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05 Mar 2025, 13:50 GMT+10
RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western military aid to Kyiv, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, clickhere.
As U.S. military aid to Ukraine stalls, can Europe step up? With NATO waiting for clarity, the EU is now scrambling for solutions. But with funding gaps, political hurdles, and opposition from countries like Hungary, is Europes moment slipping away. Read the report by Rikard Jozwiakhere.
Ukraine has resisted calls to lower the compulsory conscription age from 25 to 18, saying it would cause a demographic crisis in the future. But a severe shortage of manpower to fight Russias invasion has prompted Kyiv to launch a project that paves the way for 18- to 24-year-olds to join up. Read the report by Farangis Najibullah and Anna Tokhmakhchihere.
After two weeks on the sidelines, with the United States and Russia now in direct talks over the future of Ukraine -- and, in many ways, Europe itself -- the European Union is scrambling to stay relevant. Read the report by RFE/RL's Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiakhere.
Despite the recent flurry of diplomatic activity, analysts say that the prospects of a cease-fire agreement, let alone a peace deal, are still hard to reach and that the three-year war looks set to keep grinding on. Read the analysis by Reid Standishhere.
Volodymyr Zelenskyys White House visit was supposed to produce a mineral-resources deal and send positive signals about the potential for Washington and Kyiv to work together on peace in Ukraine. Instead, it went horribly wrong, raising stark questions about what could happen next. Here arefour takeawaysfrom Steve Gutterman.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is happy. Trump is happy. Whats not to like? Inside the minerals agreement that Kyiv hopes will clear the air with the Washington.. Read the report by Mike Eckelhere.
As the Ukrainian president arrives in Washington to sign a deal with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, on granting the United States access to his country's mineral wealth, Russia's tightly controlled media have been scrambling to keep up with the Kremlin's shifting narrative. Report by By Current Time, Andrey Cherkasov, and Will Tizard
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