For today, links to nine reports: from the Moscow Times, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Reuters, Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent, and to commentary from Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (YEMEN and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up. UKRAINE 3-18-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) – MCM
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Russian military accuses Ukraine of ‘undermining’ energy truce with oil depot strike. The Moscow Times. Russia’s Defense Ministry today accused Ukraine of “undermining” a temporary pause on attacks against energy infrastructure by launching a drone strike on an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region overnight. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Tass.
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Kremlin says it will halt strikes on Ukraine energy sector after talk with Trump. Reported by Eleanor Beardsley and A Martínez | NPR President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced a limited ceasefire in Ukraine, where Putin agreed to stop targeting Ukraine’s energy facilities for 30 days. Kyiv reacted. Click HERE to listen and, later, read; and HERE and HERE for report from AP and Reuters.
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‘We will definitely win this war’ – Zelensky announces upcoming call with Trump. From Kyiv Post. President Volodymyr Zelensky today announce that he would be holding a conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump, following Trump’s more than two-hour phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Kremlin demands halt to foreign military aid, intelligence to Ukraine as condition for avoiding war escalation, by Kateryna Hodunova and Tim Zadorozhnyy | The Kyiv Independent The Kremlin has demanded a complete cessation of foreign military aid and intelligence to Ukraine as a “key condition for avoiding an escalation of the war,” according to its statement released on Tuesday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 18 Trump and Putin agree to immediate ceasefire for energy and infrastructure in Ukraine conflict, by Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller and Vladimir Isachenkov | AP WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy and infrastructure targets in the Ukraine war, but the Russian leader . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 18 War fever grips Europe, by Uroš Lipušcek | Special to Consortium News LJUBLJANA — The Russians are coming and Europe is preparing for war. Political elites are spreading hysteria. As if two world wars born in Europe were not enough. Leading media are doing their part. READ MORE . . .
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