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Reuters: China and Russia are "friends forever, never enemies," Chinese's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in remarks published on Tuesday during a visit to Moscow in which he also welcomed signs of normalising ties between Washington and Moscow.
The Kyiv Independent: Armenia has refused to pay its contributions to the budget of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization for the past year, the country's Foreign Ministry said on March 31.
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Reuters: British, French and Ukrainian military leaders will meet in the coming days to build on "real momentum" in efforts to boost Ukraine's security, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday.
Reuters: The foreign ministers of Ukraine's main European allies said on Monday they would redouble their aid to the country while considering new sanctions on Russia to force it to accept a ceasefire.
The Kyiv Independent: The Netherlands will allocate 2 billion euros to support Ukraine in 2025, said Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans and State Secretary Gijs Tuinman on March 31.
Reuters: Sweden announced a new military aid package to Ukraine worth 16 billion crowns ($1.59 billion) on Monday, the biggest package to date from the Nordic country, saying it wanted to help Kyiv strengthen its position in talks on ending the war.
United24 Media: On March 31, Radio Svoboda published previously unseen footage from the mass shootings in Bucha, offering new evidence of Russian military involvement in the killings of civilians in the Ukrainian city.
European Parliament: Russia must be held accountable for war crimes committed during its war of aggression in Ukraine, said EP Vice-President Hojsík in Kyiv at the event commemorating victims of Bucha tragedy.
The Moscow Times: Putin on Monday ordered the conscription of 160,000 men by July 15, an increase from previous drafts as Moscow seeks to expand its military ranks.
Reuters: Russian forces shelled a frontline settlement in Ukraine's southeast Zaporizhzhia region on Monday, killing one person and injuring five, the regional governor said.
Politico: The Kremlin slammed a French court verdict Monday that disqualified far-right Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election.
Reuters: Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible espionage and terrorism after a drone flew several times over an EU research centre in northwestern Italy. The drone was believed to be of Russian manufacture judging from the images.
Bloomberg: Poland will sign a $2 billion contract with the US on Monday to supply logistical support for Patriot missile-defense systems, the country’s defense chief told broadcaster Polsat (archive).
Reuters: Moldova expelled three Russian diplomats on Monday after it accused Russia's embassy of engineering the escape of a pro-Kremlin lawmaker to prevent him being jailed in a case over illegal political funding.
Politico: The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office requested Monday that the Supreme Court ends a ban on the Taliban’s activities in the country. Moscow’s foreign and justice ministries submitted an appeal last week to Putin urging the Taliban’s removal from Russia’s list of terrorist organizations.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia is concentrating its main offensive efforts on the Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk Oblast but is "stalling" and failing to advance, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on March 31.
France 24: Russia has ramped up the number of cheap kamikaze drones it fires at cities across Ukraine at night. “The Russians are sending out way more drones than they used to,” Klym, of Ukrainian force Avenge team, told FRANCE 24. “For every ten that they used to launch they now launch 80”.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian soldiers tried to enter Ukraine's rear in Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast via underground communications as battles in the city continue, said Victor Tregubov, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia group of forces, on March 31.
Reuters: Russia's Gazprom will substantially increase gas supplies to Slovakia through the TurkStream pipeline from April, the CEO of Slovak importer SPP Vojtech Ferencz told reporters on Monday.
Politico: Germany’s incoming government says it will press the European Union to finally add some bite to its bark over misbehaving countries ― in a thinly veiled reference to Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.
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