Day: March 21, 2025

Three years of war in Ukraine have left Europe with a hefty bill. The region has so far refused to touch the $229 billion of Russian central bank cash sitting in the EU – but could this change?

On March 20, Ukraine launched a drone attack on Russia’s Engels airfield, home to Tu-160 bombers. The strike caused a fire, explosion, and secondary blast. Russia reported shooting down over 200 drones and targeted 153 Ukrainian military areas. The attack injured 10 in Saratov and Engels, leading to evacuations.

Steph Curry, 37, suffered a pelvic contusion after a hard fall in the third quarter.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to attend the meeting. He acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding a peace agreement in the Russia-Ukraine war but emphasised signs of advancement.

The southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa was engulfed in flames late Thursday after being struck by a large-scale Russian drone attack, hours after US President Donald Trump expressed optimism about ending the war and as peace talks are set to resume on Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Russian attacks on infrastructure, including hospitals and rail equipment, showed “Putin’s words are very different from reality”.

To Trump’s credit, he is attempting out-of-the box strategies that former President Biden refused.

Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama are hopping door-to-door at embassies and consulates desperately seeking asylum in any country that would accept them.