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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 19.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 19 Mar 2023

Ukraine

• Expelling the occupier, clearing our land of traces of the evil state, punishing terrorists are our tasks that we will fulfill - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 19 Mar 2023
• Ukrainian Officials Express Outrage Over Putin's Surprise Visit To City of Mariupol After Crimea RFE/RL 19 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced nighttime visit to Mariupol, the occupied Ukrainian city that symbolizes Kyiv's fierce resistance to Moscow's invasion, in a possible show of defiance after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a war for his arrest.
• Zelenskiy Announces Sanctions On Hundreds Of Individuals, Including Syrian President, Iranian Drone Makers RFE/RL 19 Mar 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced sanctions against hundreds of individuals and companies, including Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranians associated with the production of Shahed drones.

Russia

• Vladimir Putin visited Mariupol President of Russia 19 Mar 2023 -- The President examined several facilities in the city and talked with the locals.
• Putin Visits Occupied Mariupol in Ukraine After Stop in Crimea VOA 19 Mar 2023 -- The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port city of Mariupol after a stopover in the Crimean Peninsula to mark the ninth anniversary of Moscow's illegal annexation of the territory in 2014.
• Putin makes surprise visit to Mariupol in eastern Ukraine after ICC arrest warrant Press TV 19 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Ukraine's port city of Mariupol, a day after he visited Crimea, following an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Russian leader on "war crime accusations".
• Putin to Issue Instructions on Tackling Citizenship, Salary Issues in Mariupol: Kremlin Sputnik 19 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will instruct the authorities to look into the issues of Russian citizenship and passports registration as well as delays in salary payments in the city of Mariupol, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.
• Reconstruction of Mariupol Airport Scheduled to Finish in 2025: Deputy Prime Minister Sputnik 19 Mar 2023 -- The reconstruction of the airport in the city of Mariupol is expected to wrap up in 2025, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin told President Vladimir Putin, adding that the renovated airport will be international.
• Russia Foils Ukraine's Reconnaissance by Fire, Reserves Transfer in Kupyansk Direction Sputnik 19 Mar 2023 -- Russian forces have thwarted two attempts of Ukrainian troops to conduct reconnaissance by fire and transfer their reserves in the Kupyansk direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday.
• Putin welcomes China's willingness to help resolve Ukraine conflict Press TV 19 Mar 2023 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin says he welcomes China's willingness to help resolve the one-year-plus-long conflict in Ukraine as his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping says Bejing's proposal on how to solve the crisis reflects global views.
• Black Sea drones show US involvement in war with Russia: Kremlin Press TV 19 Mar 2023 -- The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says US drone flights over the Black Sea are a sign of direct US involvement in the Ukraine war.
• NATO Reportedly Mulling 300,000-Strong Force on Russia's Borders Amid Fast-Dwindling War Chests Sputnik 19 Mar 2023 -- As Western countries have been supplying the Kiev regime with a broad array of weapon systems, including air defense missiles, multiple-launch rocket systems, and anti-aircraft guns since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, they have not only further fueled the conflict, but seen their own war chests run dry fast.

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Foreign Reactions

• Russia/Ukraine: Statement by the High Representative following the ICC decision concerning the arrest warrant against President Putin European External Action Service (EEAS) 19 Mar 2023 -- The European Union has taken note of the decision of the International Criminal Court's Pre-Trial Chamber II to issue arrest warrants against the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Office of the President Maria Lvova-Belova, in connection with alleged crimes of unlawful deportation and unlawful transfer of children in the context of the situation in Ukraine.

News Reports

• Investigation Finds Ukraine's Confiscation Of Russian Assets Stymied By Bureaucracy RFE/RL 19 Mar 2023 -- The tally after one year: two banks and four tycoons. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has cited Ukraine's "own example" of confiscating sovereign and private Russian assets within its borders to urge Kyiv's allies to do the same and contribute to a war recovery effort estimated to cost over $700 billion. But Ukraine's experience seizing these assets has proven problematic and slow-moving, a probe by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, found.
• 'What Kind Of Example Is This?': Siberians Balk At Military Honors For Ex-Cons Killed In Ukraine RFE/RL 19 Mar 2023 -- When Roman Melnikov left Darasun, a tiny hamlet in Siberia's Zabaikalye region, in 2015, few were sad to see him go. He had been sentenced to nine years in prison for manslaughter after being convicted of beating a cafe patron to death during a robbery.
• White House Would Find Any Ceasefire in Ukraine Following Xi's Russia Visit 'Unacceptable' Sputnik 19 Mar 2023 -- China unveiled a 12-point peace plan aimed at putting an end to the Ukrainian crisis last month, with the conflict expected to be brought up in meetings between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping during the Chinese president's state visit to Moscow starting Monday. President Biden has dismissed the Chinese peace proposal as irrational.