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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 24.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 24 Mar 2023
• Russian Strike Hits Civilian Shelter As Fighting Rages In Eastern Ukraine RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- A Russian strike on the town of Kostyantynivka in the eastern region of Donetsk killed at least five people on March 24, Ukraine's emergency service reported, as an air-raid alert was declared in several regions overnight while heavy fighting continued in and around the eastern city of Bakhmut.
• Red Cross: In Bakhmut, 'People Pushed to Very Limits' VOA 24 Mar 2023 -- Ukrainian troops have dug in at Bakhmut instead of pulling back. Some Western military experts said this tactic might be risky because they need to conserve forces for a counterattack.

Ukraine

• Ukraine Freezes Assets Under Name Of Wife Of Pro-Russian Politician Medvedchuk RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- A court in Ukraine has frozen the assets of Oksana Marchenko, the wife of pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk.
• The enemy must know: Ukraine won't forgive offenses against our people, won't forgive these deaths and injuries - address of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 24 Mar 2023
• Head of Office of Ukraine's President holds meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania President of Ukraine 24 Mar 2023
• President of Ukraine held a meeting with the delegation of the World Bank President of Ukraine 24 Mar 2023
• The National Guard has become one of the key elements of the defense system of our country, which prevent the enemy from conquering Ukraine - the President during the participation in the graduation of young officers President of Ukraine 24 Mar 2023
• Graveyard War: Why Prigozhin Is Picking A Fight Over Burials And What It Means For His Own Future RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- Like most Russian funeral ceremonies, the one held just north of the resort town of Goryachy Klyuch featured colorful flowered wreaths, portraits of the dead, red carnations, and coffins draped in tapestries.
• Prigozhin Rejects Report Wagner To Shift Attention Away From Ukraine RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the owner of the mercenary group Wagner, has rejected a report saying he plans to scale back his military operations in Ukraine and instead concentrate on Africa, where Wagner was previously involved in local conflicts and businesses.

Russia

• Russia's War in Ukraine Has 'Severely Dislocated the Russian Military's Training System' VOA 24 Mar 2023 -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine has "severely dislocated the Russian military's training system - instructors have largely been deployed in Ukraine," according to Britain's Defense Ministry.
• Ukraine's use of depleted uranium shells would harm population for decades: Russia Press TV 24 Mar 2023 -- The Ukrainian forces' use of depleted uranium shells would do harm to the local population and contaminate their land for decades, Russia has warned.
• Uranium Shells to Cause Irreversible Harm to Health of Ukrainians, Russian MoD Says Sputnik 24 Mar 2023 -- The use of uranium ammunition will cause irreversible harm to the health of the military and civilian population of Ukraine, but NATO is ready to supply them to Kiev, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian armed forces, said on Friday.
• Graveyard War: Why Prigozhin Is Picking A Fight Over Burials And What It Means For His Own Future RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- Like most Russian funeral ceremonies, the one held just north of the resort town of Goryachy Klyuch featured colorful flowered wreaths, portraits of the dead, red carnations, and coffins draped in tapestries.
• Prigozhin Rejects Report Wagner To Shift Attention Away From Ukraine RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the owner of the mercenary group Wagner, has rejected a report saying he plans to scale back his military operations in Ukraine and instead concentrate on Africa, where Wagner was previously involved in local conflicts and businesses.

United States

• Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing DoD 24 Mar 2023
• Blinken Tells Congress Funds Approved For Ukraine In December Should Last Through 2023 RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reassured members of Congress that the billions of dollars already approved for Ukraine should last for much of 2023.

NATO

United Nations

• Human rights in Ukraine still 'dire' amid wide-ranging violations: OHCHR UN News 24 Mar 2023 -- The human rights situation in Ukraine as Russia continues its military campaign following last year's full-scale invasion, remains dire, according to a new report released on Friday by the UN human rights office (OHCHR) covering the six months to the end of January.

Foreign Reactions

• War in Ukraine - Military support for Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 24 Mar 2023 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.
• The Russian attack on Ukraine and the role of Belarus, the European Peace Facility, the European single market and migration - the main topics of the European Council Republic of Poland 24 Mar 2023 -- Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended the March European Council in Brussels. The Polish PM discussed with European leaders issues related to the war in Ukraine, potential improvements in the European single market and migration, which affects EU countries to varying degrees.

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