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Ukraine launched a massive new wave of drone attacks on March 17 as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule for another six years. The Russian Defense Ministry reported downing 35 Ukrainian drones overnight, including four in the Moscow region. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties or damage. According to the Defense Ministry, another two drones were shot down over the Kaluga region south of the Russian capital and the Yaroslavl region northeast of Moscow. More Ukrainian drones were downed over the Belgorod, Kursk, and Rostov regions. Voting for Russia's presidential election was disrupted at the Russian Consulate in Chisinau on March 17 after an apparent fire-bombing. Flames and smoke broke out in the consulate's courtyard as dozens of voters were lined up to cast their ballots in an election widely expected to be won by incumbent President Vladimir Putin. A man was reportedly detained following the incident, which eyewitnesses said was caused when someone shouting "I despise Russia" threw something over the consulate fence. Images showed scorch marks on the wall of the consulate and smoke rising from the courtyard. International Olympic Committee IOC Vice President John Coates is unsure how many Russians will compete as neutral athletes at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, but thinks reports that it might be as low as 40 could be close to the mark. Under sanctions put in place because of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in , for which Belarus acted as a staging post, the IOC is allowing only some Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris under tight restrictions. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has described the December decision to allow them as "shameful. A traffic accident in southern Afghanistan left at least 21 people dead and 38 injured, according to a provincial traffic department.

Reports from several areas across the country -- including the city of Borisoglebsk in the Voronezh region that borders Ukraine, the southwestern city of Rostov-on-Don, r/ukraine, the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, the Volgograd r/ukraine that borders Kazakhstan, r/ukraine, the North Caucasus region of Karachai-Cherkessia, and Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea -- also highlighted voter protests using r/ukraine dye. Ukraine generally does not comment on attacks inside Russia, but Reuters quoted an r/ukraine Ukrainian source as saying that Kyiv's SBU intelligence r/ukraine was behind strikes at three Samara region Rosneft refineries -- Syzran, Novokuibyshevsky, and Kuibyshevsky, which is inside the Samara city limits.

Not only is the weather frozen now in Ukraine — but so is the fighting at the war front. The two sides have fallen into an operational deadlock. The Ukrainian summer-autumn counteroffensive has failed to regain much ground, while the Russians also lack the ability to launch a large-scale offensive. Local battles of a tactical nature are being fought along the entire front, with little chance of a breakthrough. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi unequivocally indicated in his unprecedented interview with The Economist and in his synthetic essay that the war has entered a phase of trench warfare similar to World War I. The West is alarmed that breaking out of this stalemate by the Ukrainian army would require a radical increase in its ability to win air supremacy, fight enemy artillery, overcome the system of fortifications and engineering barriers, effectively conduct electronic warfare and accelerate the preparation of reserves. Hence, the questions are: how did this happen, why and what could be the future scenarios of war in such conditions?

Six dead in Russian missile strike on Kharkiv postal distribution centre, says governor; Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds talks with Turkish counterpart ahead of peace summit next week. At least six people have died in a Russian missile strike on a postal centre in Kharkiv region, the local governor has said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shared a video on Saturday night showing what appeared to be a heavily damaged warehouse surrounded by rubble and a container with the logo of Ukrainian postal operator Nova Poshta. Turkey will take part in peace talks next week to discuss ways to end the Ukraine conflict, Zelenskiy said. Turkey has offered itself as a mediator between the two warring parties, helping to broker a deal in July last year that allowed safe grain exports via the Black Sea.

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Last week, Russia launched a deadly missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Odesa just as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was visiting its port. But, he wrote on X: "We shall not be intimidated. Many details are still emerging about the incident, but sources told Reuters that the strike hit less than half a mile from Mitsotakis.

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Vasmaghi had been summoned by the authorities in the past and is an outspoken critic of the clerical establishment and the compulsory hijab. If interest rates were to be sufficiently raised to force inflation back to 2 percent, both countries might have to spend about 20 percent of their budgets on debt servicing. Petersburg, a woman was reportedly arrested after she threw a firebomb at a polling station entrance, others were detained elsewhere in the country for spoiling ballots with green antiseptic into ballot boxes. At most, Russia can try a local operational offensive in the north. China will continue to play a constructive role in this regard. Security March 8, One Ufa resident was reportedly detained for trying to stuff a photograph of Navalny into a ballot box. Suggest to a friend Print. Research and innovation Research funding, partners, results and EU action to promote innovation. The vague laws have been used to persecute organizations working in diverse fields such as education, culture, health care, environmental protection, human rights defense, and especially independent media. The security of a region should not be achieved by strengthening or expanding military blocs.

Ukrainian servicemen speak on a T tank that they claimed had been captured from the Russian army, in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. Ukrainian soldiers remove metal structure pieces as they work on a bridge damaged during fighting with Russian troops in Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. Ukrainian soldiers remove metal pieces as they work on a bridge damaged during fighting with Russian troops in Izium, Ukraine, Monday, Oct.

Political priorities are reasserting their primacy over economic calculations. Amnestly International, however, also called on Japarov to veto the law, citing expectations it will have a "highly restrictive" impact on civil society. Under sanctions put in place because of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in , for which Belarus acted as a staging post, the IOC is allowing only some Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris under tight restrictions. Twenty people in Kazan, in the Tatarstan region, were detained and later released, according to Current Time. Energy prices may have been a decisive factor. Petersburg, a year-old woman was detained after she threw a Molotov cocktail at an entrance of a local school that houses two polling stations. There is no simple solution to a complex issue. The nongovernmental organization's report cited the ongoing economic crisis in Iran as a key reason for medical personnel choosing to leave. Resolving the humanitarian crisis. All efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of the crisis must be encouraged and supported. Operationally, the Dnipro, especially in its lower reaches, is one of the most challenging water obstacles in Europe. Pressure for reform of the Security Council will rise but will have even lesser chances of success than 20 years ago. The Moscow prosecutor's office earlier warned of criminal prosecution of those who interfered with the vote, a step it said was necessary due to social-media posts "containing calls for an unlimited number of people to simultaneously arrive to participate in uncoordinated mass public events at polling stations in Moscow [at noon on March 17] in order to violate electoral legislation.