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Reuters: Ukrainian and U.S. delegations are scheduled to meet on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia following Russia-U.S. talks there a day earlier on a limited Black Sea ceasefire proposal that Washington hopes will open the way for broader peace negotiations.
The Kyiv Independent: The White House will not discuss the details of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine — including the status of Ukrainian lands illegally occupied by Russia —until a ceasefire is reached, U.S. State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters on March 24.
ISW: Russia continues to persecute religious minorities, especially Evangelical Christian communities in occupied Kherson Oblast as part of a wider campaign in occupied Ukraine aimed at destroying independent Ukrainian national and religious identities.
The Kyiv Independent: Three employees from Russian state-affiliated media were killed in occupied Luhansk Oblast while on assignment, several news outlets reported on March 24.
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Reuters: A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators is pushing Trump's administration to transfer - and push allies to transfer - more than $300 billion of seized Russian assets to help Ukraine, not just use the debt's interest to support Kyiv.
BBC: Two women who were part of a Russian spy network run from the UK are named for the first time today by a BBC investigation. Bulgarian nationals Cvetelina Gencheva and Tsvetanka Doncheva took part in elaborate surveillance operations against people spied on by the cell.
The Kyiv Independent: The Kavkazskaya oil pumping station, located in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, is no longer suitable for oil transportation due to damage from a drone attack, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium said on March 24.
NHK: Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says arrangements are underway for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia.
Reuters: Trump said on Monday he expects a U.S.-Ukraine revenue-sharing agreement on Ukrainian critical minerals will be signed soon. He also told reporters that the United States is talking to Ukraine about the potential for American firms owning Ukrainian power plants.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian propaganda is successfully influencing the American leadership, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Time magazine published on March 24.
AFP: British and French defence chiefs met again in London on Monday to discuss plans for allied countries to safeguard a potential Ukraine ceasefire as part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's so-called "coalition of the willing".
Reuters: A powerful cyberattack knocked out the online ticketing system for Ukraine's state railway service, causing long queues at stations on Monday in what Kyiv officials said looked like a Russian attempt to "destabilise" the situation.
The Kyiv Independent: A Russian missile strike that hit the northeastern regional capital of Sumy on March 24 injured 94 civilians, including 23 children, the Sumy City Council reported.
France 24: Growing numbers of Ukrainian women in areas recaptured from Russian occupation are starting to speak about the sexual violence they experienced at the hands of Russian soldiers.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian businesses have significantly scaled back their recruitment efforts in early 2025, with job openings falling 15% compared to the same period last year, Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on March 24.
Reuters: Russia's central bank has warned the Kremlin's policy makers the United States and OPEC have the capacity to flood the oil market and cause a repeat of the prolonged price collapse of the 1980s - which contributed to the downfall of the Soviet Union.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces have reclaimed part of the territory near the village of Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast, Oles Maliarevych, the deputy commander of the Achilles unmanned systems regiment, told Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne on March 24.
FT: The US president’s pivot to Moscow and scathing disregard for Nato has prompted old allies — from Berlin and Warsaw to Seoul and Tokyo — to confront what was seemingly unthinkable: how to prepare for a potential withdrawal of their US nuclear shield (archive).
Global Times: The Chinese Foreign Ministry has denied claims in the media that it is considering participating in a possible peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: The partner countries of the Drone Coalition have allocated 20 million euros from a common fund to procure tactical-level reconnaissance drones for Ukraine, the Defense Ministry announced on March 24.
AFP, Yahoo News: A fake news website falsely claimed that Ukraine's president is paying Western reporters to tarnish Trump -- part of a series of deceptive reports spread by Russian-linked portals mimicking media outlets.
Reuters: Austria's DSN domestic intelligence agency said on Monday it had uncovered an extensive Russian disinformation campaign centred around a Bulgarian national accused of spying and disseminating false information about Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's Special Operations Forces destroyed two Russian Ka-52 and two Mi-8 helicopters by missile strikes in the Russian rear in Belgorod Oblast, the military branch reported on March 24.
worth mentioning
ISW Special Report: Putin is still stealing Ukrainian children
All the ways Trump has weakened Ukraine’s hand in talks with Russia
US: Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers
The Trump administration accidentally texted a journalist its war plans
Russia switched children with cystic fibrosis to a drug never tested on humans. Parents say it’s making them sicker — and Putin’s friends richer.
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