Amid tears and grins, 175 Ukrainian soldiers returned home on March 19 — some of whom had been held in Russian prisons for nearly three years. Ukraine returned an equal number of Russian POWs in a deal worked out between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone….
Category: 2. RussianAggression
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Central Ukrainian City Endures Its Biggest Ever Drone Attack
The central Ukrainian city of Kropyvnytskiy faced its biggest drone attack yet since Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to local officials. At least 10 people were injured after it was targeted by some 20 drones on the night of March 19-20. RFE/RL’s Volodymyr Ivanchenko visited the city to…
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Europe is about to make its biggest strategic mistake
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This week presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin…
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Herbert Smith Freehills fined £465,000 over Russia sanctions breaches
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Herbert Smith Freehills has been fined £465,000 for breaching UK sanctions on Russia after the international law firm’s Moscow office made payments to a number of…
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Hungary breaks with the EU by seeking to turn Ukraine into ‘buffer zone’
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Poland and UK discuss defence spending as Europe moves to re-arm
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Poland is discussing ways of clubbing together with the UK and other European nations to drive up defence production while obtaining better value for taxpayers, its…
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Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia
The State Department has ended funding for the tracking of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and American officials or contractors might have deleted a database with information on them, according to a letter U.S. lawmakers sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on…
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Zelensky Agrees in Call With Trump to Halt Strikes on Russian Energy Targets
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed in a Wednesday phone call with President Trump to accept Russia’s offer of a mutual pause in attacks on energy targets for 30 days as a step toward a broader cease-fire.
It was not immediately clear how or when a pause in strikes on certain targets…
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US could take over Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Donald Trump tells Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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President Donald Trump proposed that the US take over Ukraine’s nuclear power plants in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.
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Frontline report: Pokrovsk commander applies Kherson lessons to push back Russian forces
Day 1119
On 18 March, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Pokrovsk direction.
General Mykhailo Drapaty, after stabilizing the situation on the front, managed to set the stage for decisive counterattacks that turned the tide of battle in the most critical sector of the front line,…
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