Russia launched its "largest attack in recent years" on Kropyvnytskyi in Kirovohrad Oblast overnight on March 20, injuring eight people, including a child, regional Governor Andriy Raykovych said.
https://kyivindependent.com/massive-drone-attack-on-kirovohrad-oblast-injures-8-including-a-child/
The European Union plans to supply Ukraine with at least 2 million shells annually, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
https://kyivindependent.com/eu-plans-to-supply-at-least-2-million-shells-annually-to-ukraine/
Manafort began working for Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire Russian oligarch… Deripaska’s alleged ties to the mafia meant that for some years he was unable to get an American visa. … Like all superrich Russians Deripaska perfectly understood Putin’s requirements. When called upon, you did what the president commanded.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed his real intentions in Ukraine by bombing civilian energy infrastructure after telling Donald Trump that Moscow would stop such attacks, said Finnish President Alexander Stubb.
“After this supposedly groundbreaking, great phone call, the Russian attacks have not decreased,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told German broadcaster ZDF, taking a jab at Trump and dismissing the deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “zero.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/german-defense-minister-slams-trump-putin-partial-ceasefire-deal/
In agreeing to a much narrower ceasefire in which Russia and Ukraine would stop attacking each other's energy facilities, Russian President Vladimir Putin is advancing his strategic aims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/world/politics/putin-advances-strategic-aims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russiaukrainewar #russia #ukraine #us #donaldtrump #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
President Donald Trump proposed that the US take over Ukraine’s nuclear power plants in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.
https://www.ft.com/content/d1a960cc-4d97-4bfa-837f-7ddf0ec6c87b
Arms companies from the US, UK and Turkey will be excluded from a new €150bn EU defence funding push unless their home countries sign defence and security pacts with Brussels.
https://www.ft.com/content/eb9e0ddc-8606-46f5-8758-a1b8beae14f1
The UK government rejected a demand by Russian President Vladimir Putin for Ukraine’s allies to suspend weapons supplies to Kyiv during any truce.
Witkoff indicated Wednesday a series of Russian drone strikes on energy and transportation targets that occurred shortly after Trump’s call with Vladimir Putin were set in motion before the Russian leader had a chance to direct Kremlin forces to stand down
U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a long-anticipated executive order on Thursday that aims to shut down the Department of Education, acting on a key campaign pledge, according to a White House summary seen by Reuters.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 175 prisoners of war each, both sides said on Wednesday. Russia handed over an additional 22 heavily wounded Ukrainian prisoners.
Europe should further boost military spending, pool resources on joint defence projects and buy more European arms, according to an EU blueprint unveiled on Wednesday, driven by fears of Russia and doubts about the future of U.S. protection.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico strengthened his hold over parliament on Wednesday, winning back more rebel lawmakers to fully restore a lost majority after disputes and defections had hampered his government in recent months.
There once was a man from the West
Who sought power with an ambitious request
Trump aimed for Zaporizhzhia's might
In a plan that caused quite a fright
But Ukraine's strength stood the test
President Vladimir Putin wants U.S. President Donald Trump to formally recognise all four Ukrainian regions that Moscow has claimed as its own in addition to Crimea, Russia's Kommersant daily reported.
Ukrainian and U.S. teams could meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to discuss technicalities of partial ceasefire, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after what he described as "very substantive" call with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
