Notices by Russia-Ukraine Daily News (rvps2001@mastodon.social), page 2

🇺🇲 Transparency nonprofit American Oversight filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., alleging that the use of Signal violates the federal law that governs the preservation of government records.

The lawsuit names Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Bessent, and Rubio as defendants.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawsuit-trump-administrations-signal-group-chat-assigned-judge/story?id=120175517

#usa

🤡 U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted the start time for a planned killing of a Houthi militant in Yemen on March 15 as well as other details of imminent waves of U.S. airstrikes, according to a screenshot of a text chat released by The Atlantic on Wednesday.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagons-hegseth-texted-planned-time-targeted-killing-yemeni-terrorist-2025-03-26/

The Atlantic: https://archive.is/PKHpH

#usa

🇺🇲 Private contact details of the most important security advisers to #Trump can be found on the internet. DER SPIEGEL reporters were able to find mobile phone numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to the top officials.

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-private-data-and-passwords-of-senior-u-s-security-officials-found-online-a-14221f90-e5c2-48e5-bc63-10b705521fb7

#usa #cybersecurity

#Opinion

"Witkoff’s statements should have triggered immediate disqualification from any serious role in ceasefire negotiations. His remarks are not simply ideologically suspect — they violate the foundational principles of international law."

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5211514-witkoff-ukraine-news-ethics/

#usa #ukraine

🇷🇺 A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft crashed during a routine training flight in Primorye Krai in #Russia's Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry said on March 24.

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-su-25-crashes-during-training-flight-in-primorye-krai-defense-ministry-says/

🦜 "In an interview on March 21 with Tucker Carlson, Witkoff openly parroted Russian #propaganda and agreed with most of the Kremlin's talking points."

https://kyivindependent.com/i-dont-regard-putin-as-a-bad-guy-witkoff-says-on-negotiations-with-russia/

#usa #russia #trump #putin

🗣️ The biggest obstacle to resolving Russia’s war in #Ukraine is the status of #Crimea and the four mainland Ukrainian regions occupied by #Russia, said US special envoy Steve Witkoff, calling them “the elephant in the room” in peace talks.

My translation: 'Our biggest obstacle to establishing a great rapport with Russia is Ukraine.'

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/europe/witkoff-carlson-trump-russia-ukraine-talks-intl/index.html

#usa

🇬🇧🇪🇪 If royal visits are about sending a message, then the picture of the Prince of Wales in a tank near the Russian border must be one of the most direct.

Prince William has come to #Estonia to support UK troops in what is now the British Army's biggest operational deployment overseas, defending the Baltic state from the threat of #Russia

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70eyg099j5o

#britain

🇪🇺 🇺🇦 The European Commission is looking to cut Ukrainian sugar imports sharply after EU producers complained that large shipments have fuelled a collapse in sugar prices, Reuters reports.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/eu-eyes-sharp-cut-ukrainian-sugar-imports-after-price-slump-sources-say-2025-03-20/

#europe #ukraine

ISW:

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Putin's attempt to confuse and manipulate the temporary strikes ceasefire and blame #Ukraine for violations even before the agreement has come into effect is an indicator of how #Putin will likely exploit any future agreements.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-19-2025

#russia

🗣️ #Russia represents a threat for all European nations -- regardless of how far they lie from Moscow, EU chief Antonio Costa told AFP ahead of a leaders' summit on Thursday.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250319-russia-threatens-the-entire-eu-bloc-s-chief-tells-afp

#europe

🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Union member states made progress toward a fresh military aid package for #Ukraine worth up to €40 billion, just days ahead of a leaders’ summit later this week.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-17/eu-progressing-on-40-billion-military-aid-plan-for-kyiv

Archive: https://archive.is/G5S5b

#Europe

🇪🇺🇺🇦 #Ukraine will soon receive approximately €3.5 billion after the EU Council approved a third payment of non-repayable grants and loans to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/03/17/ukraine-facility-council-approves-third-payment-of-close-to-35-billion-to-ukraine/

#europe

🗣️ #Trump said on Saturday that General Keith Kellogg's role has been narrowed from special envoy for #Ukraine and #Russia to only Ukraine, after Russian officials had sought to exclude him from talks aiming to end the war.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-limits-kelloggs-role-ukraine-envoy-after-russian-complaints-2025-03-15/

#usa

🇪🇺🇺🇲 G7 nations emphasised on Friday the need for robust "security arrangements" to ensure a ceasefire between Ukraine and #Russia, warning Moscow to follow Kyiv in agreeing a ceasefire or face further sanctions, according to a final draft statement.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/urgent-g7-warn-russia-new-sanctions-if-no-ceasefire-agreed-2025-03-14/

🇸🇪🇺🇦 #Sweden will purchase Archer self-propelled artillery systems and Arthur counter-battery radars for #Ukraine as part of its 18th military aid package worth US$295 million.

https://www.government.se/press-releases/2025/03/new-swedish-support-strengthens-ukraines-artillery-capacity/

This reporting is better:

'Putin on Thursday rejected the terms of Trump’s proposed 30-day cease-fire in #Ukraine, demanding that the West stop arming Kyiv before the Kremlin would consider such an arrangement.'

https://nypost.com/2025/03/13/us-news/putin-rejects-trump-proposed-cease-fire-ahead-of-witkoff-meeting-in-moscow/

#russia

🗣️ #Putin said on Thursday that #Russia agreed with U.S. proposals for a ceasefire in #Ukraine but that any ceasefire would have to deal with 'the root causes of the conflict' and that many details needed to be sorted out.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-close-ejecting-ukrainian-forces-kursk-kremlin-says-2025-03-13/

The 'root cause' of the war is putin himself, so not sure how he's going to 'deal' with it 🤔

#usa #russiaukrainewar

🇨🇦🇺🇦 #Ukraine has received the first tranche of 2.5 billion Canadian dollars (about $1.7 billion) from Ottawa under the G7's Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) initiative.

The ERA mechanism, totaling $50 billion, provides loans to Ukraine that will be repaid using future profits from frozen Russian assets.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-receives-1-7-billion-from-canada-under-g7-loan-covered-by-russian-assets/

#canada #russia

🇺🇦 #Ukraine has no more long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) in its arsenal, the Associated Press reported on March 12, citing unnamed U.S. and Ukrainian officials.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-out-of-atacms-missiles-ap-reports/