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• Operational information on 18.00, 26.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 12.00, 26.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 06.00, 26.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 24.00, 25.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2022
• 10 humanitarian corridors agreed for Ukraine frontline areas: Deputy PM Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Ukraine says it has reached an agreement with Russia on establishing ten humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from the besieged cities and towns.
• Russia declares first phase of Ukraine military operation complete, focuses on Donbass liberation Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- Russia has declared that it has secured the main objectives it sought in the first stage of its "special military operation" against Ukraine and is now moving on its focus on the liberation of the Donbass region, as the conflict enters its second month.
• Rockets Hit Near Lviv In Western Ukraine As Biden Wraps Up Visit To Poland By Meeting Refugees RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- Several rockets struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on March 26, injuring five people and setting a fire at an oil storage facility in a city that served as a safe haven for hundreds of thousands of displaced Ukrainians since Russia launched its invasion just over a month ago.

Ukraine

• Russian troops are destroying everything that makes us a nation, but they will be held accountable for that - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 26 Mar 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a video conference with Andrzej Duda President of Ukraine 26 Mar 2022
• Ukraine insists on a system of security guarantees - Mykhailo Podolyak President of Ukraine 26 Mar 2022
• Today, ten humanitarian corridors have been agreed in the Kyiv, Luhansk and Donetsk regions - Iryna Vereshchuk President of Ukraine 26 Mar 2022
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Doha Forum - 2022: Europe's refusal to purchase Russian oil and gas is only a matter of time, so it is necessary to increase energy production in the world President of Ukraine 26 Mar 2022
• Zelenskiy Calls On Qatar To Hike Gas Output To Counter Russia's Use Of Energy As A Weapon RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a surprise video appearance on March 26 at Qatar's Doha Forum, calling on the energy-rich nations to boost their output to prevent Moscow's use of energy exports as a lever in relations with countries dependent on oil and gas imports.
• Kyiv Mayor Reverses Decision To Introduce A Long Curfew RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has reversed a decision to introduce a long curfew in the capital as fighting continued around the city and in other flash points.
• 'Hellish Sanctions': Ukrainian Ex-President Poroshenko Lays Out Five-Point Appeal To International Community RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has presented a five-point agenda to the international community to support his country as it struggles against a massive Russian military invasion.
• Ukrainian FM says negotiation process with Russia "very difficult" People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that his country's negotiation process with Russia is very difficult, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported Friday.

Russia

• Russian operation in Ukraine to continue until goals achieved: Medvedev People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- Russia's special military operation in Ukraine will continue until all tasks set by President Vladimir Putin are fulfilled, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.

United States

• $100 Million in New U.S. Civilian Security Assistance for Ukraine US Dept. of State 26 Mar 2022 -- The United States intends to provide an additional $100 million in civilian security assistance to enhance the capacity of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs to provide essential border security, sustain civil law enforcement functions, and safeguard critical governmental infrastructure in the face of President Putin's premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack.
• Remarks by President Biden on the United Efforts of the Free World to Support the People of Ukraine The White House 26 Mar 2022
• Remarks by President Biden After Meeting With Ukrainian Refugees The White House 26 Mar 2022
• Readout of President Biden's Meeting with Foreign Minister Kuleba and Defense Minister Reznikov of Ukraine The White House 26 Mar 2022
• Secretary Blinken and Secretary Austin's Meeting with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Kuleba and Defense Minister Reznikov US Dept. of State 26 Mar 2022
• Biden meets top Ukrainian ministers in Poland Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- US President Joe Biden has met with Ukrainian ministers in the Polish capital city amid Washington's efforts to ramp up support against Russia.
• Biden Says War In Ukraine Is A Test For Democracies And That Putin 'Cannot Remain In Power' RFE/RL 26 Mar 2022 -- In a major speech on the war in Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden has said that the conflict is a clear test for democracies around the world, and he portrayed the Ukrainian resistance against Russian forces as part of a "great battle for freedom."
• READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo's Call with Ukrainian Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko US Treasury 26 Mar 2022
• Readout of President Biden's Meeting with President Andrzej Duda of Poland The White House 26 Mar 2022
• Remarks by President Biden and President Andrzej Duda of Poland Before Expanded Bilateral Meeting The White House 26 Mar 2022

NATO

• RAF deploy to Romania to conduct air policing mission UK MOD 26 Mar 2022 -- Typhoon jets and Royal Air Force personnel are deploying to Romania to join the long-standing NATO Air Policing mission for the Black Sea region.

United Nations

• Update 33 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 26 Mar 2022 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency is closely monitoring the situation in a Ukrainian city where many people live who work at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) after the country's nuclear regulator today informed the IAEA it had been seized by Russian forces, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
• Almost a Quarter of Ukrainians Now Displaced, UN Agency Says VOA 26 Mar 2022 -- More than 10 million Ukrainians, nearly a quarter of the population, have been displaced since Russia invaded the country a bit more than one month ago, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR says.

Foreign Reactions

• Turkey Holds Talks With Russia and Ukraine After Mine Discovered in Bosphorus Strait Sputnik 26 Mar 2022 -- The Turkish Ministry of Defence previously urged ships in the Black Sea to beware of drifting mines, after the Ukrainian military installed around 420 mines on the approaches to the ports of Odessa, Ochakov, Chernomorsk, and Yuzhnoe.
• UK to provide vital food supplies to encircled Ukrainian cities UK FCDO 26 Mar 2022 -- Foreign Secretary Liz Truss confirmed that the UK will provide Ukraine with £2 million in essential food supplies for people trapped by Russian advances.
• China slams NATO's expansion strategies amid Ukraine war Press TV 26 Mar 2022 -- China's embassy in Brussels has warned NATO against dragging the planet toward a new Cold War through its "outdated security" strategies.
• U.S., NATO should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start new Cold War: spokesperson People's Daily 26 Mar 2022 -- The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should hold dialogue with Russia, rather than start a new Cold War, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Friday.

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