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Commentary: How to lead with diplomacy, and not just in Ukraine

President Joe Biden and his top foreign policy advisers have demonstrated how effective diplomacy can be in a crisis. They have worked tirelessly to build a powerful, coordinated response to Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Though this has not yet ended the war, it has greatly increased the cost to…

Chicago Tribune

Biden in Poland for meetings on Ukraine refugee crisis – US politics as it happened

President travels to Rzeszow, 60 miles from Ukraine border, to meet US troops and Polish counterpart – follow the day’s politics news

The Guardian - US

Putin’s War in Ukraine Nearing Possibly More Dangerous Phase

President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is approaching a new, potentially more dangerous phase after a month of fighting has left Russian forces stalled by an outnumbered foe. He is left with stark choices — how and where to replenish his spent ground forces, whether to attack the flow of…

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Putin's war in Ukraine nearing possibly more dangerous phase

President Vladimir Putin’s war is approaching a new, potentially more dangerous phase after a month of fighting left Russian forces surprisingly stalled by an outnumbered foe

The Independent UK

Russia running out of precision munitions in Ukraine war- Pentagon official

Russia is running out of precision guided munitions and it is more likely to rely on so-called dumb bombs and artillery, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia more of a burden to China after Ukraine invasion- Pentagon official

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made it more of a strategic burden on China, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.

Reuters

Russia to emerge from Ukraine conflict weaker, senior Pentagon official says

Russia will emerge from the conflict in Ukraine weaker and more isolated, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Trudy Rubin: Don’t let Putin’s nuclear and chemical threats stop us from giving Ukraine what it needs

Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons have been a shadow over the Ukraine war and were a key topic at Thursday’s emergency NATO summit in Brussels.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Latest Ukraine updates: Russia says first phase of war near end

Ukraine war news from March 25: Russian general says Moscow will push to fully capture eastern region of Donbas.

Al Jazeera

U.S. approves potential sale of rocket launchers to Bahrain -Pentagon

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Bahrain of M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems Upgrade and related equipment for an estimated cost of $176 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Reuters

U.S., S. Korea defense chiefs agree on need for 'firm responses' after launch -Pentagon

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart agreed that firm responses, including at the United Nations, were necessary after North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile test, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Reuters

US military saw ‘outburst’ of emotion from Russian general at rare face-to-face meeting, report says

In-person meeting came after Moscow accused Kyiv of ‘war crimes’ in separatist-held Donetsk, where Russian general Yevgeny Ilyin lived with family

The Independent UK

American doomsday plane that can 'withstand nuclear blasts' circles over UK

The aircraft - dubbed the Flying Pentagon - was spotted circling over Cambridge after flying from the US over the Atlantic, with plane watchers tracking its progress.

Edinburgh Live

White House To Seek $813.3B As One of Biggest National Security Budget: Bloomberg

Citing officials familiar with the plan, Bloomberg reported that President Joe Biden would request $813.3 billion&nbs

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian Army 'Taking Defensive Positions' in Ukraine, Says Pentagon

The Russian army has retreated more than 30 kilometers (18 miles) east of Kyiv in the past 24 hours and has begun to establish defensive positions on several fronts in Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday. "The Ukrainians have managed to push the Russians back 55 kilometers east and…

France 24

‘Putin banked on NATO being split, he’s getting the opposite,’ Biden says

Russian President Vladimir Putin had banked on NATO being split when he launched an invasion of Ukraine last month, but Putin actually sparked the exact opposite, with the alliance now being “more united than ever”, US President Joe Biden said at a NATO-G7 summit in Brussels on Thursday. Read FRANCE…

Tribune News Service

White House to seek $813.3 billion national security budget

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to request $813.3 billion in national security spending — including $773 billion for the Pentagon — in the federal budget he will send to Congress on Monday, according to officials familiar with the plan.

Tribune News Service

John Cornyn digs in on claim that Judge Jackson called Bush and Rumsfeld ‘war criminals’

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his assertion that Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson called then-President George W. Bush and his Pentagon chief “war criminals,” rejecting Democrats’ contention Wednesday that he distorted her petitions on behalf of militants detained at Guantánamo Bay.

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Congress’ protections for whistleblowers only go so far

WASHINGTON — Congress wants to ensure that former President Donald Trump’s attempted coercion of Ukraine in 2019 — and his effort to thwart and intimidate the official who disclosed it — never recur. But a new law aimed at doing that is insufficient, several whistleblower advocates contended.

Roll Call

Congress' protections for whistleblowers only go so far - Roll Call

New whistleblower protections, a response to Donald Trump's first impeachment, don't go far enough, advocates for whistleblowers say.

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

One month has passed since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, and there have been no major breakthroughs on the battlefield or the negotiating table

Evening Standard

Humanitarian convoy attacked near besieged Mariupol, says Zelensky

A humanitarian convoy was attacked near the besieged city of Mariupol

Wales Online

Ukraine morning briefing: Russia refuses to rule out use of nuclear weapons

The US has condemned Russia after Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow would use nuclear weapons if it faces 'an existential threat'

The Guardian - AU

100,000 civilians trapped in Mariupol amid Russia’s ‘constant bombing’, says Zelenskiy

Ukraine president says conditions are ‘inhumane’ in devastated southern city, and accuses Russian forces of seizing convoy on humanitarian corridor

The Independent UK

Ukraine says Russia seized relief workers in Mariupol convoy

Ukrainian leaders have accused Russia of seizing 15 rescue workers and drivers from a humanitarian convoy trying to get desperately needed aid into the bloodied city of Mariupol

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