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Ukraine

• Zelenskyy says he's ready to work with Trump for peace talks VOA 04 Mar 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered an olive branch to Washington on Tuesday, saying his country was ready to negotiate an end to Russia's three-year war on Ukraine "as soon as possible" and would "work under" U.S. President Donald Trump's "strong leadership" to reach a peace deal.
• Zelenskyy Says Oval Office Meeting Was 'Regrettable' RFE/RL 04 Mar 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the tense Oval Office meeting with US President Donald Trump last week was "regrettable," and that he is willing to work with Trump's "strong leadership" to achieve long-term peace.
• Ukraine says it can hold frontline even after Trump suspended all military aid Press TV 04 Mar 2025 -- Ukraine says its forces could hold the situation together on the battlefield with Russia even after US President Donald Trump suspended all military support to the country.
• Sanctions Policy and the Approach to a Just Peace: the Office of the President Hosted a Meeting with the Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye President of Ukraine 04 Mar 2025
• President of Ukraine Held Conversations with Leaders of the United Kingdom, Finland, Croatia and Greece President of Ukraine 04 Mar 2025
• Ukraine and America Deserve a Respectful Dialogue and a Clear Position From One Another - Address by the President President of Ukraine 04 Mar 2025
• Ukraine Aid Pause: By The Numbers RFE/RL 04 Mar 2025 -- Ukraine has received over $287 billion in aid since January 2022, when the United States and European allies scrambled to fly in equipment to help stave off an invasion by Russia's army, which stood ready to strike along Ukraine's borders.
• Ukraine Turns To Younger Recruits As Manpower Shortage Hampers Defense Against Russia RFE/RL 04 Mar 2025 -- The Ukrainian military has begun recruiting 18- to 24-year-olds on a voluntary basis as the armed forces face a dire shortage of manpower to hold off the invading Russian troops.

Russia

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from the Vremya news programme, Moscow, March 4, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Mar 2025
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (4 March 2025) Russia MoD 04 Mar 2025

United States

• Trump suspends U.S. aid to Ukraine amid row with Zelensky IRNA 04 Mar 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended all military aid to Ukraine to pile up pressure on his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky to agree to peace negotiations with Russia.
• Trump says won't "put up with" perceived Zelensky hesitancy about peace People's Daily 04 Mar 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the United States "will not put up with" what he perceived as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's hesitancy about reaching a U.S.-brokered peace deal with Russia.
• Trump Suspends Military Aid To Ukraine After Heated Clash With Zelenskyy RFE/RL 04 Mar 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump suspended all military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office last week, pilling pressure on Kyiv to fall in line with U.S. efforts to broker a peace deal with Russia despite a lack of security guarantees for Ukraine.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Speech by French Senator Claude Malhuret during a Debate on the Situation in Ukraine Public Sénat 04 Mar 2025 -- "Europe is at a critical turning point in its history. The American shield is slipping, Ukraine risks being abandoned, and Russia is strengthened. Washington has become Nero's court. A fiery emperor, submissive courtiers, and a ketamine-fueled jester in charge of purging the civil service. This is a tragedy for the free world, but it is first and foremost a tragedy for the United States."
• Rearming Europe? EU tested to turn talk into action VOA 04 Mar 2025 -- With Washington's sudden pause on military aid to Ukraine as a backdrop, worried European Union leaders meet in Brussels Thursday to discuss steps to beef up EU defenses against Russia.
• Letter by President von der Leyen on defence to the European Council ahead of its meeting on Thursday, 6 March 2025 European Commission 04 Mar 2025 -- The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sent a letter to the members of the European Council ahead of the meeting of Thursday, 6 March 2025, on the topic of defence.
• Press statement by President von der Leyen on the defence package European Commission 04 Mar 2025 -- "We are living in the most momentous and dangerous of times. I do not need to describe the grave nature of the threats that we face. Or the devastating consequences that we will have to endure if those threats would come to pass. (...) In the various meetings in the last few weeks - most recently two days ago in London - the answer from European capitals has been as resounding as it is clear. We are in an era of rearmament. And Europe is ready to massively boost its defence spending. Both, to respond to the short-term urgency to act and to support Ukraine but also to address the long-term need to take on much more responsibility for our own European security."
• As Trump Pauses US Military Aid To Ukraine, Can Europe Step Up? RFE/RL 04 Mar 2025 -- "This is Europe's moment," diplomats in Brussels are saying after U.S. President Donald Trump's March 3 decision to temporarily pause military funding for Ukraine.
• Europe unveils plan for Ukraine peace deal amid Transatlantic rifts People's Daily 04 Mar 2025 -- Following last week's Trump-Zelensky White House clash, more than a dozen Western leaders gathered here Sunday to revive efforts for a Ukraine peace deal and propose a settlement to Washington.
• Budrys: Ukraine's EU membership before the year 2030 must be our goal Lithuania MFA 04 Mar 2025 -- Today, on 4 March, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Kęstutis Budrys, met with the Minister for European Affairs of Denmark, Marie Bjerre.
• It is necessary to invest in security of both Ukraine and the European Union, says Vice Minister of National Defence O. Mašalė Lithuania MND 04 Mar 2025 -- On March 3 Vice Minister of National Defence Orijana Mašalė and Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius visited Duke Vaidotas Infantry Battalion in Rokantiškės with Minister of Finance of Luxembourg Gilles Roth on a visit in Lithuania.
• Trench assault readies troops for the frontline Australia DOD 04 Mar 2025 -- Gunfire rattled through the brisk English morning, punctuated by the muted crack of simulated grenades and terse shouts of Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) soldiers.
• Ukraine: Switzerland expands its sanctions lists Federal Council - Swiss Government 04 Mar 2025 -- The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), in its capacity as the competent body for sanctions, has expanded its list of sanctions against Russia. Switzerland is adopting the additional measures decided by the EU in response to Russia's continuing military aggression against Ukraine. The measures will take effect on 4 March.
• Government spokesperson to Zelenskyy: Security is an indigenous issue IRNA 04 Mar 2025 -- Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani has advised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that security is an indigenous issue.
• Myanmar's junta leader meets Putin, predicts Russian victory in Ukraine Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2025 -- Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Myanmar's military junta chief on Tuesday predicted Russia's eventual victory over Ukraine in the three year-long war.

News Reports

• China Hunts For Opportunities In Europe And Taiwan After Ukraine Diplomacy Goes Awry RFE/RL 04 Mar 2025 -- After a week of runaway diplomacy around how to end the war in Ukraine that has widened rifts between the United States and other Western powers and raised new questions about the future of U.S. assistance for Ukraine, China is looking at how it can capitalize.