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Reuters: The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some sanctions against Moscow.

Bloomberg: Russia and Ukraine may see a greater incentive to prolong the three-year war instead of rushing into a full settlement, according to an assessment by the US intelligence community that clashes with Trump’s pledges for a rapid end to the war (archive).

Politico: U.S. intelligence agencies sounded the alarm on Ukraine’s dwindling battlefield prospects against Russia in an annual report released Tuesday.

The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces have resumed their attacks in the Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk Oblast, Mykola Koval, the spokesperson of Ukraine's National Guard's Chervona Kalyna brigade, said on March 25.

Reuters: Ukrainian state railways Ukrzaliznytsia, the country's largest cargo carrier, said on Tuesday that a large-scale cyber attack had also hit its online freight services.

The Moscow Times: Russia is suing Shell for 1.5 billion euros over allegedly unpaid gas supplies to the state energy giant Gazprom in 2022, the British-Dutch company said in its annual report published Tuesday.

The Kyiv Independent: Denmark will provide 130 million euros in guarantees to support Danish companies investing in Ukraine's defense industry, First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced on March 25.

AFP: NATO commanders said they were drawing on lessons learned in the drone war over Ukraine to conduct Europe's largest air defence exercise that ends in the Netherlands on Wednesday.

Politico: Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala on Tuesday accused the parliamentary election front-runner, populist Andrej Babiš, of helping Putin.

The Kyiv Independent: French President Emmanuel Macron will host President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysee Palace on March 26 to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine ahead of the "coalition of the willing" summit, Le Monde reported on March 25.

Reuters: Drilling at Romania's Neptun Deep offshore gas project began in the Black Sea on Sunday, its owners said on Tuesday, putting one of the EU's largest gas deposits on track for production in 2027 that could help ease the shift from Russian gas.

The Moscow Times: Lawmakers in Russia’s lower-house State Duma on Tuesday passed a bill banning advertising through organizations designated as “undesirable” or “extremist,” a move likely to steer businesses away from promoting their services on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.

The Kyiv Independent: In three years of full-scale war against Ukraine, 62% of companies from countries deemed "unfriendly" by Moscow have exited the Russian market, pro-Kremlin media outlet RBC reported on March 25, citing an audit by consulting firm Kept.

Reuters: Talks between Russia and the United States were challenging but useful and the United Nations and other countries will be involved in additional discussions, a member of the Russian delegation told the TASS news agency.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's Air Force struck a concentration of Russian military personnel in Kondratovka, Kursk Oblast, killing up to 30 Russian soldiers, the General Staff reported on March 25.

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