The Ukraine War
Ukraine willing to accept 30-day ceasefire with Russia after talks with U.S. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-ce ... di-arabia/
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Putin can eat a bag of dicks. No deal.DCSaints_fan wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 2:59 pmBBC is reporting Putin is agreeing to ceasefire.
However, I'm hearing other news there is a precondition that Ukraine not "mobilize" or receive arm shipments, so this could be less than sincere.
Zelensky Also Agrees to Limited Cease-Fire in Call With Trump
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed in a Wednesday phone call with President Trump to accept Russia’s offer for a mutual pause in attacks on energy targets for 30 days as a step toward a broader cease-fire.
During the call, Mr. Trump also floated the idea of the United States taking control of Ukrainian power plants — an idea that Ukrainian energy experts said was probably unworkable.
It was not immediately clear how or when a pause in strikes would take hold. As the statements were issued, alarms sounded in parts of Ukraine to warn of Russian drones in the sky.
Even a narrow agreement between Mr. Zelensky and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would leave a wide chasm between their positions on how the war could end.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed in a Wednesday phone call with President Trump to accept Russia’s offer for a mutual pause in attacks on energy targets for 30 days as a step toward a broader cease-fire.
During the call, Mr. Trump also floated the idea of the United States taking control of Ukrainian power plants — an idea that Ukrainian energy experts said was probably unworkable.
It was not immediately clear how or when a pause in strikes would take hold. As the statements were issued, alarms sounded in parts of Ukraine to warn of Russian drones in the sky.
Even a narrow agreement between Mr. Zelensky and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would leave a wide chasm between their positions on how the war could end.
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So much for that "limited" ceasefire
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/europe/r ... index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/europe/r ... index.html
Russia and Ukraine trade blame over attack on Russian gas metering station
By Mariya Knight and Maria Kostenko, CNN
2 minute read
Published 6:58 PM EDT, Fri March 21, 2025
Footage taken by a drone and posted on social media shows the Sudzha gas metering station on fire in Russia's Kursk region on Thursday, March 20.
Footage taken by a drone and posted on social media shows the Sudzha gas metering station on fire in Russia's Kursk region on Thursday, March 20. Social Media/Reuters
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Russia and Ukraine traded blame on Friday over an attack on a gas metering station that lies in Russia’s Kursk region, just a few hundred meters from their shared border.
The attack on the facility in Sudzha comes just days after the US proposed both sides pause attacks on energy infrastructure.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Kyiv had “deliberately attacked” the station, which has been under Ukrainian control since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Kursk in August 2024.
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DCSaints_fan wrote: Fri Mar 21, 2025 7:59 pmSo much for that "limited" ceasefire
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/europe/r ... index.html
Russia and Ukraine trade blame over attack on Russian gas metering station
By Mariya Knight and Maria Kostenko, CNN
2 minute read
Published 6:58 PM EDT, Fri March 21, 2025
Footage taken by a drone and posted on social media shows the Sudzha gas metering station on fire in Russia's Kursk region on Thursday, March 20.
Footage taken by a drone and posted on social media shows the Sudzha gas metering station on fire in Russia's Kursk region on Thursday, March 20. Social Media/Reuters
CNN
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Russia and Ukraine traded blame on Friday over an attack on a gas metering station that lies in Russia’s Kursk region, just a few hundred meters from their shared border.
The attack on the facility in Sudzha comes just days after the US proposed both sides pause attacks on energy infrastructure.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Kyiv had “deliberately attacked” the station, which has been under Ukrainian control since Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Kursk in August 2024.
The narrative has changed from “Putin told Trump he wouldn’t attack infrastructure” to “there was nothing official”
Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form’
Moscow has described the latest US peace proposals as unacceptable to the Kremlin, highlighting the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war in Ukraine since taking office in January.
Sergei Ryabkov, a foreign policy adviser to Vladimir Putin, said some of Russia’s key demands were not being addressed by the US proposals to end the war, in comments that marked a rare acknowledgment from the Russian side that talks with the US over Ukraine had stalled in recent weeks.
“We take the models and solutions proposed by the Americans very seriously, but we can’t accept it all in its current form,” Ryabkov was quoted by state media as telling the Russian magazine International Affairs. It came after Trump on Sunday revealed his frustration with Putin, saying he was “pissed off” and threatening to impose tariffs on Russian oil exports.
“All we have today is an attempt to find some kind of framework that would first allow for a ceasefire – at least as envisioned by the Americans,” Ryabkov said.
“As far as we can see, there is no place in them today for our main demand, namely to solve the problems related to the root causes of this conflict.”
Putin has repeatedly referred to what he claimed were the “root causes” of the conflict to justify his hardline position on any prospective deal to end the war in Ukraine.
As preconditions for a ceasefire, the Russian leader has insisted on terms that would, in effect, dismantle Ukraine as an independent, functioning state – pulling it firmly into Russia’s sphere of influence.
He has demanded that Kyiv recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea and four partly occupied regions in the south-east, withdraw its forces from those areas, pledge never to join Nato, and agree to demilitarisation.
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Moscow has described the latest US peace proposals as unacceptable to the Kremlin, highlighting the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war in Ukraine since taking office in January.
Sergei Ryabkov, a foreign policy adviser to Vladimir Putin, said some of Russia’s key demands were not being addressed by the US proposals to end the war, in comments that marked a rare acknowledgment from the Russian side that talks with the US over Ukraine had stalled in recent weeks.
“We take the models and solutions proposed by the Americans very seriously, but we can’t accept it all in its current form,” Ryabkov was quoted by state media as telling the Russian magazine International Affairs. It came after Trump on Sunday revealed his frustration with Putin, saying he was “pissed off” and threatening to impose tariffs on Russian oil exports.
“All we have today is an attempt to find some kind of framework that would first allow for a ceasefire – at least as envisioned by the Americans,” Ryabkov said.
“As far as we can see, there is no place in them today for our main demand, namely to solve the problems related to the root causes of this conflict.”
Putin has repeatedly referred to what he claimed were the “root causes” of the conflict to justify his hardline position on any prospective deal to end the war in Ukraine.
As preconditions for a ceasefire, the Russian leader has insisted on terms that would, in effect, dismantle Ukraine as an independent, functioning state – pulling it firmly into Russia’s sphere of influence.
He has demanded that Kyiv recognise Russia’s annexation of Crimea and four partly occupied regions in the south-east, withdraw its forces from those areas, pledge never to join Nato, and agree to demilitarisation.
Click on the link for the full article