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Thursday, 27 March 2025, 23:02
Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe is convinced that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been underestimated, and that Ukrainians would fight Russia with their bare hands should they not achieve enruding peace.
The UN Security Council will meet on Wednesday to consider the humanitarian situation of Ukraine amid the latest Russian strikes.
Russia is trying to condition agreements on easing sanctions.
The exhumation of Polish victims of the Volyn massacre in the former village of Puzhnyky (now Sadove) in Ukraine's Ternopil region is expected to begin after the Easter holidays, around April 25.
25 March 2025
The stage of negotiations with Russia on a ceasefire is absolutely unpredictable.
On the very day of the negotiations, the Russian side has already demonstrated manipulative attempts to twist the agreements reached in Saudi Arabia.
The Finnish Chairmanship of the OSCE has taken note of a journalistic investigation into the possible affiliation of diplomat Dmitry Iordanidi, who was nominated by Moscow for the position of head of the OSCE mission in Serbia, with Russian intelligence.
The President of the European Council, António Costa, noted Ukraine’s significant progress in reforms on the path to EU membership, which is being achieved despite Russia’s ongoing aggression, and suggested that thanks to such efforts, Ukraine's membership of the EU could become a reality by 2030.
The behavior of the Russian side in the coming days will show whether new measures should be taken against Moscow.
The Kremlin has stated that an agreement on safe navigation in the Black Sea will only take effect once certain sanctions on Russia are lifted.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the latest negotiations did not address the issue of Ukrainian territories occupied by the aggressor state.
The United States remains the primary partner in monitoring a partial ceasefire under agreements reached in Saudi Arabia, but other countries may also be involved.
The United States has proposed the text of a new major agreement on critical minerals.
Following meetings in Riyadh, the fifth point in the Ukraine-U.S. statement will focus on the return of children, prisoners of war, and civilian detainees, whereas in the Russian statement, it will pertain to port operations and the transportation of agricultural products.
During a meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and the United States reached five key agreements, including ensuring safe navigation in the Black Sea and banning strikes on energy infrastructure in both Russia and Ukraine.
The United States and Ukraine have agreed to ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea.
French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday evening, on the eve of the summit of the "Coalition of the willing" nations.
Despite the desire of the American side to expand the agreement on establishing the rules and conditions of the investment fund, better known as the minerals deal, for now its draft remains in the form in which it was approved by government on February 26.
Russia is willing to involve the United Nations in the ceasefire negotiation process because Moscow has leverage over the organization.
The Ukrainian delegation at today's negotiations with the U.S. delegation in Riyadh is led by the Deputy Head of Ukraine’s President’s Office, Pavlo Palisa.
On Tuesday, March 25, a new meeting is taking place in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) between the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations.
During the unsuccessful February 28 talks between the Ukrainian and U.S. presidents at the White House, Volodymyr Zelensky was most troubled by the influence of Russian disinformation on Donald Trump's administration.
A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators is pushing President Donald Trump's administration to transfer - and push allies to transfer - more than $300 billion of seized Russian assets to help Ukraine, not just use the debt's interest to support Kyiv.
The Ukrainian delegation is staying in the Saudi capital Riyadh for one more day to meet with representatives of the United States.
24 March 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Mykola Kalashnyk as the head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration.
This week, Ukraine is preparing substantive discussions with European partners on specific security measures.
US President Donald Trump expects an agreement with Ukraine on rare earth metals to be signed “soon.”
The European Union adheres to the position that in the negotiations on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, it is Ukraine that should determine their terms, while the EU confirms its unwavering support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes he defended Ukraine’s dignity of Ukraine during a tense conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in late February.