Russia, Ukraine, EU to hold talks on Association Agreement implmentation

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, March 24th

In an interview, the top Russian diplomat recalled US President Donald Trump's words about the US urgently need of Greenland for its security

The Russian Defense Ministry pointed out that the strikes involved both attack drones and HIMARS rockets

US President Donald Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform on March 7 that he had sent a message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling for talks on Tehran’s nuclear program

According to US president, 'there are about five or six conditions'

According to Russian Foreign Minister, Russia and the United States are currently discussing the prospect of removing barriers for joint economic projects

He is expected to depart to Washington on March 26

Russia has already "been through" Europe’s desire to inflict strategic defeat, as Napoleon and Hitler had such plans, the top Russian diplomat said

NATO launched a military operation against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on March 24, 1999

"These so-called security forces would serve to entrench the Nazi regime, enforcing a ban on anything that reminds people of Russian roots," the foreign minister emphasized

The Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs noted that the dialogue was detailed and complex

According to Rodion Miroshnik, Russian forces have been ensuring a buffer zone in Ukraine’s Sumy Region

Mike Waltz said said that there's 'a lot of lessons'

The matter was discussed at an online seminar for exporters organized earlier this week together with Russian Export Center, Maxim Petrov said

According to the center, all the details will be announced on Wednesday

Natalia Nikonorova emphasized that Russia did not target Ukrainian nuclear power plants, being acutely aware of "the seriousness of such actions and committed to adhering to universally recognized norms of international humanitarian law"

"The Russian and US sides continue to work in a constructive and positive manner within the framework of existing contacts," Dmitry Peskov said

Chi Fulin noted that the Chinese and international community pay significant attention to Russian-American relations, which "are quite complex"

The US leader considers this incident as "the only glitch in two months, and it turned out not to be a serious one"

Russian Foreign Minister said that Washington used the dollar to punish certain countries, and, as a result, the transition to national currencies and alternative payment systems has become unstoppable

According to Moscow, "sharing the use of the ZNPP with any other country is also unacceptable. This is unprecedented in global practice"

"If one of the parties violates the ban, the other has the right to consider itself free from the obligation to comply with the agreement," the Kremlin added

"This would represent a continuation of the same colonial scenario and further accelerate Ukraine's collapse," Viktor Vodolatsky said

Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse added that 'both sides would have a significant challenge maintaining their defense industrial base'

He pointed out that agreements on a ceasefire in the Black Sea and a ban on strikes against energy sites had been reached in Saudi Arabia

When asked about the Jewish state’s position on Ukraine’s glorification of Bandera, Alexander Ben Zvi recalled that Israeli ambassadors to Ukraine had issued notes of protest on that issue

The moratorium on strikes against energy facilities is in effect for thirty days from March 18 and may be extended by a mutual agreement

As a senior EU diplomat told the publication, "some countries have serious doubts on the feasibility or even the possibility of indebting [themselves] to these levels"

Communications Director Steven Cheung described the situation as a "witch hunt"

According to the report, the United States delivered a series of strikes on warehouses in the district of Sahar

The report said nothing is finalized yet, and President Donald Trump would ultimately make the decision over the next day or two

On March 25, the Verkhovna Rada parliament approved a law on a sharp increase in salaries for ministries’ employees, which will be higher than those of the military

The massive air strikes targeted residential buildings in the northern city of Jabaliya

The G7 loan facility opened for using revenues of Russian assets frozen in EU jurisdiction is up to 40 bln Euro and is intended for the period until 2027, with the repayment to be completed by 2040

The Russian foreign minister warned that oil volumes to European consumers, too, will fall sharply following another recent attack in which Ukraine targeted the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station in southern Russia’s Krasnodar Region

Russian law enforcement officers received a photo and a detailed description of the stolen exhibits

In Russian Foreign Minister's words, he remains popular only among 'a part of the population that shares radical, ultra-right, revanchist and Banderite views'

Russian Foreign Minister recalled that Beijing commented on these plans on numerous occasions

"We're in deep discussions with Russia and Ukraine, and I would say it's going well," the US leader said

Military units will also practice engineering support and radiological, chemical and biological protection tasks during the maneuvers

Vladimir Dzhabarov emphasized that the current Ukrainian authorities are "frowning" with the US-Russia talks and the Kiev regime is "incredibly irritated"

TASS has compiled the main information on the Ukrainian attacks

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, March 25th

Representative of the armed forces formed by the Houthis Yahya Saree also said that Houthis had attacked military targets in Israel with drones

According to the Russian foreign minister, the West has consistently acted to benefit Ukraine and penalize Russia in matters concerning the implementation of the Black Sea initiative

Europe does not want to settle the Ukrainian crisis on the basis of eliminating the root causes, the Russian top diplomat emphasized

According to Vladimir Zelensky’s interview, he suggested that JD Vance reconsider his decision not to visit Ukraine until the armed conflict was over but the US vice president did not respond

According to the sources, US president will scale back funds designated as emergency spending under the debt ceiling legislation of 2023, enacted by the administration of Joe Biden

