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Russia trades accusations with Ukraine on drifting Black Sea mines

(This March 31 story was refiled to remove picture)

Reuters

Ukraine peace negotiations: how far are the two sides from a settlement that could stick?

Another round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey has brought little progress towards a ceasefire, let alone a peace agreement. Based on statements by both Moscow and Kyiv, it appears that there is some consensus on the issues that need to be negotiated, but little on what the…

The Conversation

Putin ‘blackmail’ threat to suspend energy supplies to Europe branded hollow

Moscow says it will turn off oil and gas taps unless ‘unfriendly’ states pay in roubles

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U.S. targets Russia's technology sector in fresh sanctions

The United States on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, targeting the technology sector, a sanctions evasion network and what it called "malicious cyber actors" while paving the way to act against additional sectors in response to President Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine.

Reuters

Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine to resume on Friday, says negotiator

Kyiv and its allies suggest the Kremlin may be merely playing for time to allow its military forces to regroup

The Guardian - UK

Russian forces in Ukraine are regrouping not withdrawing, says Nato

Moscow repeatedly lies about its intentions, so Kremlin’s words alone cannot be trusted, says Jens Stoltenberg

The Independent UK

UK, Russia foreign ministers visit India amid Ukraine crisis

The foreign ministers of Britain and Russia are visiting India as its government seeks to maintain ties with both Moscow and Western nations despite the worsening Ukraine war

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Only total military failure will curb Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine

Any small gains will be spun as victory by the Kremlin. The west needs to support Ukraine to defeat Russian aggression, says Keir Giles of Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia programme

The Guardian - UK

Russia Ukraine War Advisory

Ukraine is sending scores of buses in an attempt to evacuate people from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol on Friday after Russia promised to hold fire, even as Moscow's troops continued to pound other areas of the country.

The Independent UK

Ukraine braces for all-out Russian assault in the east as war enters sixth week

LVIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his compatriots Thursday of a buildup of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine and of more bloodshed to come as he and Western officials continued to cast doubt on Moscow’s pronouncements of a partial military pullback around the capital of Kyiv.

Los Angeles Times

Erdogan says Turkey ready in principle to act as Ukraine's guarantor -media

Turkey is ready, in principle, to act as a guarantor country for Ukraine, but the details of such a format need to be worked out, President Tayyip Erdogan was cited as saying on Thursday, adding Moscow's decision to scale back some of its operations near Kyiv and Chernihiv was "truly…

Reuters

Turkey juggles relationships with Russia, Ukraine amid economic crisis

Turkey has played a major role in the search for an end to the Ukraine war as the host for this week’s talks between Moscow and Kyiv – the product of an ambivalent stance experts say is largely rooted in the troubled Turkish economy’s deep links to both countries.

France 24

Georgia’s South Ossetia plans to take steps to join Russia

Its separatist leader says the Moscow-backed breakaway region plans to take steps to become part of Russia.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine braces for fresh wave of attacks in east as Russia builds forces in Donbas

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says fierce resistance has pressured Russian forces in Kyiv but Ukraine is preparing for strikes in other regions

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The Independent UK

‘Liberated from what?’ Ukrainian woman’s harrowing ordeal of deportation to Russia

Kyiv has accused Moscow of forcibly relocating thousands of people from Mariupol to Russia

The Independent UK

Russia continues ‘significant’ shelling of Chernihiv despite withdrawal claim, UK says

‘Heavy fighting’ also expected near Kyiv despite Moscow’s pledge at peace talks, warns MoD

Reuters

Moscow would not refuse Russia-Ukraine meeting, talks must be substantive - RIA

Moscow would not refuse a meeting between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba but any talks between them would need to be substantive, RIA news agency cited the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Thursday.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Russia’s war in Ukraine proves why a greater US troop presence in Europe isn’t needed

Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its second month, is forcing the U.S. national security establishment to reconsider its original defense plans. President Joe Biden’s trip to Belgium and Poland, where he participated in several summits and announced another package of economic sanctions against Russian officials and defense firms, is…

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy tells Australia more Russian sanctions needed

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Australia's parliament on Thursday that new and stronger sanctions against Russia were needed to increase the pressure on Moscow over its invasion of his country.

Foreign Affairs

Putin’s Pyrrhic Victory

Russia’s Setbacks in Eastern Ukraine Show Why It Can’t Win the Wider War

Reuters

Europe's Russian gas in jeopardy, Ukraine girds for new attacks

President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic riposte so far to crushing Western sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine.

Los Angeles Times

Amid new Russian attacks near Kyiv, White House says Putin misled by aides

LVIV, Ukraine — A day after Russia said it would “drastically” reduce attacks on strategic northern cities in its war against Ukraine, those regions came under fresh bombardment Wednesday, deepening Ukrainian and Western officials’ skepticism over any easing of the offensive.

Bangkok Post

Russians start to withdraw from Chernobyl

WASHINGTON: Russian forces have begun to pull out of the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power site, a US defence official said Wednesday, a day after Moscow said it would scale back attacks on two key Ukrainian cities.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: US says no evidence Russia pulling back

Russia-Ukraine news from March 31: Biden says ‘no clear evidence’ that Russia is scaling back operations around Kyiv.

Evening Standard

Russian forces have shot down their own aircraft in Putin’s ‘personal war’ blunders, says UK spy chief

Sir Jeremy Fleming says it’s increasingly clear the Russian president has ‘massively misjudged’ the situation in Ukraine

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