorities.
• Russia Says 4 Foreign Suspects Detained As Death Toll From Concert Attack Reaches 133 RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- Rescuers pulled more bodies from the rubble of a Moscow-area concert venue on March 23 as the toll from a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State (IS) militant group reached 133 and security officials said four suspected gunmen had been detained in connection with Russia's worst terrorist violence in nearly two decades.
• Eleven People Including Four Terrorists Directly Involved in Attack Detained - FSB Head to Putin Sputnik 23 Mar 2024 -- Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) chief Alexander Bortnikov has informed Russian President Vladimir Putin of the detention of 11 people in connection with the terrorist attack in the concert venue near Moscow, including all four who were directly involved in the killings, the Kremlin said in a statement.
• Ukraine Becomes Den of Terrorism in Europe With Help of West - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 23 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine has been turning into a center for the spread of terrorism in Europe for the past 10 years with the help of the West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
• Detained Terrorists Had Contacts on Ukrainian Side - FSB Sputnik 23 Mar 2024 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) published a statement on the Moscow concert hall terror attack investigation.
• How Putin's Police State Leaves Russia Vulnerable To Terrorist Attacks RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- A week after the last Russian presidential election, in 2018, a fire at a crowded mall in Siberia killed more than 60 people, many of them children.
• In Russian Crises, Putin Often Vanishes From Public Eye RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- When Russia's nuclear submarine the Kursk sank above the Arctic Circle in August 2000 during President Vladimir Putin's first year in office, it took four days for the new Russian leader to make a public statement on a tragedy that killed 118 sailors.
• A Look Back At Major Terror Attacks Under Putin's Rule RFE/RL 23 Mar 2024 -- Gunmen opened fire at a packed music venue in Moscow on March 22, killing at least 115 people and wounding many more, in the worst such attack in Russia in years.
• A Look at IS-Khorasan — Group Believed to Be Behind Moscow Attack VOA 23 Mar 2024 -- The United States is assigning responsibility for Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130 people on the Islamic State terror group's Afghan affiliate, known as Islamic State-Khorasan, or IS-Khorasan.