For today, links to eleven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, the Moscow Times, Tass, Kyiv Post, and National Public Radio; others or at least their headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, GAZA and LEBANON entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up. UKRAINE 3-21-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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3 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia despite limited truce. From AP. KYIV — Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and wounded 12, Ukrainian officials said today, despite agreeing to a limited ceasefire. Zaporizhzhia was hit by 12 drones, police said. READ MORE . . .
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Russia warns of ‘symmetrical response’ to attacks on energy facilities. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia reserves the right to a “symmetrical response” to Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy facilities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said today. Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Friday of . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelenskiy visits Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. From Reuters. KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Ukraine’s Donetsk region today, meeting commanders of drone units near the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk. Ukrainian troops have . . . READ MORE . . .
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6 killed, 36 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day, by Natalia Yermak | The Kyiv Independent At least 6 people were killed and 36 others injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day, regional officials said today. Ukraine’s Air Force intercepted . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian negotiator says he’s hoping for ‘some progress’ at talks in Saudi Arabia next week. From AFP. Moscow hopes to make “some progress” at upcoming talks in Saudi Arabia, a Russian negotiator, Senator Grigory Karasin, said today, as U.S. officials prepare for separate discussions with Ukrainian and Russian officials . . . READ MORE . . .
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From March 21 Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Belgorod region kills 1. From the Moscow Times. At least one person was killed and another seriously wounded in a rare midday Ukrainian drone strike on southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine, authorities said Friday. READ MORE . . .
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Envoy Witkoff cites status of five Russian regions as ‘key issue’ in Ukraine conflict. From Tass. NEW YORK — U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said in an interview that the status of Crimea, the Donetsk People’s Republic, the Lugansk People’s Republic, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, remains ‘the key issue’ in the Ukrainian conflict. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent.
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General Staff: Russia has lost 902,010 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022, by Natalia Yermak | The Kyiv Independent Russia has lost 902,010 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said today — including 1,210 casualties over the past day. READ MORE . . .
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Trump’s former Russia analyst discusses Putin’s possible next moves in the war. Sarah McCammon of NPR talks with Russia expert Fiona Hill, of the Brookings Institution, about how Moscow might approach any negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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