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18 March 2026

Ukraine war/Russia

1. Pedro Sánchez will mobilize a new military aid package to kyiv worth 1 billion euros: Spain and Ukraine will jointly manufacture drones, radars and missiles (infobae.com) 🇪🇸

2. ‘I Have a Very Bad Feeling’: Zelensky Says Iran War Delays Ukraine Peace Talks, Drains Resources (kyivpost.com)

3. War update: 286 clashes occur on front lines, most of them in Pokrovsk sector (ukrinform.net)

4. Ukraine launches massed drone attacks on Russia. Day 1483 of the war (osw.waw.pl)

5. Russia adds Meduza editor-in-chief Ivan Kolpakov to its wanted list (meduza.io) OM

6. Kremlin agrees with Trump on standard of European leaders (rt.com)

7. EU ban on Russian oil would seriously harm Europe’s economy (tass.com)

8. Russian oil tanker ditches China, ‘hurries’ to India amid global energy crisis (hindustantimes.com)

9. Asian governments scramble to secure Russian oil (asia.nikkei.com)

Europe

1. Stranded in a crisis zone – who is responsible for repatriation? (swissinfo.ch)

2. A NATO general proposes extending to Romania the crucial network in the event of a conflict with Russia (hotnews.ro) 🇷🇴

3. Finland’s Stubb: Europe could help US in Iran in exchange for Ukraine aid (tvpworld.com)