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Combat Operations

• Fragile Ukraine Cease-Fire Frays As Kyiv And Moscow Pound Each Other RFE/RL 21 Mar 2025 -- The Kremlin's read-out of Vladimir Putin's phone call with US President Donald Trump appeared on its website at 8:15 p.m. Moscow time on March 18: Putin, the readout said, had agreed to a US cease-fire proposal to halt Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure for 30 days.
• Russian Strikes Cut Power In Odesa During Visit By Czech President Petr Pavel RFE/RL 21 Mar 2025 -- Russian drone strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, leaving at least three people injured and several districts of the city battling power cuts while Czech President Petr Pavel was visiting for talks with officials.

Ukraine

• Andriy Yermak Delivered a Speech at the Conference Marking the Third Anniversary of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War President of Ukraine 21 Mar 2025
• Address by the President of Ukraine to the Participants of the Conference "Hope, Struggle, Return - Three Years" President of Ukraine 21 Mar 2025
• Joint Statement President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel on Strategic Partnership between Ukraine and the Czech Republic President of Ukraine 21 Mar 2025
• The Frontline Situation, Defense Cooperation, and the Development of Bilateral Relations: The President of Ukraine Met with the President of the Czech Republic in Kyiv President of Ukraine 21 Mar 2025
• The Core Group Has Agreed on Key Documents to Launch a Special Tribunal to Investigate Aggression Against Ukraine President of Ukraine 21 Mar 2025

Russia

• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (21 March 2025) Russia MoD 21 Mar 2025
• Chief of General Staff of Russian Armed Forces inspects Tsentr Group of Forces Russia MoD 21 Mar 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 21 Mar 2025
• Ukraine Deliberately Blows Up Sudzha Gas Distribution Station on March 20 Sputnik 21 Mar 2025 -- leaving the facility significantly damaged, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told Sputnik on Friday.
• Trump's Proposed Ceasefire Already Violated by Ukraine - Russian FM Spokeswoman Sputnik 21 Mar 2025 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on Ukraine's continued attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, despite the partial ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump.

United States

• Trump: Contract on Ukraine Settlement and Land Divisions Being Negotiated Now Sputnik 21 Mar 2025 -- US President Donald Trump said on Friday that an agreement on resolving the Ukraine conflict, which includes discussions on territorial divisions, is currently under negotiation.
• Trump Says Ukraine, US To Sign Minerals Deal Soon RFE/RL 21 Mar 2025 -- US President Donald Trump says the United States soon will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine as negotiations with Russia and Ukraine to end the war continue.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 281 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 21 Mar 2025 -- Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said it was encouraging to see the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) being "considered in ongoing conversations" on the military conflict in Ukraine and he stressed that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was ready to provide its technical support for those efforts.
• Ukraine: Devastating impact of hostilities on children's rights OHCHR 21 Mar 2025 -- Death, injury and lasting family separation are among the traumatic events that have upended the lives of Ukraine's children in the three years since the Russian Federation launched its full-scale invasion, according to a UN Human Rights Office report released today.
• Running to bomb shelters, nothing new for Ukraine's schoolchildren UN News 21 Mar 2025 -- Classes cut short by air raid sirens have become a routine part of school life for many Ukrainian youngsters in the three years since Russia's full-scale invasion began, a new UN report published on Friday details.

Foreign Reactions

• Special Tribunal for Ukraine: Secretary General welcomes completion of technical discussions Council of Europe 21 Mar 2025
• The State Secretaries of NB8 Foreign Ministries discuss aid to Ukraine and plans to strengthen European security Latvia MFA 21 Mar 2025 -- On 20 and 21 March 2025, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andžejs Viļumsons, participated in the annual meeting of the State Secretaries of the Foreign Ministries of the Baltic states and Nordic countries (NB8), hosted by Copenhagen, Denmark.
• EU Member States agree to step up European defence and arms assistance to Ukraine Finnish Government 21 Mar 2025 -- In its meeting in Brussels on Thursday 20 March, the European Council agreed on a number of measures to strengthen European defence. Discussions also focused on arms assistance and other support to Ukraine. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo represented Finland at the meeting.
• European Powers Reluctant to Send Troops to Ukraine Sputnik 21 Mar 2025 -- While UK and France publicly declare their intent to deploy military units to Ukraine, the rest of the EU states may have other ideas, Bloomberg reports.
• Group of Friends for Peace urges constructive peace talks as Ukraine crisis approaching 'turning point' Global Times 21 Mar 2025 -- The Group of Friends for Peace, which was set up by China and Brazil, together with some countries of the Global South, to promote the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, said that recent developments suggest the conflict might be approaching "a turning point," and urged all parties and stakeholders to embrace this opportunity and engage constructively in peace talks.

News Reports

• Abducted Ukrainian Children: Calls Made To Continue Search For Kids Taken By Russia As US Closes Investigation Team RFE/RL 21 Mar 2025 -- The fate of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children taken from their homeland and transported to Russia has been thrown into uncertainty by a US government decision to defund an American research unit that helped locate them.
• Ukrainian Museums Rush To Save Cultural Heritage From Bombing RFE/RL 21 Mar 2025 -- As Ukraine's frontline cities continue to come under attack, museums holding historical and cultural artifacts are working to relocate valuable collections to safer parts of the country.