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Ukraine Invasion

• Operational information on 18.00, 26.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 12.00, 26.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 06.00, 26.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 24.00, 25.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2022
• 10 humanitarian corridors agreed for Ukraine frontline areas: Deputy PM Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Ukraine says it has reached an agreement with Russia on establishing ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from the besieged cities and towns.
• Russia declares first phase of Ukraine military operation complete, focuses on Donbass liberation Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Russia has declared that it has secured the main objectives it sought in the first stage of its "special military operation" against Ukraine and is now moving on its focus on the liberation of the Donbass region, as the conflict enters its second month.
• Rockets Hit Near Lviv In Western Ukraine As Biden Wraps Up Visit To Poland By Meeting Refugees RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- Several rockets struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on March 26, injuring five people and setting a fire at an oil storage facility in a city that served as a safe haven for hundreds of thousands of displaced Ukrainians since Russia launched its invasion just over a month ago.
• Ukrainian FM says negotiation process with Russia "very difficult" People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that his country's negotiation process with Russia is very difficult, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported Friday.
• Russian operation in Ukraine to continue until goals achieved: Medvedev People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- Russia's special military operation in Ukraine will continue until all tasks set by President Vladimir Putin are fulfilled, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.
• Turkey Holds Talks With Russia and Ukraine After Mine Discovered in Bosphorus Strait Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- The Turkish Ministry of Defence previously urged ships in the Black Sea to beware of drifting mines, after the Ukrainian military installed around 420 mines on the approaches to the ports of Odessa, Ochakov, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhnoe.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia restricts flow of funds to "unfriendly" countries, regions People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- Russia has imposed restrictions on the movement of funds that could be transferred to "unfriendly" countries and regions, its central bank said on Friday.
• Putin Thanks Members of National Guard Taking Part in Spec Military Op Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- On February 24, Russia began a special military operation in Ukraine, responding to calls for help from the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, shelled by Ukrainian forces.
• Post-Cold War world order is over, former Russian president says (FULL INTERVIEW) RT 26 Mar 2022 -- The West's sanctions on Moscow are destroying its own economic order while bringing Russians together, according to Dmitry Medvedev
• No one wants war but 'nuclear threat' always exists, says Russia's Medvedev Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has said that the threat of a nuclear conflict always exists, even though no one wants war.
• No One Wants War, However Threat of Nuclear Conflict Always Exists, Medvedev Says Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has told Sputnik that the threat of a nuclear conflict always exists, even when no one wants war, therefore it is necessary to implement a responsible policy.

Foreign Policy

• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the causes of the crisis in Russia-US bilateral relations Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Mar 2022
• 'This Man Cannot Remain in Power,' Biden Says of Putin VOA 26 Mar 2022 -- President Joe Biden aimed squarely at Vladimir Putin in an impassioned address in Warsaw directed at Ukrainians, Europeans and the global community, blaming the Russian president for the monthlong siege on Ukraine and saying, "for God's sake, this man cannot remain in power."
• Moscow: It's not for Biden to say if Putin stays in power, Russians choose their president Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- The Kremlin has fired back at US president over his apparent call for regime change in Russia, after Joe Biden said his Russian counterpart cannot remain in power.
• White House: Biden Was Not Discussing Regime Change in Russia in His Speech in Poland Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- During his much-advertised "major" speech in Poland, the American president praised Ukraine's fight against Russian troops carrying out a special military operation on its territory and called on the West to prepare for a long confrontation between democracies with "autocracies".
• Russia, Poland May Close Embassies Amid Diplomatic Expulsions Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergei Andreev suggested on Saturday that Russia might be forced to temporarily close its embassy in Warsaw, which would lead to a similar step by Poland.
• Armenian PM Discusses Karabakh Escalation With Putin After Deadly Skirmish Reported RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- The Russian Defense Ministry says Azerbaijani armed forces entered a zone policed by Russian peacekeepers in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in violation of a Moscow-brokered cease-fire agreement that ended a six-week war in 2020.
• U.S.,EU leaders divided on new sanctions against Russia in hasty meetings People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- Three intensive summits in two days -- U.S. President Joe Biden squeezed his schedule for Thursday and Friday when he rushed to Brussels to shake hands, pose for pictures and tried to coax a display of unity with European partners, but he nonetheless failed to talk them into more sanctions against Russia.
• U.S., NATO should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start new Cold War: spokesperson People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start a new Cold War, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Friday.

News Reports

• Central Asian Migrants Losing Work As Russian Businesses Downsize Or Close RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- Tooken Erkinov is one the four cooks who kept their jobs in a major restaurant at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport after it laid off most of its staff due to a lack of customers.
• Leaving Russia? Expect 'A Complete Shakedown' At Passport Control RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- "When I left Russia, I wasn't sure I was doing the right thing," said 28-year-old Artyom Saprykin, an IT specialist from Ufa, the capital of Russia's Bashkortostan region. "Now, I am sure."
• France to Build New LNG Receiving Terminal in Le Havre, Reports Say Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- The French government, together with large energy companies, are planning to install a new terminal for receiving liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the port of Le Havre in order to reduce dependence on Russian gas, French news agency Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing sources close to the matter.