According to Dmitry Peskov, the reports made by the delegations to their capitals are being currently analyzed

The top Russian diplomat said the Europeans are currently facing "a huge number of problems"

US president added that his entire national security team works efficiently

The debt of Uralvagonzavod and its subsidiaries, according to recent data, totals more than 7.3 bln rubles ($114.2 mln) and $30.2 mln

Another complaint against Kallas is that she is "acting like a prime minister," according to an EU diplomat

According to the Russian top diplomat, although "Trump's entire foreign policy is guided by national interests," the US president understands that other countries, "especially the great powers," also have their own interests

Richard Grenell called it 'an uncomfortable fact'

Akan Rakhmetullin said that an investigation into the second attack earlier this month is currently being conducted

The recording was posted on the Telegram channel of the military wing of the movement

One more condition is lifting of "restrictions of agricultural machinery supplies and other goods used in food and fertilizer production," the Kremlin noted

"The ambassador has set off for the United States," the source said

The decision was made after the proposal made by the bank's chief Dilma Rousseff and following consultations with the financial bloc of the Indonesian government, Prabowo Subianto stressed

Wang Yi noted that Sino-US relations are currently at a critical stage of development

On March 19, Kiev intentionally attacked an energy infrastructure facility in the village of Kavkazskaya in the Krasnodar Region with several drones

In all, the convoy delivered around 1.5 metric tons of various humanitarian cargo, including wheelchairs, medical supplies, clothes, instruments, kitchenware and bicycles

Russia and the United States agreed to continue work on achieving a lasting and durable peace

Alexander Tsybulsky cited as example the port in Dalian that handles 385 million tons of cargo per year

According to the sources, "reports shared with the Trump administration from the US technical team in Riyadh seemed optimistic"

According to the US intelligence community, removing the accelerant of the war in Ukraine is unlikely to revert these bilateral relationships to a pre-war, 2021 baseline"

According to the report, the Ukrainian armed formations are deploying reinforcements, trying to impede the Russian army’s advance

Fatah spokesman in Gaza Munther al-Hayek emphasized that Hamas's presence now jeopardizes the Palestinian people's struggle for their rights

Under the latest agreement on security guarantees that took effect in the Union State earlier this month, the two countries view Russian nukes as a key factor in preventing nuclear conflicts or military conflicts involving conventional arms, as well as a means of containment that can only be used as an absolute last resort

Russian Foreign Minister noted that Mark Rutte 'does not want even to speak on the subject'

The first missile was fired at a surface target, while the second one found its target at a distance of around 1,000 kilometers, at the Syurkum training range in the Far Eastern region of Khabarovsk

According to the source, Peter Szijjarto is expected to arrive in Moscow

The National Anti-Corruption Center said Yevgenia Gutul was detained for 72 hours as part of a criminal investigation, adding that details will be published on Wednesday

US special envoy Steven Witkoff mentioned earlier that after a March 13 meeting in the Kremlin, he delivered a gift from Putin to Trump

According to military expert Andrey Marochko, Russian troops continue to gradually liberate territory near Belogorovka in the LPR

"We are both 'for hockey' and 'for soccer.’ These are not just games, by the way, but what people want," the top Russian diplomat said

Spokesperson for the UN secretary general Stephane Dujarric noted that he had seen the two announcements

"I have asked to study it and we will see it before sending it to the parliament for ratification," he said

The Belarusian leader swore to faithfully serve the people, respect and protect the rights and freedoms of people, observe and protect the nation's constitution

"These dreamers are proving their complete political incompetence with each passing day," the Russian top diplomat said, referring to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron

It is not yet known whether Trump intends to fire his national security advisor

"Well, I suppose this illustrates in the best way the level of spiritual development and inner state of the one posing for these images," Dmitry Peskov noted

"Of course, we cannot dictate to our American friends who should represent them," Alexander Merezhko said

Moscow will never hand the ZNPP over to Ukraine or any other country, the ministry emphasized

On that day Ukraine launched a record number of drones against central Russia, including Moscow and the surrounding region - nearly 340 drones, the foreign minister recalled

The agreements will come into force when the Russian banks are also reconnected to SWIFT

Russia would like "the market of grain, and the market of fertilizers to be predictable," and for no one to attempt excluding Russia from those markets, the foreign minister noted

According to the statement, the organization's tasks are promotion of the concept of NATO expansion, advocacy of an anti-Russian agenda

Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted roughly 430 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed five enemy armored fighting vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported

As Russian forces have advanced, scattered Ukrainian troops have found themselves completely cut off from enemy forces in Ukraine’s Sumy Region

According to the foreign minister, Russia favors the resumption of the Black Sea Initiative in "some form, better suited to all"

Negotiations between Russia and the United States in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh began on Monday morning

The deal has an option of the extension and the withdrawal from it in case one of the sides does not observe the agreement

On March 4, US President Donald Trump stated that he would support the decision of the people of Greenland to make their territory part of the United States