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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine, Russia Report Drone And Energy Infrastructure Attacks As Kremlin's Conditions Cloud Black Sea Truce RFE/RL 26 Mar 2025 -- Ukraine reported multiple Russian drone strikes overnight, including the largest such strike on the city of Kriviy Rih since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion, while Russia claimed it downed two Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and seven in other locations.
• Zelenskyy, Macron Call for Unconditional Cease-fire As Russia Tables Demands RFE/RL 26 Mar 2025 -- French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy say Russia should accept a U.S.-brokered cease-fire with no preconditions.
• Russia: Conditions must be met before Black Sea ceasefire implemented Press TV 26 Mar 2025 -- The Kremlin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, says several vital conditions must be met before the Black Sea maritime security agreement, negotiated with the US, can be activated.
• Russian Court Convicts Azov Fighters Of Terrorism In Trial Kyiv Calls A 'War Crime' RFE/RL 26 Mar 2025 -- A Russian court has convicted 23 Ukrainians who were captured in the siege of the city of Mariupol on terrorism charges and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 13 to 23 years after a trial that Kyiv has described as a violation of international law and a "war crime."
• Did Russia Put A 'Poison Pill' In The Black Sea Cease-Fire Deal? RFE/RL 26 Mar 2025 -- US and Russian statements laying out a framework for limiting military actions in the Black Sea were widely welcomed as a step to wider cease-fire in the Kremlin's war on Ukraine: Both Moscow and Washington would "continue working toward a durable and lasting peace," the Kremlin and the White House said.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (26 March 2025) Russia MoD 26 Mar 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 26 Mar 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 26 Mar 2025
• Ultra-Rare British Vehicle Decimated in Russia's Kursk Region Sputnik 26 Mar 2025 -- Russian troops have hunted down a rare CRARRV (Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle) on the outskirts of Sudzha.
• Russia and Ukraine agree to ceasefire in Black Sea: White House IRNA 26 Mar 2025 -- Russia and Ukraine have agreed to ensure safe passage for commercial shipping in the Black Sea and stop military strikes, the White House said on Tuesday, after American officials met representatives from both countries in Saudi Arabia.
• Russia, Ukraine hold parallel U.S.-mediated talks in Saudi Arabia amid disagreement, distrust People's Daily 26 Mar 2025 -- Three days of technical-level negotiations on the details of a potential ceasefire in Ukraine concluded here Tuesday without an official joint statement, as participating parties offered somewhat conflicting assessments of the talks.

Defense Policy / Programs

• RFE/RL Finds New Evidence Of Russia's Suspected Secret Nuclear Base In Belarus RFE/RL 26 Mar 2025 -- A seemingly innocuous photo posted online in September 2024 is a small piece in a larger mosaic of evidence uncovered by RFE/RL's Belarus Service of a secret Russian nuclear weapons base in the Eastern European country.
• Meeting of the Movement of the First supervisory board President of Russia 26 Mar 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the supervisory board of the Russian public-and-state movement of children and youth Movement of the First.
• Address at the opening ceremony of the Movement of the First congress President of Russia 26 Mar 2025 -- Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony of the 4th Congress of the Movement of the First, Russian public-and-state movement of children and youth.
• Meeting with Head of the Chuvash Republic Oleg Nikolayev President of Russia 26 Mar 2025 -- Vladimir Putin met with Head of the Chuvash Republic Oleg Nikolayev at the Kremlin to discuss the region's socioeconomic development. The President supported Oleg Nikolayev's intention to run for a second term.
• Meeting with Yevgeny Solntsev President of Russia 26 Mar 2025 -- Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with Prime Minister of the Donetsk People's Republic Yevgeny Solntsev and offered him the post of acting governor of the Orenburg Region.
• Pacific Fleet's submarine delivers Kalibr cruise missile strikes at naval and coastal targets during exercise in the Sea of Japan Russia MoD 26 Mar 2025 -- The Pacific Fleet's diesel-electric submarine Ufa launched Kalibr cruise missiles at sea and coastal targets from the Sea of Japan.

Foreign Policy

• Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Mar 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Channel One, Moscow, March 25, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Mar 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba Juan Esteban Lazo Hernandez Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Mar 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during the meeting with President of the National Assembly of People's Power and President of the Council of State of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez, Moscow, March 26, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Mar 2025
• DPRK Government Economic Delegation Returns Home KCNA 26 Mar 2025 -- A DPRK government economic delegation led by Yun Jong Ho, minister of External Economic Relations who is chairman of the DPRK side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, returned home on Tuesday after visiting Russia.

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