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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,108: Krasnov's advisors talked to Zelenskyy opponents because regime change [1]

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Date: 2025-03-06

Ukraine’s war ends when Russia leaves. Little Marco Rubio’s statement that the war in Ukraine is “a proxy war between nuclear powers” is patently false.

Zelenskyy is simply not Diem, Minh, Ky, or Thieu, and Putin is no Uncle Ho.

Reporting from the White House, Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher said the cutting of intelligence sharing was “just a tool to try and get Ukraine back to the table”. Fisher explained: “They [the US] also talked about stopping military aid to Ukraine, which the Ukrainians admit would hit their war efforts.” “Clearly, just the threat of those things has worked. So when you hear from the national security adviser saying things could be resumed in short order, it seems to suggest that any impact on Ukraine would be limited, to say the least, as long as peace talks certainly seem to be on the horizon sooner rather than later.” www.aljazeera.com/… x YouTube Video Russian officials will likely take advantage of the suspension of US military aid to and intelligence sharing with Ukraine to spread a longstanding Russian information operation meant to falsely portray Russian victory as inevitable. The Russian Ministry of Defense's (MoD) Main Military-Political Directorate Deputy Head and Akhmat Spetsnaz Commander, Major General Apti Alaudinov, stated on March 6 that Russia should consider conducting a full-scale mobilization, which would build up the Russian military to "at least a couple million [troops]."[11] Alaudinov added that "now is the time" when either "NATO will fall apart" and "[Russia] will destroy Europe" or Europe "can make peace" with Russia and claimed that "it is impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield."[12] Alaudinov is likely intensifying the false narrative of Russia's inevitable victory to scare the United States and Europe into making concessions on Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity at a time when the US has already severely limited its support for Ukraine. Alaudinov, who is the Deputy Head of a Russian MoD directorate responsible for disseminating propaganda within the Russian military, is also likely intensifying this false narrative to maximize Russian morale and drive Russian territorial gains while frontline dynamics are increasingly fluid due to the pause in US military aid. understandingwar.org/...

Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of March 5 to 6.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Voronezh Oblast and occupied Crimea and 112 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Oryol, Kursk, and Bryansk cities; Shatalovo, Smolensk Oblast; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea.[90] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 68 drones over Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa oblasts and that 43 decoy drones were "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference. Official Ukrainian sources reported that Russian drones struck residential buildings, administrative buildings, and energy infrastructure in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Odesa oblasts.[91] Official Ukrainian sources reported that a Russian ballistic missile struck a hotel housing Ukrainian, American, and British humanitarian workers in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the night of March 5 to 6.[92] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the strike killed four, wounded 30, and damaged the hotel and nearby civilian facilities.[93] The spokesperson for Kyiv Oblast's State Emergency Service reported on March 6 that Ukrainian authorities have not detected any new embers on the roof of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant for several days.[94] understandingwar.org/... Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 68 drones over Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odesa oblasts

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The intelligence — primarily a combination of satellite imagery and signals — allows Ukrainian forces to prepare for incoming Russian strikes. It also helps them track Russian troop movements and the positions of their bases, enabling Ukrainian forces to deploy missiles — including long-range projectiles — against them. This includes strikes inside Russian territory using long-range weapons such as ATACMS and HIMARS sent by Ukraine’s Western allies. “The United States can provide Ukraine the coordinates or satellite imagery of where the Russian logistical centres are located, and then Ukraine can use that information to destroy them,” Marina Miron, a postdoctoral researcher at the Defence Studies Department at King’s College London, told Al Jazeera. In February 2024, a New York Times investigation revealed that, after a command centre of the Ukrainian military was destroyed in the months after Russia’s full-scale invasion, an underground bunker was built to replace it. In this bunker, Ukrainian soldiers track Russian spy satellites and listen in on conversations among the Russian military. The base is almost fully financed and partly equipped by the CIA, the Times reported. The report added that there are multiple CIA-supported spy bases in Ukraine, including at 12 secret locations along the Russian border. The investigation further revealed that around 2016, the CIA began training an elite Ukrainian commando force, dubbed Unit 2245, which seized Russian drones and communications equipment. These devices would then be reverse-engineered by the CIA to get to decode Moscow’s encryption. One of the trained officers of 2245 was Kyrylo Budanov, who is now Ukraine’s chief of military intelligence. www.aljazeera.com/...

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The Kremlin has again said US views on the war align with Russia, responding to Secretary of State Rubio’s statement that the war in Ukraine is “a proxy war between nuclear powers … and it needs to come to an end”. 4QELON Ukrainian opposition politicians rejected the possibility of holding elections in Ukraine before the end of the war. Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated on March 6 that Ukraine should only hold presidential elections once martial law ends, and former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko stated that she also opposes holding elections during the war.[25] Poroshenko stated that Ukraine should hold elections as soon as it is constitutionally acceptable — roughly 180 days after the end of martial law — and Tymoshenko reiterated that Ukraine is committed to peace negotiations to end the war. The Ukrainian constitution bars the government from holding elections or amending the Ukrainian constitution in times of martial law, and the Ukrainian government legally cannot abolish martial law while Russia continues to attack Ukraine.[26] Kremlin officials have repeatedly called for Ukraine to hold elections and replace Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who Russia claims is "illegitimate."[27] understandingwar.org/... x x YouTube Video The Kremlin welcomed a Trump administration official's recent comments mischaracterizing Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as a "proxy war," and Russian media portrayed the statement as an admission that the United States is a participant in the war. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio characterized Russia's war in Ukraine as a "proxy war" between the United States and Russia in an interview with Fox News published on March 5.[13] Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated on March 6 that the Kremlin agrees with Rubio's characterization of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a "proxy war."[14] Russian state and pro-Kremlin media outlets portrayed Rubio as "admitting" that the United States is waging a proxy war against Russia through Ukraine, supporting the false Kremlin narrative and Putin's personal claims that the war in Ukraine is an existential war between the United States and Russia.[15] Kremlin officials, including Putin, Lavrov, and Permanent Russian Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya, have consistently used this "proxy war" narrative to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine since the earliest months of the war in 2022.[16] This narrative aims to falsely portray Ukraine as a puppet state that lacks sovereignty, justify the war to Russian audiences, and discourage US and other Western support for Ukraine by stoking fears of escalation. The Kremlin and Russian state media likely aim to portray the Trump administration as conceding to the Kremlin and its false narrative ahead of future peace negotiations and bilateral talks. understandingwar.org/...

Key Takeaways: Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Kremlin officials explicitly rejected making any concessions in future peace negotiations or accepting any US, European, or Ukrainian peace proposals and the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) rejected the possibility of a negotiated ceasefire on March 6.

Russian officials will likely take advantage of the suspension of US military aid to and intelligence sharing with Ukraine to spread a longstanding Russian information operation meant to falsely portray Russian victory as inevitable.

The Kremlin welcomed a Trump administration official's recent comments mischaracterizing Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as a "proxy war," and Russian media portrayed the statement as an admission that the United States is a participant in the war.

US and Ukrainian delegations will conduct bilateral meetings in Saudi Arabia next week.

Ukrainian opposition politicians rejected the possibility of holding elections in Ukraine before the end of the war.

European countries continue to announce new military assistance packages and other measures to support the Ukrainian military.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the Pokrovsk direction and Russian forces recently advanced in the Kupyansk, Borova, Siversk, Pokrovsk, and Kurakhove directions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to assuage Russian fears about conscripts going to war amid continued reports that Russian military units are forcing conscripts to sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).

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