For today, links to eleven reports: from the Associated Press, Moscow Times, Reuters, Tass, National Public Radio, the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, and Agence France-Presse; to an AP analysis; and to commentary from Substack via Front Page; other articles or headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK and GAZA entries for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down. UKRAINE 3-11-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
U.S. arms flow to Ukraine again as the Kremlin mulls a ceasefire proposal, by Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova | AP KYIV — Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow is awaiting “detailed information” from the U.S. on a proposed 30-day ceasefire and suggested that Russia must get that before it can take a position. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for analysis from AP.
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Kremlin awaits U.S. briefing on Ukraine ceasefire plan, top spokesman says. From the Moscow Times. The Kremlin said today it was waiting for U.S. officials to provide details on a proposed 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine after talks between U.S. and Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia the day before. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Kremlin says phone conversation between Putin and Trump possible. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Kremlin does not exclude that the issue of a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump may come up in the wake of the US-Ukrainian negotiations and could be organized quickly, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. to resume security support to Ukraine as Kyiv says it is ready to accept ceasefire proposal. From Reuters. The United States agreed on Tuesday to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after talks where Kyiv said it would accept a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia, the countries said in a joint statement. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for March 11 report from NPR and more recent NPR report.
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Russia reportedly enters Ukraine-held Sudzha in Kursk Oblast; Kyiv hasn’t confirmed, by Tim Zadorozhnyy | The Kyiv Independent Russian troops have launched an offensive on the Ukrainian-controlled town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, entering the settlement, the DeepState monitoring group, the Institute for the Study of War, and the Russian state news agency TASS claimed today. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. confirms intelligence sharing with Ukraine resumes. From Kyiv Post. U.S. National Intelligence has confirmed the resumption of intelligence sharing with Ukraine, as announced by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. READ MORE . . .
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Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Odesa kills 4 Syrians, damages cargo ship. From AFP. A Russian ballistic missile strike on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa late Tuesday killed four people and damaged a Barbados-flagged cargo ship, Ukrainian authorities said today. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. said in Riyadh it wants normal relations with Russia, ready for serious talks — Lavrov. From Tass. MOSCOW — The U.S. delegation said during talks with the Russian side in Riyadh that Washington wants normal relations with Moscow and is ready for serious negotiations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with U.S. bloggers Mario Nawfal, Larry Johnson and Andrew Napolitano. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 7 Is MAGA wrong on Ukraine? by Mark Tapson | Substack / Front Page I am hardly alone among conservatives in stating that I greatly admire Douglas Murray. But his latest piece in The Spectator, titled “The MAGA Movement is Wrong on Ukraine” is such a disappointment that I felt compelled to respond (the article is behind a paywall, but . . . READ MORE . . .
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