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• Kyiv Reports Deadly Russian Strikes As Ukrainian Drone Reportedly Sets Fire To Oil Depot In Russia RFE/RL 10 Mar 2024 -- The governor of Russia's southwestern Kursk region has said that one person had been killed as a result of Ukrainian shelling and a fire broke out at a local oil depot due to a Ukrainian drone strike.
• Zelenskyy Dismisses Pope's 'Courage to Negotiate' Comments as 'Virtual Mediation' VOA 10 Mar 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized indirectly the recent comment by Pope Francis that Ukraine should "have the courage to raise the white flag," meaning it should negotiate with Russia two years into Moscow's invasion.
• Ukraine, Allies Hit Back At Pope Francis's Remarks On Peace Talks, Need For 'White Flag' RFE/RL 10 Mar 2024 -- Ukraine and its regional allies on March 10 assailed reported comments by Pope Francis in which the pontiff suggested opening negotiations with Moscow and used the term "white flag," while the Vatican later appeared to back off some of the remarks, saying Francis was not speaking about "capitulation."

Ukraine

• More air defense systems and means of destruction of Russian aviation bring peace closer - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 10 Mar 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron discussed the results of the international conference in support of Ukraine President of Ukraine 10 Mar 2024

Russia

• NATO Can No Longer Hide Its Military Presence in Ukraine - Russian MFA Spokesperson Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- Radoslaw Sikorski's comments came during a panel discussion marking Poland's 25th anniversary in the alliance. He refrained from naming the specific countries involved, amid ongoing deliberations within NATO about potential intervention.
• Russia Repels 2 Ukrainian Attacks Near Avdeyevka, Takes More Advantageous Positions Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- Russian forces repelled two attacks by the Ukrainian army in the Avdeyevka and Donetsk directions, eliminating up to 590 soldiers over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

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Foreign Reactions

• France, Poland Cannot Speak for NATO - Italian Defense Minister Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- France and Poland have no right to speak on behalf of NATO, and the alliance's intervention in the conflict would "erase the path to diplomacy," Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa, published on Sunday.

News Reports

• US asked China, India for help to prevent potential Russian nuclear strike in 2022: report Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- A new report has revealed that the United States has sought help from China and India to dissuade Russia from carrying out a potential nuclear strike in 2022 as Moscow's war against Ukraine raged on.
• With NATO 'Stuck,' Retired U.S. Colonel Says It's Time To Send EU Troops To Ukraine RFE/RL 10 Mar 2024 -- Retired U.S. Army Colonel Alexander Crowther is a former Supreme Allied Commander Europe special assistant and an expert on cybermilitary operations, advising government officials in Eastern Europe and Latin America.