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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Fragile Ukraine Cease-Fire Frays As Kyiv And Moscow Pound Each Other RFE/RL 21 Mar 2025 -- The Kremlin's read-out of Vladimir Putin's phone call with US President Donald Trump appeared on its website at 8:15 p.m. Moscow time on March 18: Putin, the readout said, had agreed to a US cease-fire proposal to halt Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure for 30 days.
• Russian Strikes Cut Power In Odesa During Visit By Czech President Petr Pavel RFE/RL 21 Mar 2025 -- Russian drone strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, leaving at least three people injured and several districts of the city battling power cuts while Czech President Petr Pavel was visiting for talks with officials.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (21 March 2025) Russia MoD 21 Mar 2025
• Chief of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces inspects Tsentr Group of Forces Russia MoD 21 Mar 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 21 Mar 2025
• Ukraine Deliberately Blows Up Sudzha Gas Distribution Station on March 20 Sputnik 21 Mar 2025 -- leaving the facility significantly damaged, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told Sputnik on Friday.
• Trump's Proposed Ceasefire Already Violated by Ukraine - Russian FM Spokeswoman Sputnik 21 Mar 2025 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Ukraine's continued attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, despite the partial ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump.
• Abducted Ukrainian Children: Calls Made To Continue Search For Kids Taken By Russia As US Closes Investigation Team RFE/RL 21 Mar 2025 -- The fate of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children taken from their homeland and transported to Russia has been thrown into uncertainty by a US government decision to defund an American research unit that helped locate them.

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Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani President of Russia 21 Mar 2025 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Krasnaya Zvezda Media Holding Company for the film Diplomacy as a Way of Life: I Prefer Fair Play, March 21, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Mar 2025
• Iran, like any other country, has the right to peaceful nuclear energy: Kremlin spokesperson IRNA 21 Mar 2025 -- Russia has once again defended Iran's nuclear program, saying it is completely peaceful in nature and complies with international law.
• Kremlin says Iran has right to peaceful nuclear program, urges diplomacy to solve issues Press TV 21 Mar 2025 -- Russia defends Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy and its lawful activities, urging diplomacy to solve the remaining issues.

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