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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine: Enforced disappearances committed by Russian authorities amount to crimes against humanity, says UN Commission of Inquiry OHCHR 19 Mar 2025 -- Enforced disappearances committed by Russian authorities in a widespread and systematic manner against the civilian population in the context of their full-scale invasion of Ukraine, amount to crimes against humanity, said the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine in its latest report.
• Ukrainians tortured, raped, executed by Russian captors, Human Rights Council hears UN News 19 Mar 2025 -- The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard gruesome testimony of torture, rape and execution of Ukrainian detainees and soldiers allegedly committed by Russian forces, as a high-level independent probe into Russia's full-scale invasion delivered its latest mandated report in Geneva.
• Trump, Putin hold phone call to discuss cease-fire in Ukraine Global Times 19 Mar 2025 -- The White House says President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have begun a highly anticipated call as the US administration looks to persuade the Russian leader to sign-off on a 30-day cease-fire proposal as a possible pathway to end the war, AP reported.
• Trump, Putin agree on limited Ukraine truce: US special envoy Witkoff Press TV 19 Mar 2025 -- US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have reached an agreement on a limited halt to Russian strikes on energy and infrastructure targets in Ukraine, according to US special envoy Steve Witkoff.
• Putin agrees to halt energy facility attack in call with Trump Global Times 19 Mar 2025 -- In his phone call with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities temporarily but declined to endorse a full 30-day cease-fire that Trump hoped would be the first step toward a permanent peace deal, Reuters reported.
• Trump and Putin hold phone talk, agree on 'energy and infrastructure ceasefire' in Ukraine Global Times 19 Mar 2025 -- US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call on Tuesday that the peace in Ukraine "will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire."
• Trump, Putin agree "energy and infrastructure ceasefire" in Ukraine People's Daily 19 Mar 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call on Tuesday that the peace in Ukraine "will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire."
• Putin Vows To Halt Ukraine Energy Strikes, But Zelenskyy Says Russia Seeks To 'Drag Out War' RFE/RL 19 Mar 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during talks with US President Donald Trump to halt strikes on Ukraine's energy sector and infrastructure for 30 days as a step toward reaching a full cease-fire.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (19 March 2025) Russia MoD 19 Mar 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 19 Mar 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 19 Mar 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 19 Mar 2025
• Russian Soldiers Safely Return From Ukraine-Controlled Territory Sputnik 19 Mar 2025 -- As a result of the negotiation process, 175 Russian soldiers were returned from territory controlled by Ukraine , Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
• Ukraine's Overnight Attack May Be Seen As Peace Attempts Sabotage - Kremlin Sputnik 19 Mar 2025 -- Ukraine has not canceled its night attacks on facilities in Russia, which runs counter to the efforts of Putin and Trump to reach a peaceful settlement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
• Russia says Ukraine 'derailing' Putin-Trump energy truce deal by attacking oil depot Press TV 19 Mar 2025 -- Russia says Ukraine has launched a "deliberate" attack on an oil depot in the country in an attempt to sabotage an agreement reached between Washington and Moscow.
• Moscow: Ukraine defies Trump's truce initiative by attacking Russian oil facility IRNA 19 Mar 2025 -- The Russian Defense Ministry has accused Ukraine of violating a temporary halt in strikes on energy infrastructure, an agreement reached between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board President of Russia 19 Mar 2025 -- "Another fundamental point: as we are all aware, our forces recently conducted a series of rapid, daring, and effective operations, culminating in the defeat of almost all enemy force groupings in the Kursk Region. Let me reiterate: under Russian law, all Ukrainian military personnel, especially foreign mercenaries who entered our territory and committed crimes against civilians, shall be, and are, legally classified as terrorists."

Foreign Policy

• On consultations in Israel of Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Alexey Ostrovsky Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Mar 2025
• Dialogue, negotiation only viable option in resolving Iranian nuclear issue People's Daily 19 Mar 2025 -- On March 14, a China-Russia-Iran trilateral meeting on the Iranian nuclear issue was successfully held in Beijing. The three parties engaged in in-depth discussions and issued a joint statement, reiterating that political and diplomatic engagement and dialogue based on the principle of mutual respect remains the only viable and practical option in this regard.
• Commission delivers a further €1 billion to Ukraine under its part of the G7 loan, to be repaid with proceeds from immobilised Russian asset European Commission 19 Mar 2025 -- Today, the European Commission has disbursed an additional €1 billion tranche of its exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) loan to Ukraine, to be repaid with proceeds from immobilised Russian State assets in the EU, reinforcing the EU's role as the largest donor since the beginning of Russia's war against Ukraine.

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