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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 13.10 Ukraine MOD 13 Oct 2022
• Russian Strikes Kill Five In Southern Ukrainian City As NATO Partners Pledge More Military Aid RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Russian missiles and drones that targeted dozens of Ukrainian cities and towns overnight killed five people in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, officials said on October 13 as NATO allies meeting in Brussels committed more military aid to Kyiv.
• Ukraine, Russia Return 20 Soldiers Each In Second Prisoner Swap This Week RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Moscow and Kyiv have exchanged 20 soldiers, the two sides said on October 13 in the second prisoner swap to take place this week.
• Drones Hit Area of Ukraine's Capital as Russia Continues Aerial Attacks VOA 13 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian officials said Thursday the country's capital region was hit by Iranian-made drones operated by Russian forces, while Ukraine's military said Russian missiles had hit 40 different settlements throughout the country during the past day.

Ukraine

• Zelenskiy Says Situation In Kharkiv 'Just As Terrible' As Other Areas Where Russia Withdrew RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has again ruled out talks with Russia to end Moscow's war against his country and said the situation in the recently liberated Kharkiv region is "just as terrible" as it was after Russian troops retreated from the towns of Irpin and Bucha, where mass graves were discovered.
• Zelenskiy Tells Finance Ministers Ukraine Needs $55 Billion For Budget, Rebuilding Through Next Year RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appealed to international donors to increase their support, saying more money is needed to rebuild schools and homes destroyed by Russian bombardment.
• Terror must be responded with force at all levels: on the battlefield, with sanctions, and legally - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 13 Oct 2022
• Andriy Yermak: Ukraine gives the ICRC three days to send a mission to the colony in Olenivka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are held President of Ukraine 13 Oct 2022
• If Europe wants to get rid of pressure from Russia, it is necessary to end the war in Ukraine in a fair way - Mykhailo Podolyak in an interview with elDiario President of Ukraine 13 Oct 2022
• The first important steps have been taken to protect the Ukrainian sky, and Ukraine expects the intensification of this process from its partners - President at the PACE session President of Ukraine 13 Oct 2022
• To return to the system of international justice, it is necessary to bring the Russian aggressor to justice - Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the PACE autumn session President of Ukraine 13 Oct 2022
• The Red Cross should act more powerfully in the issue of access to prisoners in Russia and in the occupied territories - President of Ukraine at the PACE autumn session President of Ukraine 13 Oct 2022
• Speech by the President of Ukraine at the autumn plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe President of Ukraine 13 Oct 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells PACE: 'Never yet in history was united Europe as strong as it is today' Council of Europe 13 Oct 2022 -- PACE has strongly condemned the attempted annexation of Ukrainian regions by Russia, describing the so-called referendums in these regions as "an affront to international law" and "null and void, with no legal or political effects".

Russia

• Peskov Says Russia Remains 'Open For Talks' With Ukraine, 'Interested Nations' RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Moscow remains "open for talks" with Kyiv on Russia's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, stressing that the "goals of the special military operation" in Ukraine's east "remain unchanged."
• Russian Diplomat Says Moscow Prepared To Reject Renewal Of Grain Export Deal RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Moscow is prepared to reject the renewal of an agreement on grain exports from Black Sea ports unless its demands are addressed, Russia's UN ambassador in Geneva has told Reuters.
• Putin Did Not Discuss Ukraine With Erdogan, Kremlin Says RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, did not discuss the Ukraine war during a bilateral meeting in Kazakhstan on October 13, the Kremlin said.
• Foreign Ministry statement on the UN General Assembly resolution "Territorial integrity of Ukraine: defending the principles of the Charter of the United Nations" Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Oct 2022
• Ukraine war could lead to WWIII if Ukraine joins NATO: Russia reiterates Press TV 13 Oct 2022 -- A Russian security official has reiterated that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate into World War III, if Kiev's request for joining the US-led NATO military alliance is accepted.

United States

NATO

• NATO Unified, Resolute in Face of Russia's 'Illegal' Ukraine Invasion, Austin Says DoD News 13 Oct 2022 -- NATO stands united in its support for Ukraine and strengthening the alliance's collective defense in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today at NATO headquarters.
• NATO steps up support for Ukraine, strengthens deterrence and defence NATO 13 Oct 2022 -- NATO will further step up support for Ukraine, while strengthening the Alliance's defence and deterrence and working to increase the protection of critical infrastructure, Secretary General Stoltenberg said on Thursday (13 October 2022).
• NATO Defense Ministers Back Ukraine With Weapons To Meet Air-Defense Needs RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine's allies on October 12 announced the delivery of new air defenses and committed more military aid to Kyiv to protect against Russia's "indiscriminate" missile attacks across the country.

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Meeting between Bjoern Seibert and Andriy Yermak, head of the office of President Zelenskyy European Commission 13 Oct 2022 -- The head of cabinet of President von der Leyen, Bjoern Seibert, and the head of the office of President Zelenskyy, Andriy Yermak, discussed via videoconference about situation in Ukraine, sanctions, the delivery of liquidity support and support for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
• Russia's army will be 'annihilated' if it nukes Ukraine, EU foreign policy chief warns Press TV 13 Oct 2022 -- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned Russia that its army would be "annihilated" by the US-led military alliance if uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine, while the Kremlin has advised Washington of its nuclear "red line".
• Vietnam and Thailand abstain from UN vote to condemn Russia's Ukraine annexation Radio Free Asia 13 Oct 2022 -- Vietnamese state media on Thursday reported on the United Nations General Assembly vote that overwhelmingly condemned Russia's attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine, but did not mention that Hanoi, along with Thailand, Laos and 32 other countries had abstained from the vote.
• Russia's needless war has inflicted suffering on too many: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 13 Oct 2022 -- Ambassador Neil Bush denounces Russia's ongoing and indefensible attacks against civilians across Ukraine, and commends human rights defenders.
• UK to give air defence missiles to help Ukraine defend against rockets UK MOD 13 Oct 2022 -- The UK will donate hundreds more air defence missiles to Ukraine, including AMRAAM rockets which are capable of shooting down cruise missiles.
• UK to supply Ukraine with advanced air defense missiles Press TV 13 Oct 2022 -- Britain will supply Ukraine with advanced air defense missiles capable of shooting down cruise projectiles, following Russian strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities in recent days, UK Defense Minister Ben Wallace says.
• Australia Mulls Training Support for Ukraine to Help Repel Russian Invasion VOA 13 Oct 2022 -- Australia is considering a request from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to provide military training support against the Russian invasion.
• Another Belarusian 'Railway Guerrilla' Gets Lengthy Prison Term RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- A court in Belarus's eastern region of Mahilyou has sentenced a man to 11 years in prison on charges of joining a group involved in damaging railways to disrupt the supply of Russian arms and troops to Ukraine.

News Reports

• After Kremlin's Annexation Gambit, Few Compromises Remain To End Russia's War On Ukraine RFE/RL 13 Oct 2022 -- Before an assemblage of Russia's ruling elites late last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to redefine Moscow's flagging war against Ukraine by claiming to annex four more Ukrainian regions, adding that the status of those areas as Russian would never be negotiable and that Moscow would defend the newly grabbed territory by all necessary means - which many observers took as a threat to use nuclear weapons.