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The Kyiv Independent: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to say whether or not the U.S. has enforcement mechanisms in the event Russia violates a potential ceasefire when speaking to reporters on March 12.
Reuters: Russia has presented the U.S. with a list of demands for a deal to end its war against Ukraine and reset relations with Washington.
ISW: Putin may hold hostage the ceasefire proposal to which Ukraine has agreed in order to extract preemptive concessions before formal negotiations to end the war have started.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has no more long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) in its arsenal, the Associated Press reported on March 12, citing unnamed U.S. and Ukrainian officials.
Reuters: Turkey has emerged as a key potential partner in restructuring European security, diplomats and analysts say, as Europe scrambles to bolster its defence and find guarantees for Ukraine under any forthcoming ceasefire deal urged by the United States.
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WaPo: Russia should work to weaken the U.S. negotiating position on Ukraine by helping stoke tensions between the Trump administration and other countries while pushing ahead with Moscow’s efforts to dismantle the Ukrainian state, according to a document prepared for the Kremlin (archive).
Politico: The European Parliament on Wednesday accused the Trump administration of “blackmailing” Ukraine’s leadership into capitulating to Russia with a forced ceasefire, and denounced Washington's decision to leave the European Union out of negotiations.
Reuters: Ukraine's top army commander said on Wednesday that Kyiv's troops will keep operating in Russia's Kursk region as long as needed and that fighting continued in and around the town of Sudzha.
Politico: Russian and Iranian agents are behind “state-sponsored terrorism" against Europe, the European Union's top diplomat said Wednesday, responding to revelations that Russia was recruiting people in Europe to spread disinformation and conduct sabotage and cyberattacks.
The Kyiv Independent: Small Russian infantry groups have stepped up assault operations in Ukraine's south over the past two weeks as they look to improve Moscow's battlefield positions, a spokesperson for the military told Ukrinform on March 12.
AP News: The U.K. government said Wednesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse in a tit-for-tat response to the expulsion of two British embassy staff in Moscow earlier this week.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine will not recognize any occupied territories as part of Russia under a potential future peace agreement with Moscow, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on March 12.
Saab and the Ukrainian defence company Radionix have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the intention to form a strategic collaboration relating to sensors and defence electronics, aiming to strengthen Ukraine’s defence capabilities.
Bloomberg: Putin is likely to try to drag out the timeline for agreeing to any halt to fighting in Ukraine to make sure the most favorable terms possible are secured for Moscow (archive).
The Moscow Times: The Kremlin is exploring its options for a potential meeting between Putin and Trump in April or May, four current and two former Russian officials familiar with the discussions told MT.
Politico: Romania’s foreign ministry said Russia is in no position to “give lessons in democracy” after Moscow criticized Bucharest for banning ultranationalist Călin Georgescu from the presidential election do-over. “Russia has not had free elections for almost 20 years. An aggressor state cannot give lessons in democracy,” the ministry said.
Reuters: Ukraine may import large volumes of U.S. gas this year via terminals in Germany, Greece, Lithuania and Poland, its state gas operator said, as Kyiv struggles with the impact of Russian attacks on its infrastructure.
The Kyiv Independent: Raiffeisen Bank International's Russian assets manager continues to hold and promote investments in sanctioned Russian companies and government bonds, according to a joint investigation by the BankTrack NGO and the B4Ukraine coalition published on March 12.
AFP: Iran confirmed Wednesday it will hold talks this week with China and Russia on its nuclear programme, after Beijing announced it would host the meeting.
CNN: The captain of the Solong cargo ship who was arrested after crashing into a US-flagged tanker off the English coast is a Russian national, the vessel’s owner said Wednesday, as maritime experts search for answers.
Reuters: Poland has charged a Belarusian citizen who set fire to a large hardware store in Warsaw last April with committing an act of sabotage on behalf of Russian intelligence, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
AFP: A Russian ballistic missile strike overnight on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa killed four people and damaged a Barbados-flagged cargo ship, authorities said Wednesday.
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