Thursday 27th April 2023
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Contents
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1 World society
United Nations
News links from around the world
JPR Book Notes
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2 The war in Ukraine
Sixty-one weeks in, Thursday 27th April 2023
The military situation
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News items
Some of the items appearing below are from The Times … or, in the case of Sunday, from The Observer. “19, 1” indicates 19th April, 2023, page 1. Although not named, the work of the journalists is appreciated – indeed it is what I depend on. I buy the paper version but sometimes cite the online version (The Observer has open access but The Times does not.)
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1 World society
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United Nations
UN News: https://news.un.org/en/
Global Goals https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/04/1136127
UN Security Council: https://press.un.org/en/content/security-council
Taliban ban women working for UN:
https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15271.doc.htm
UN General Assembly:
https://press.un.org/en/content/general-assembly/meetings-coverage
Security Council veto: https://press.un.org/en/2023/ga12500.doc.htm
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News links from around the world
Japan: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/27/national/covid-poicy-changes-border/
USA: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
China: https://www.globaltimes.cn/
Russia: https://tass.com/
UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news
France: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/; https://www.lemonde.fr/ (in French)
India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
Nigeria: https://guardian.ng/
Brazil: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/; https://www.folha.uol.com.br/ (in Portuguese)
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JPR Book Notes
https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes
Frederking, Brian (2023) Renegotiating the Liberal Order: Evidence from the UN Security Council.
https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes/3198
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3 The war in Ukraine
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The military situation
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Russia, Tass … government:
Needs of armed forces http://government.ru/en/news/48344/
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Ukraine, Kyiv Post … Kyiv Independent … president:
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/all
China, etc.
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BBC: War in Ukraine:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60525350.
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Running out of weapons
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65347835
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The BBC Map (two months ago, 9th March):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60506682 .
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ISW: Interactive Time Lapse Map of Russia’s War on Ukraine
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/733fe90805894bfc8562d90b106aa895
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https://www.understandingwar.org/ :
April27
The Russian military command appears to be reshuffling the leadership of command organs associated with force generation, sustainment, and logistics. Several prominent Russian milbloggers claimed on April 27 that Colonel General Aleksey Kuzmenkov, Deputy Head of the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia), has replaced Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev as Deputy Defense Minister of the Russian Federation for Logistics. A Wagner-affiliated milblogger claimed that Mizintsev’s dismissal may be a result of a combat readiness check of troops of the Northern Fleet carried out by former commander of the airborne (VDV) forces and Wagner affiliate Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, who was recently re-appointed to an unspecified command role in Ukraine. The milblogger claimed that Teplinsky’s inspection revealed that troops in certain places of the front were not receiving necessary weapons. The Wagner Group has experienced significant issues with dealing with the Russian logistics enterprise, and Teplinsky’s reported role in identifying issues with supply may portend a renewed focus of Russian sustainment organs on providing Wagner with necessary logistical support, as Teplinsky’s affiliations with Wagner are well-established. ISW previously reported on September 24, 2022, that Mizinstev replaced Army General Dmitry Bulgakov as Head of Logistics and that Mizintsev previously was the head of the Russian National Defense Control Center and oversaw command of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division (8th Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District) during Russian operations in Mariupol in spring 2022. Russian milbloggers additionally reported that former Head of the 8th Directorate of the Russian General Staff (State Secret Protection) Yuri Kuznetsov will become Head of the Main Directorate of Personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense and that Stanislav Gadzhimagomedov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Department of the Russian General Staff will replace General Oleg Gorshenin as Head of the National Defense Control Center. Official Russian sources have not yet confirmed these changes.
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Johnson’s Russia List:
https://russialist.org/jrl-newswatch-china-tries-to-act-as-mediator-in-russias-war-with-ukraine-ap/
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Russia Matters:
https://www.russiamatters.org/ ;
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RUSI
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Stephen Walt
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/18/ukraine-russia-china-united-states-peace-ceasefire/
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