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Return the children: Yermak says no peace without justice

Russia must immediately return all Ukrainian children it illegally deported, and this issue is “not just humanitarian but essential” to any future peace deal, said Andrii Yermak, head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, in a column for The Telegraph on March 28.

28 March 2025, 04:30 PM

Russia shrugs at Saudi talks, calls breakthrough ‘naïve’

Talks between the United States and Russia in Saudi Arabia were “not very productive” and expecting breakthroughs would be “naïve,” the head of the Russian delegation, Georgii Karasin, said, according to Russian Telegram channels on March 28.

28 March 2025, 02:45 PM

Russia rejects civilian infrastructure ceasefire talks in Riyadh

Russia declined to negotiate a ceasefire on civilian infrastructure attacks during talks with the U.S. delegation in Riyadh, despite Ukraine’s push for a ban, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, said in an interview with news agency Ukrinform on March 27.

27 March 2025, 04:50 PM

Russia’s ceasefire conditions include lifting some EU sanctions — Rubio

The conditions Moscow has attached to agreeing to the U.S.-brokered “naval ceasefire” in the Black Sea include lifting some EU sanctions, U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 26.

26 March 2025, 11:02 PM

Zelenskyy’s office outlines U.S. response if Russia breaks Black Sea truce

The United States must take responsive action if Russia violates the Black Sea ceasefire agreement, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said on the national television on March 26.

26 March 2025, 05:37 PM

Kremlin’s price for peace? Sanctions relief, says leaked Black Sea deal

The Black Sea ceasefire agreement, brokered between the United States and Russia in Saudi Arabia, looks like a “Kremlin wish list,” demanding that Western sanctions be eased before Moscow offers any “concessions,” The Guardian’s Andrew Roth reported on March 25.

26 March 2025, 11:00 AM

ISW flags conflicting messages from US, Ukraine and Russia, plus Kremlin’s manipulative ceasefire demands

The statements from Ukraine, the United States and Russia following negotiations in Saudi Arabia differ significantly, while vague language and additional demands from the Kremlin leave key issues unresolved — including how and when a ceasefire on energy infrastructure and in the Black Sea would take effect — according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War published on March 25.

26 March 2025, 10:25 AM

Kremlin releases list of energy facilities covered by partial ceasefire

The Russian government has published a document describing which Ukrainian and Russian infrastructure facilities fall under the U.S.-mediated 30-day ceasefire agreement.

26 March 2025, 12:21 AM

Ukraine, Russia agree ‘naval ceasefire’ in Black Sea

Through U.S. mediation, Kyiv and Moscow have agreed to forego the use of military force in the Black Sea, according to a statement by Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov on March 25.

25 March 2025, 08:35 PM

Lawmaker criticizes exclusion of parliament from US-Ukraine talks

All coordination for the ongoing U.S.-Ukraine talks in Riyadh is confined to the President’s Office, leaving parliament—and even its defense committee—in the dark about critical negotiations, Roman Kostenko, a Ukrainian MP and security committee secretary, told Radio NV on March 24.

25 March 2025, 07:35 PM

Easter truce or empty promise? Trump’s race to end the war in Ukraine

Trump’s team has already held several rounds of talks with Ukraine and Russia, yet the war continues with the same intensity. NV, together with experts and members of Ukraine’s parliament, assessed whether peace is possible in the coming weeks.

25 March 2025, 07:00 PM

Talks, tensions, and no results: What happened in Riyadh’s secretive negotiations

From March 23 to 25, several rounds of indirect talks took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, involving delegations from Ukraine and the United States, as well as the U.S. and Russia.

25 March 2025, 06:03 PM

Russia demands full control of four Ukrainian regions in talks with US — report

During negotiations with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia on March 24, the Russian delegation demanded full control of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson oblasts, independent Russian newspaper The Moscow Times reported.

25 March 2025, 12:26 AM

Ukraine awaits US-Russia talks outcome in Saudi Arabia

The Ukrainian delegation is staying in Saudi Arabia after its March 23 talks with the American delegation, awaiting the outcome of U.S.-Russia negotiations that began on March 24, Serhii Leshchenko, an advisor to the head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, said on the national television.

24 March 2025, 01:52 PM

Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready, urges pressure on Russia in Riyadh negotiations

Negotiations between Ukrainian and U.S. delegations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, were progressing constructively, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address on March 23.

24 March 2025, 10:50 AM

What to expect from talks in Riyadh and the ‘Baltic scenario’ proposed for Ukraine — Klimkin

Keith Kellogg, the US special envoy to Ukraine, shared insights on the upcoming negotiations in Saudi Arabia. According to Kellogg, American officials will hold separate talks with both the Ukrainian and Russian delegations, effectively creating a “shuttle diplomacy between rooms in Riyadh.”

22 March 2025, 01:04 PM

‘The war with Russia will end only when Russia ceases to exist’ — Ukrainian commander

The war with Russia can only end if Russia itself no longer exists, according to Dmytro Kukharchuk, commander of the 2nd Assault Battalion of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade.

19 March 2025, 03:38 PM

Ukrainian military and energy officials to join next Saudi Arabia talks — Zelenskyy

Military and energy experts will join upcoming technical-level talks in Saudi Arabia, which may focus on halting attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and improving maritime security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on March 17.

19 March 2025, 02:51 PM

Ukraine refused to compromise on NATO aspirations at Saudi Arabia talks

During the March 11 talks in Jeddah, Ukraine assured U.S. officials that dropping the bid to join NATO would not be part of any potential peace agreement with Russia, Ukrainska Pravda reported on March 13, citing a source involved in the negotiations.

13 March 2025, 08:26 PM

US aid shipments and intelligence sharing with Ukraine restored in full, report says

Intelligence sharing between Washington and Kyiv has fully resumed, and U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine have restarted, CNN reported on March 12, citing a senior U.S. official.

13 March 2025, 01:33 AM

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