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US proposes security guarantees for Ukraine in exchange for Donbas withdrawal, Zelensky says
The United States is proposing security guarantees to Ukraine in exchange for Kyiv withdrawing its troops from parts of the Donbas still under Ukrainian control, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Reuters published on March 25.
Sanctioned Russian lawmakers to meet US officials in rare Washington visit, source says
The Russian delegation is headed by Vyacheslav Nikonov, deputy chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the grandson of Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov.
Zelensky appoints new heads of SBU counterintelligence departments
President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 25 appointed Serhii Hunkovskyi as head of the Counterintelligence Department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and Viktor Zaiets as head of the agency’s Military Counterintelligence Department. Decrees published on the Presidential Office website confirmed the latest appointments. The two positions had remained vacant since Jan. 5, when Zelensky dismissed Andrii Tupikov and Oleksandr Dubrovin. The dismissals in January came amid a wider government
US envoy details Belarus 'big deal' talks in interview with Kyiv Independent
A potential "big deal" between Belarus and the United States would effectively normalize relations between Washington and Minsk, U.S. Special Envoy for Belarus John Coale told the Kyiv Independent in a phone interview. The remarks follow growing outreach from Washington to Minsk and come days after Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko said that the U.S. had proposed a "big deal," claiming the initiative came from U.S. President Donald Trump. Coale confirmed that normalization is part of the b
Worst oil supply disruption in modern Russian history halts about 40% of export capacity, Reuters reports
About 40% of Russia’s oil export capacity has been halted amid Ukrainian drone strikes, pipeline damage, and tanker seizures, Reuters reported on March 25.
Ukraine developing new system to restrict soldiers' access to online gambling, ministry says
"We are continuing our systematic fight against gambling addiction," Ukraine's Digital Transformation Ministry said.
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