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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Withdraws From Vuhledar As Russia Resumes Strikes On Danube Port RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- The Ukrainian military has confirmed that it is pulling out of the strategic city of Vuhledar in the east as Moscow continues its grinding offensive, while Ukraine's critically important Danube port of Izmayil was again targeted by waves of Russian drone strikes that raised the alarm in neighboring NATO member Romania.
• Kyiv Investigating 'Largest Mass Execution' Of Ukrainian Soldiers Captured By Russia RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- Ukraine's Prosecutor-General's Office has initiated an investigation into what it describes as the "largest mass execution" of Ukrainian "prisoners of war" by Russian troops since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion more than 31 months ago.
• The Fall Of Vuhledar: What It Means For Ukraine's Beleaguered Military RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- In late January 2023, a column of Russian vehicles and hundreds of naval infantry ran into a buzz saw of Ukrainian defenses near the Donbas city of Vuhledar, a humiliating defeat that showcased both Ukrainian pluck, but also Russia's frequently ham-handed offensive operations.
• Ukraine says Russian drone attack hurts 2 people in Odesa VOA 02 Oct 2024 -- Officials in southern Ukraine said Wednesday a Russian drone attack targeting port infrastructure in Odesa injured two truck drivers.
• RFE/RL Reveals 20,000+ From Russia's Volga Regions Have Died In Ukraine RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- More than 20,000 soldiers from Russia's Povolzhye - territories comprising several regions around the Volga River - have died in Ukraine since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor, according to calculations from RFE/RL's Idel.Realities, another sign of the deep impact the Kremlin's war in Ukraine is having on more distant regions of Russia.
• Ukraine Loses Over 19,550 Soldiers During Operation in Kursk Area - MoD Sputnik 02 Oct 2024 -- The Russian armed forces have eliminated more than 19,550 Ukrainian servicemen and 135 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Wednesday.
• Russian authorities systematically torture Ukrainian POWs, UN says VOA 02 Oct 2024 -- Russian authorities have subjected hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war to "widespread and systematic torture" while supervisors in detention facilities aware of that treatment did nothing to stop the abuse, according to a report published by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Naval search and strike force group's ships return to Kamchatka after performing tasks in Pacific Ocean Russia MoD 02 Oct 2024 -- Naval search and strike force group from the Troops and Forces in the North-East returned to the home station on Kamchatka after carrying out missions in the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.
• Russian peacekeepers train in isolating mock enemy and repelling attack on base area within CSTO exercise in Kazakhstan Russia MoD 02 Oct 2024 -- Servicemen of the 201st military base of the Central Military District repelled an attack on the peacekeeping force's base area and practised isolating the mock enemy during the Unbreakable Brotherhood 2024 involving the CSTO peacekeeping force in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Chinese, Russian coast guards conduct joint patrols in Arctic Ocean, marking CCG's first entry into the region Global Times 02 Oct 2024 -- During the National Day holidays, a formation of China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels arrived in the Arctic Ocean for joint patrols with the Russian coast guard, marking the first time CCG vessels have entered the Arctic Ocean.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's article for Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, October 3, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Oct 2024
• Xi says good-neighborliness, strategic coordination the most essential features of China-Russia ties Global Times 02 Oct 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday that lasting good-neighborliness, comprehensive strategic coordination and mutually beneficial cooperation have become the most essential features of bilateral ties between China and Russia.
• Iran Showed Restraint for Two Months Amid Israeli Attacks - Russian UN Envoy Sputnik 02 Oct 2024 -- The 17th edition of the India-Germany Military Cooperation Sub Group (MCSG) meeting was held from 01-02 Oct 24 at Berlin, Germany.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with heads of diplomatic missions of Arab states accredited in Moscow Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Oct 2024
• Russia's UN envoy condemns Zionist assassination of Nasrallah IRNA 02 Oct 2024 -- Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia has strongly condemned the assassination of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah in a Zionist Friday airstrike.
• Russian Man Sentenced for Running an Illegal Money Transmitting Business US Dept. of Justice 02 Oct 2024 -- Feliks Medvedev, 43, of Buford, Georgia, was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business which transferred over $150 million in Russian money.
• Landsbergis: "Russia has long deserved a new sanctions regime" Lithuania MFA 02 Oct 2024 -- Today, on 2 October, the Permanent Representatives, Ambassadors of the European Union member states approved the creation of a new sanctions regime to counter Russia's destabilizing activities.
• Cyber sanctions imposed on Russian citizens for cybercrime Australia MFA 02 Oct 2024 -- Australia has imposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on three Russian citizens for their involvement in the Evil Corp cybercrime group.

News Reports

• Russia Launches Criminal Case Against Opposition Yabloko Party Lawmaker RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- Russia has opened a criminal case against opposition politician Lev Shlosberg, one of the few Kremlin critics publicly opposed to the Ukraine campaign still at large in the country.
• U.S., British Authorities Publicly Link Ex-FSB Officer To Notorious Russian Ransomware Group RFE/RL 02 Oct 2024 -- U.S. and British authorities for the first time publicly linked an ex-Russian special forces officer to one of the world's most notorious ransomware groups, adding further evidence of ties, formal and informal, between Russian intelligence agencies and criminal groups.