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CNN: Senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev is expected to visit Washington this week to meet with top Trump official Steve Witkoff for talks on strengthening relations between the two countries as they seek to end the war in Ukraine.
Reuters: At least one person was killed and several injured, including an infant and a 7-year-old boy, in Russia's overnight drone attacks on Ukraine, regional officials said early on Wednesday.
ISW: Russian forces may leverage their bridgehead northeast of Lyman to seize the remaining 1% of Luhansk Oblast under Ukrainian control and complete Russia's long-standing goal of seizing the entirety of Luhansk Oblast.
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Reuters: Senior Trump administration officials have discussed in recent days the likelihood that the U.S. will be unable to secure a Ukraine peace deal in the next few months and are drawing up new plans to pressure both Kyiv and Moscow.
Reuters: Half of the U.S. Senate - 25 Republicans and 25 Democrats - joined together on Tuesday to introduce sanctions that would be imposed on Russia if it refuses to engage in good faith negotiations for peace with Ukraine.
Reuters: Ukraine will hold in-depth talks on Friday with a small group of foreign countries about contributing forces to a contingent that would act as a security guarantee for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday.
The Insider: The French media group NRJ stated in a comment for Libération that it was “astonished to learn” from The Insider's article about its brand being used in the occupied territories of Ukraine. NRJ promised to terminate its contract with Gazprom Media and stop broadcasting in occupied Donetsk.
Britain said on Tuesday it would place anyone working for the Russian state on the highest tier of its upcoming Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, requiring Moscow to register all efforts to exert political influence in the UK.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's allies must impose stricter measures on Russia "sooner than later" to prevent Moscow from dragging out peace talks and escalating its demands, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said on April 1.
Reuters: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday that the United States should not to be misled by any "stalling tactics" of Putin.
The European Commission continues to support Ukraine by disbursing a third regular payment of nearly €3.5 billion as part of the Ukraine Facility.
Ukrainska Pravda: Russian tactical aircraft dropped 10,577 guided aerial bombs on Ukrainian territory in the first three months of 2025.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces' advance into Ukraine has slowed significantly in the past few months, with Moscow seizing just 133 square kilometers in March, the lowest monthly total since June 2024, battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported on April 1.
Politico: Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik surfaced in Moscow on Monday night, confirming his whereabouts in a video message as authorities in Sarajevo demand an international arrest warrant following his conviction for defying the country’s Constitutional Court and advancing a separatist agenda.
Reuters: NATO member Finland plans to quit a global convention banning anti-personnel landmines and boost defence spending to at least 3% of GDP by 2029 in response to the evolving military threat from Russia, the government said on Tuesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Poland's internal security service (ABW) detained a Ukrainian suspected of spying on Polish military facilities on behalf of Russian intelligence services, Polish news outlet RMF24 reported on April 1.
The Moscow Times: Russian Railways said Tuesday its website and mobile app were knocked offline by a cyberattack, the first such incident since last summer.
Reuters: Ukraine will work with the United States towards a mutually acceptable text of a minerals deal that the two countries can sign, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday.
Politico: Germany officially launched its first permanent foreign troop deployment since World War II on Tuesday — a 5,000-strong armored brigade in Lithuania — as Berlin moves to bolster NATO’s eastern flank in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Bloomberg: The value of Russian assets frozen by Swiss authorities jumped to 7.4 billion Swiss francs ($8.4 billion) as the country embraced further European Union sanctions against hundreds of Russian individuals and companies deemed to be close to the Kremlin (archive).
Reuters: Russia's Arctic LNG 2 plant, under U.S.-sanctions, has resumed natural gas processing at a low rate this month, sources and satellite images showed on Tuesday, though it has yet to deliver its first cargo to the buyers.
worth mentioning
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