Author: John T Psaropoulos
Published on: 20/03/2025 | 00:00:00
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Russian forces enter village of Stepove in western Zaporizhia. The capture would complicate local Ukrainian logistics, a Russian official says. “The mud has disappeared… There is more vegetation, and there is less visibility,” Vladyslav Voloshyn said. Vladimir Rogov: This brings about positive changes for us on the Zaporizhia front as a whole. There was also bad news for Ukrainian forces in the Russian province of Kursk. Putin called for the creation of a “sanitary zone” inside Ukraine a year ago. Putin “reacted constructively” to the idea, a Kremlin press statement said. On energy and general infrastructure, Putin “immediately gave the Russian military the appropriate command” Witkoff said details remained to be worked out. Zelenskyy said a Ukrainian-made drone had passed the 3,000km test on Tuesday. The absence of such symmetry in a partial ceasefire gives Ukraine no respite or retribution for ongoing Russian attacks on its soil. Russia has demanded that Ukraine withdraw from its four provinces. Ukraine would never recognise its occupied territories as Russian. Trump’s national security adviser said territorial concessions would be part of a deal. NATO membership for Ukraine was “extremely unlikely” Russian troops on the Dnipro River could use a ceasefire to prepare for the extremely difficult task of conducting an opposed river crossing undisturbed. There was some good news for Ukraine during the past week. Germany announced a new weapons and ammunition package for Ukraine, which included missiles for the Iris-T.
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