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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 07.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 07 Mar 2023
• Russian Pressure On Bakhmut Continues Unabated As UN Chief Arrives In Ukraine RFE/RL 07 Mar 2023 -- Ukrainian leaders have continued to insist that their troops are holding on in Bakhmut - the scene of months of brutal and costly fighting - even as the Russian military vowed to capture the city and move farther into Ukraine and the UN chief arrived in the country.
• Kyiv Identifies Ukrainian POW Purportedly Executed In Video Circulating On Social Media RFE/RL 07 Mar 2023 -- The Ukrainian military says it has identified one of its soldiers who appears to be executed by Russian troops in a video that has circulated on social media, prompting calls from Kyiv for a war crimes investigation.

Ukraine

• Andriy Yermak met with representatives of civil society organizations to discuss the pursuit of legal action against Russia for its environmental crimes committed in Ukraine President of Ukraine 07 Mar 2023
• Ukraine will always remember its heroes, our memory of them will endure, and our enemy will perish - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 07 Mar 2023
• Ukrainian delegation headed by the Permanent Representative of the President in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea visited Southeast Asia President of Ukraine 07 Mar 2023
• At a joint event with the WHO, Iuliia Sokolovska spoke about the development of the rehabilitation system in Ukraine President of Ukraine 07 Mar 2023

Russia

• Russian Defense Chief Says Capturing Bakhmut Important for Wider Donbas Offensive VOA 07 Mar 2023 -- Russia's defense minister said Tuesday that capturing the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was important to launching offensive operations deeper in the region, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to keep fighting for Bakhmut.
• US hands 'visible' in Ukraine war: Russia Press TV 07 Mar 2023 -- Russia says the United States' hands in the conflict in Ukraine are "visible," rejecting a portrayal of foreign interference in the war as discreet.
• Shoigu: NATO's Increased Arms Supplies to Kiev Regime Don't Lead to Ukraine's Success on Battlefield Sputnik 07 Mar 2023 -- Russia has repeatedly warned that the US and its allies' military aid to Kiev is only prolonging the Ukrainian conflict.

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Foreign Reactions

• Canada deploys medical trainers to Operation UNIFIER and extends engineer training in Poland Canada 07 Mar 2023 -- Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand announced that Canada has deployed seven Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Medical Technicians and Medical Assistants from Canadian Forces Health Services units to Poland, where they will train members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the skills needed to save lives effectively in combat situations.
• Minister Joly announces new multifaceted support for Ukraine Canada 07 Mar 2023 -- Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly announced new multifaceted support for Ukraine to help address its critical energy and security needs as it defends itself against Russia's full-scale invasion. The announcement was made during the official visit to Canada of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
• War in Ukraine - Military support for Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 07 Mar 2023 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.
• Poland is ready to service and repair tanks supplied to Ukraine Republic of Poland 07 Mar 2023 -- On Tuesday, March 7, a press conference of Mariusz Blaszczak, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense, was held at the Okęcie Military Airport before his departure for a meeting with the German Defense Minister and a session of the informal EU defense ministers' meeting in Stockholm.
• Poland supports creation of a Special Tribunal for Crimes of Aggression against Ukraine Republic of Poland 07 Mar 2023 -- The Russian Federation's armed attack against Ukraine is an act of aggression which, by its character, gravity and scale, constitutes a manifest violation of the Charter of the United Nations. Thus, it simultaneously constitutes a crime of aggression.
• Is Russia Courting Malawi Support on Ukraine? VOA 07 Mar 2023 -- Russia's ambassador to Malawi has said he hopes African leaders will call for an end to the international sanctions against Moscow at an upcoming Russia-Africa summit. Nikolai Krasilnikov made the comment Monday, as Russia made a donation of 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi. An analyst says Russia is likely trying to win diplomatic support for its war in Ukraine.
• China has not provided weapons to any party involved in the Ukraine crisis, and will never accept criticism or sanctions thrown at it: FM Global Times 07 Mar 2023 -- China is neither initiator of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, nor an involved party. The country did not provide weapons to any party involved in the crisis and will never accept criticism, pressure or sanctions thrown at it,Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said at Tuesday's press conference.

News Reports

• Belarus arrests individuals over 'attempted sabotage' at air base Press TV 07 Mar 2023 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says Belarus has detained a number of people over attempted sabotage at an airfield last month.
• If Bakhmut Falls: What The Battle For A City Of Little Military Significance Means For The Ukraine War RFE/RL 07 Mar 2023 -- A kettle. A cauldron. A pincer. A meat grinder. A carpet of corpses. A death trap.