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Ukraine Invasion

• Operational information on 18.00, 28.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 28 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 12.00, 28.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 28 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 06.00, 28.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 28 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 24.00, 27.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 28 Mar 2022
• Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing DoD 28 Mar 2022
• Russia, Ukraine to resume peace talks in Turkey as fighting rages on Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are set to resume tension-easing negotiations in Istanbul on Monday, Reuters cited a senior Turkish official as saying, as the conflict between the neighbors rages on.
• Ukraine Says No Plans For Evacuation Corridors On March 28, Blames Russian 'Provocations' RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Iyrna Vereshchuk, says there are no plans to open any humanitarian corridors from besieged cities because of possible "provocations" from Russia.
• Russia, Ukraine to hold new round of peace talks People's Daily 28 Mar 2022 -- Russian and Ukrainian delegations will hold a new round of face-to-face negotiations on March 29-30, head of Russia's negotiation team Vladimir Medinsky said on Sunday.
• Abramovich, Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Suffered 'Poisoning Symptoms' RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning earlier this month after a meeting in Kyiv, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
• Report: Peace Negotiators for Ukraine, Russia Showed Symptoms of Poisoning VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- Delegation members attending peace talks between Ukraine and Russia suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning after a meeting in Kyiv earlier this month, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
• Ukrainian, Russian Delegations In Istanbul For Face-To-Face Talks RFE/RL 29 Mar 2022 -- Russian and Ukrainian delegations are in Istanbul for the first face-to-face talks in more than two weeks after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine was prepared to declare its neutrality and consider a compromise on contested areas in the country's east to secure peace.

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Foreign Policy

• Biden: Putin Comment Was About 'Moral Outrage' VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday that he would make "no apologies" after his recent comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," stressing he was "expressing moral outrage" and not actually calling for regime change in Moscow.
• Kremlin condemns Biden's remark that Putin cannot remain in power as cause of alarm Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- The Kremlin has blasted as "alarming" recent remarks by US President Joe Biden that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power," amid Moscow's ongoing military operation in neighboring Ukraine.
• Biden: Putin Comment Was Expression Of 'Moral Outrage' Not Call To Remove Him From Power RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden has told reporters he makes "no apologies" for saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power."
• Kremlin Says Biden's Remarks on Putin 'Alarming', 'Personal Insult' Sputnik 28 Mar 2022 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said US President Joe Biden's remarks that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" were alarming and represent a person insult.
• G-7 Dismisses Putin's Demand for Natural Gas Payments in Rubles VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- The Group of Seven industrialized nations rejected the Kremlin's demand that they pay for natural gas in rubles, the German energy minister said Monday.
• Kremlin says Russia will not supply gas to Europe for free as tensions rise over method of payment Press TV 28 Mar 2022 -- The Kremlin says Russia will not supply gas to Europe for free as Moscow is at odds with the West over the method of payment, more than a month after Russia began a military operation in neighboring Ukraine.
• Putin Orders Preparation Of Proposals For 'Unfriendly Countries' To Pay In Rubles For Gas RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian central bank, the government, and Gazprom to present proposals by March 31 for gas payments in rubles from "unfriendly countries," including all European Union states.
• Petro-Ruble: Why Western States Will End Up Buying Russian Gas for Rubles Sputnik 28 Mar 2022 -- Russia will not supply gas for free if the EU refuses to pay in rubles, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on 28 March in response to resistance demonstrated by Western countries obliged by Moscow to use rubles in the energy trade with Russia.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the outcomes of the European Council meeting in Brussels on March 24-25, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Mar 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the Serbian media, Moscow, March 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Mar 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the meeting of the United Russia Party General Council Commission on International Cooperation and Support for Compatriots Living Abroad, Moscow, March 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Mar 2022
• Russia Expels Three From Slovak Embassy In Tit-For-Tat Move RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Russia has expelled three Slovak Embassy staff members in retaliation for a similar move by Bratislava earlier this month.
• North Macedonia Expels Five Russian Diplomats For 'Inappropriate' Activities RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- North Macedonia has expelled five Russian diplomats for what Skopje described as "inappropriate" diplomatic activities.

News Reports

• Russia's Novaya Gazeta Suspends Publication After Warnings VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- Russia's Novaya Gazeta said on Monday it was suspending its online and print publications until the end of the war in Ukraine.
• Russia's Novaya Gazeta Announces Suspension RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Leading independent Russian newspaper Novaya gazeta, which is edited by Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, says it is suspending operations after receiving official warnings.
• Investigative Report Suggests FSB Agents Followed Nemtsov Before His Murder RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- A new investigative report alleges opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was followed by agents linked to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) for almost a year before he was assassinated on a bridge leading to the Kremlin in 2015.
• Beer Giants Heineken, Carlsberg Latest Western Businesses To Abandon Russia Amid War Against Ukraine RFE/RL 28 Mar 2022 -- Danish brewery Carlsberg has joined Dutch brewing giant Heineken in announcing that it will pull out of Russia entirely amid Moscow's ongoing war against Ukraine.
• Russian Cargo Ships Spotted 'Going Dark' to Evade Sanctions VOA 28 Mar 2022 -- In a sign that sanctions on Russia over the war in Ukraine may be starting to bite, Russian tanker ships carrying oil and petroleum products have been observed turning off systems that broadcast their identity and location, a practice known as "going dark" and which is often associated with efforts to evade sanctions.