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Ukraine

• President of Ukraine: We understand all the challenges for Kharkiv region and are working on strengthening its defense President of Ukraine 01 Mar 2024
• Ukraine and the Netherlands together defend our people, our values, and together we must win, defending them - Volodymyr Zelenskyy after meeting with Mark Rutte in Kharkiv President of Ukraine 01 Mar 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mark Rutte in Kharkiv met with Ukrainian investigators, experts involved in investigation into shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 President of Ukraine 01 Mar 2024
• This year, new fighter jets will be in our skies - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 01 Mar 2024
• Agreement on security cooperation between Ukraine and the Netherlands President of Ukraine 01 Mar 2024
• President of Ukraine and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands saw the buildings damaged by Russian shelling of Kharkiv and honored the memory of children killed by Russian aggression President of Ukraine 01 Mar 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Mark Rutte met in Kharkiv and signed an agreement on security cooperation between Ukraine and the Netherlands President of Ukraine 01 Mar 2024

Russia

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a media question during his remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Antalya, March 1, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2024
• Russia Liberates Three Villages Near Avdeyevka Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- Troops also repelled 48 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in which Kiev's losses amounted to more than 2,600 soldiers and 23 tanks, including US-made Abrams, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- At around 14:30 Moscow time, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing UAV against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- At around 13:30 Moscow time, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch a terrorist attack using fixed-wing UAVs against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- At around 12:00 Moscow time, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing UAV against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 01 Mar 2024 -- Last night, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled the Kiev regime's attempt to launch terrorist attack using fixed-wing UAVs against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• US, UK, French Military Officers Present in Ukraine - Russian FM Lavrov Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- The military officers of the United States, United Kingdom and France are present in Ukraine, not just mercenaries from those countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.
• Russia Ready to Hand Over to Ukraine Bodies of Those Died in Il-76 Crash Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- Russian human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has told Sputnik that Russia is ready to hand over to Ukraine the bodies of those killed in the crash of the Russian cargo plane Il-76 in the Belgorod Region.

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• Update 214 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 01 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been without back-up power for the past ten days, leaving the facility entirely dependent on its only remaining 750 kilovolt (kV) line for the external electricity it needs to cool its six reactors and for other essential nuclear safety and security functions, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.

Foreign Reactions

• The Netherlands to donate watercraft to Ukraine Netherlands Ministry of Defence 01 Mar 2024 -- The Netherlands is to provide fast and highly manoeuvrable rubber and patrol boats as well as assault craft to Ukraine. The Netherlands also contributing € 250 million to the Czech initiative to order large numbers of artillery shells for Ukraine in the short term. This was reported by the government in a letter to the House of Representatives.
• Netherlands Pledges $2.2 Billion in Military Aid for Ukraine VOA 01 Mar 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Friday he and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signed a security agreement that will provide Kyiv with $2.2 billion in military aid this year.
• Balkan Leaders Pledged To Supply Ukraine With Ammunition, Zelenskiy Says RFE/RL 01 Mar 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on February 29 that his meetings with Western Balkan leaders at a summit in Tirana will help Ukrainian troops get more of the artillery shells they badly need to fend off advancing Russian forces.
• France Will Not Send Troops to Ukraine - Foreign Minister Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- French President Emmanuel Macron earlier proclaimed that he refused to rule out sending EU troops to Ukraine - a move that met harsh backlash from some European politicians.
• Ukraine: Switzerland implements the EU's 13th package of sanctions Federal Council - Swiss Government 01 Mar 2024 -- The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), which is responsible for sanctions, decided on 29 February to impose further sanctions against Russia. Switzerland is thus joining the 13th sanctions package of the European Union (EU), adopted in response to Russia's ongoing military aggression against Ukraine over the past two years. The measures will enter into force at 6pm on 1 March.
• 'No One in Europe' Planning to Send Troops to Ukraine - Czech Prime Minister Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Thursday stated that none of the European countries are currently considering deploying their troops to Ukraine.

News Reports

• Russia-China 5G, Satellite Cooperation Poses Risk For Ukraine, Report Warns RFE/RL 01 Mar 2024 -- Russia is increasing its cooperation with China in 5G and satellite technology and this could facilitate Moscow's military aggression against Ukraine, a report by the London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) security think tank warns.
• German Bundeswehr Chatter: NATO Teetering on Edge of Direct Conflict With Russia Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- Western forces have long been fighting on Ukraine's side, intelligence veteran Leonid Reshetnikov told Sputnik, commenting on the German military representatives' discussion about blasting the Crimean Bridge with Taurus missiles.
• Leaked Audio: German Top Brass Said to Implicate Brits in Plot Targeting Crimean Bridge Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- The text of a recording of what is purported to be a February discussion among senior German brass, alleges that UK military experts were in Ukraine to help Kiev ready attacks on Russia with Storm Shadow missile.
• Russia Must Press Bundestag to Look Into Alleged German Plot to Strike Crimean Bridge - Official Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- It is necessary to send a demand for an investigation to Bundestag, the German parliament, after information about a recording of German officers discussing an attack on the Crimean Bridge, Russian lower house speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday.
• German Defence Ministry Verifying Possible Interception of Conversation - Reports Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- The German Defence Ministry has initiated a probe into the possible interception of German Air Force communications about the alleged theoretical use of Taurus missiles, DPA reported.
• Full Transcript of German Top Military Officials' Leaked Plot to Attack Crimean Bridge Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- On February 19, 2024, a conversation took place among Grafe (department head for operations and exercises at the Air Force Forces Command of the Bundeswehr), Gerhartz (Bundeswehr Air Force Inspector), Fenske and Frohstedte (employees of the Air Operations Command within the Space Operations Center of the Bundeswehr).