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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian missile attack kills 4 in Odesa, Ukrainian officials say VOA 12 Mar 2025 -- Ukrainian officials said Wednesday a Russian missile attack hit the southern port city of Odesa overnight, killing four Syrians and injuring several other people.
• Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire during talks with U.S. in Saudi Arabia People's Daily 12 Mar 2025 -- Ukraine on Tuesday signaled its readiness to accept a U.S. proposal for an "immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire" following talks with a U.S. delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, according to a joint statement.
• Trump Warns Russia Of Sanctions As Moscow Considers Cease-Fire Deal RFE/RL 12 Mar 2025 -- US President Donald Trump has urged Russia to agree to a 30-day cease-fire, warning he would slap additional sanctions on the country if it refused the US proposal, as Moscow made more gains on the battlefield.
• Fiber-Optic Drones The New Must-Have In Ukraine War RFE/RL 12 Mar 2025 -- The Ukrainian military is testing new drones using fiber optics on the front line against Russian forces.
• Visit to a command post of the Kursk group of forces President of Russia 12 Mar 2025 -- Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting at a command post of the Kursk group of forces. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief was briefed by Chief of the General Staff of Russia's Armed Forces - First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov.
• Kremlin Says It's Waiting For Details Of Ukraine Cease-Fire Deal RFE/RL 12 Mar 2025 -- Russia reacted cautiously to a proposed cease-fire agreement announced by Ukrainian and US negotiators and held out the possibility of a phone call between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in the coming days.
• Russia is carefully examining U.S.-Ukraine talks, says Kremlin spokesperson IRNA 12 Mar 2025 -- Russian Presidential Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says the Kremlin is carefully examining the talks between the United States and Ukraine and statements by their officials following their meeting on Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (12 March 2025) Russia MoD 12 Mar 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 12 Mar 2025

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the Business Council meeting, Moscow, March 12, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Mar 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview to the US bloggers Mario Nawfal, Larry C.Johnson and Andrew Napolitano, Moscow, March 12, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Mar 2025
• Statement: Foreign Office summons Russian Ambassador - 12 March 2025 UK FCDO 12 Mar 2025 -- The Foreign Office protests Russia's campaign of harassment against British diplomats.
• EU Sanctions Deadlock? Hungary And Slovakia Pressure Brussels Over Russia Blacklist RFE/RL 12 Mar 2025 -- At the end of January 2025, Hungary threatened to veto a six-month-extension of all the European Union's economic sanctions imposed on Russia since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began three years ago.
• Construction begins on first road bridge between North Korea and Russia Radio Free Asia 12 Mar 2025 -- Construction has begun on a road bridge that would connect North Korea and Russia over the Tumen River that separates the countries, South Korean satellite imagery revealed.
• China to hold Beijing meeting between China, Russia, Iran on Iranian nuclear issue Global Times 12 Mar 2025 -- China will hold the Beijing meeting between China, Russia and Iran on the Iranian nuclear issue on March 14, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday.
• Tripartite meeting of Iran, China, Russia to focus on nuclear issues IRNA 12 Mar 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says the upcoming meeting between Iran, China, and Russia will mainly address the issues related to nuclear energy and sanctions removal.

News Reports

• Court rejects Russian oligarch's challenge to US efforts to confiscate yacht VOA 12 Mar 2025 -- A federal court in New York has rejected a Russian businessman's challenge to the U.S. government's efforts to confiscate a luxury superyacht that allegedly belongs to sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov.