For today, links to seven reports: from the Kyiv Independent, Tass, the Moscow Times, Agence France-Presse, Kyiv Post, and Reuters, and to commentary from Indian Punchline; other articles or just headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN, SYRIA and GAZA entries for this day are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up. UKRAINE 3-9 -25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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U.S. hasn’t stopped sharing defense-related intelligence with Ukraine, Trump’s envoy says, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent The U.S. has never stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine that is needed for defensive purposes, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Tass.
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Russia denies reports about new talks with U.S. in Saudi Arabia. From the Moscow Times. Russian and U.S. officials do not plan to meet in Saudi Arabia this week for a new round of diplomatic talks, the Kremlin said today. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says reinforcing troops in Russia’s Kursk region. From AFP. Kyiv is reinforcing its troops involved in fighting in Russia’s region of Kursk, where Moscow’s forces have been regaining ground, Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Trump advisers ‘sketching out’ how they might ease sanctions on Russia. From Kyiv Post. The advisers to US President Donald Trump are reportedly “sketching out” options to ease sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, one . . . READ MORE . . .
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MARCH 9 Russian forces take three new settlements in Kursk. From Reuters. MOSCOW: Russian forces on Sunday recaptured three more settlements in Russia’s western Kursk region, the Defence Ministry said, part of an operation to evict Ukrainian troops holding chunks of territory seven months after a cross-border incursion. READ MORE . . .
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Trump’s ingenuity vis-à-vis Russia, Iran, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline Both Russian president Vladimir Putin and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian are quintessential nationalists and modernisers who are open to westernism. Both Russia and Iran face U.S. sanctions. Both seek . . . READ MORE . . .
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