For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters, and to a conversation from ScheerPost; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, MEDIA and GAZA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.  UKRAINE 3-26-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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French president says not all European allies agree on a proposed force for Ukraine, by John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin and Brian Melley | AP  PARIS — France and Britain will continue to forge ahead with plans to deploy troops in Ukraine to defend an eventual peace deal with Russia but only some other nations want to take part, French President Emmanuel Macron said today . . . READ MORE . . .

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Zelenskiy says Russia hit Ukraine’s power infrastructure, U.S. should react, by Yuliia Dysa, Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth | Reuters  KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said today Russian artillery had damaged Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the front-line city of Kherson, two days after the U.S. announced that each side had agreed to a truce on energy strikes. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 25  Is peace breaking out in Ukraine? Robert Scheer of ScheerPost and retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern talk about the prospects for the Ukraine war ending and peace in the region with Russia. Click HERE for video.

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