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Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 23.10 Ukraine MOD 23 Oct 2022
• 'Wide-Scale' Russian Attacks Target Ukraine's Energy Grid, Leaving Millions Without Electricity RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- Russia has launched new, "wide scale" missile strikes on Ukraine's civilian energy sites, causing power outages nationwide, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his regular video address late on October 22.

Ukraine

• Russia brings death and degradation, Ukraine is always about restoration - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 23 Oct 2022
• Zelenskyy Criticizes Russia for 'Dirty Bomb' Claims VOA 23 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy said during his nightly address Sunday that only Russia was capable of using nuclear weapons in Europe.

Russia

• Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of planning to deploy 'dirty bomb' Press TV 23 Oct 2022 -- Russia has accused Ukraine of preparing a "provocation" involving the use of a "dirty bomb," a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste.
• Russian defense minister: Ukraine conflict rapidly deteriorating, trending towards 'uncontrolled escalation' Press TV 23 Oct 2022 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has warned that the situation in Ukraine is rapidly deteriorating and spiraling into "uncontrolled escalation," as the conflict in the former Soviet republic drags on for the eighth month.

United States

• Joint Statement on Ukraine US Dept. of State 23 Oct 2022 -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, and the United Kingdom.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba US Dept. of State 23 Oct 2022
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu DoD 23 Oct 2022
• Russian Defense Minister Shoigu Holds Calls With U.S., Other NATO Counterparts Amid Escalation Fears RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and three other counterparts from leading NATO members on October 23 amid growing concern that the Kremlin could escalate its war in Ukraine as it suffers defeats.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Statement on Defence Secretary's call with Russian Defence Minister UK MOD 23 Oct 2022 -- Statement on Defence Secretary Ben Wallace's call with the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
• Latvian Foreign Minister Says Little Hope For Ukraine War Negotiations Until 'Clear Defeat Of Russia' RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said he has little hope of a diplomatic solution to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine "until we see the clear defeat of Russia."

News Reports

• In Northern Ukraine, Chernihiv Braces For A Tough Winter Amid Russian Attacks On Energy Grid RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- "We have bought three carloads of various kinds of firewood," said Iryna, an employee of the central heating plant in the city of Chernihiv, some 150 kilometers north of Kyiv and 40 kilometers south of the border with Belarus. "We got the cheapest they had at the sawmill. Good firewood costs at least 6,000 hryvnyas ($165) per carload."
• Russian State TV Presenter Said Ukrainian Children Should Have Been Drowned, Sparking Outrage RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- A presenter on Russian state-controlled RT media said Ukrainian children who saw Russians as occupiers during Soviet rule should have been drowned.