The US Secretary of State considers that it is not yet time to conduct high level negotiations on peace in Ukraine and that there is “a lot of work to do in particular with Russia”. Which managed to impose its conditions with each truce.
08:19 – Putin judges illegitimate Zelensky again and wants a “transitional administration” in Ukraine
It has been several months since Vladimir Putin deemed his illegitimate Ukrainian counterpart in reference to the maintenance of the head of state at the head of Ukraine despite the end of his mandate which ended in 2024. Volodymyr Zelensky is however in his law as president since the Ukrainian regime provides for a cancellation and a postponement of the presidential elections in the event of war. But this Friday, March 28, the master of the Kremlin asks that his counterpart being dismissed and that a “transitional administration” be put in place under the aegis of the UN. Vladimir Putin even plans, for the first time, a discussion “with the United States, even with European countries, and of course with our partners and friends, under the aegis of the UN”.
08:05 – “Too early” to take the next stage of negotiations according to the United States
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio believes that it is premature to consider larger talks and truly relating to a lasting truce in Ukraine with Russia. While preliminary discussions for several weeks, the American considers that “more progress must be made at the technical level” before being able to take the next step as he indicated during a press point. “There is a lot of work that must be done with both parties, in particular with the Russian part,” he insisted.
03/27/25 – 23:45 –
Vladimir Putin is “ready to collaborate with North Korea”
North Korean soldiers were identified on the front in Ukraine, notably pushing Emmanuel Macron to admit, on February 20 during a live on his social networks, that the conflict was already globalized. Vladimir Putin spoke on this subject on Thursday, March 27: “Russia is working with persistence and confidence in the achievement of its objectives in Ukraine, said the Russian president. We are ready to collaborate with North Korea to achieve a settlement of the conflict.”
03/27/25 – 23:24 – Vladimir Putin speaks of “inconsistencies” of the European Union PAT
The Russian president spoke on Thursday on peace negotiation with Ukraine. After thirty countries were gathered in Paris for a summit for peace supported Ukraine, including a majority member of the EU, Vladimir Putin pointed out “inconsistencies” of the Union to solve the conflict. He also reiterated his desire to see a “resolution of the Ukrainian conflict” by “peaceful means”.
03/27/25 – 22:42 – A Russian reconnaissance plane was spotted near the German coast
Thursday morning, the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) or “fast rection alert” in French, activated after detecting a Russian recognition plane close to the German coast, we learned from the German Air Force. “The reason was an unknown plane above the Baltic Sea, which was flying without the activated flight or transponder plan,” said the army. This one, an Iliouchine II-20 model, was then “escorted” by two German aircraft “over several kilometers” until it “turns around and returns to the Kaliningrad region”, from where its arrival had been spotted. According to the German newspaper Bild, the Russian plane was spotted “east of Rügen”, a German island of the Baltic Sea, “and was heading at the time of its interception” towards German airspace “.
03/27/25 – 21:24 – For Germany, a ceasefire without peace does not make sense
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced during a common press conference with her Estonian counterpart sends her additional anti -aircraft defense systems to Ukraine. A way for Germany to reaffirm its position: “A ceasefire in Putin’s conditions would not be the end of the war: it would be the prelude to the next offensive …” Thus, the German Minister confirmed that European sanctions against Russia were not going to be lifted, a decision also supported by the outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
“We know that true peace does not come by capitulation. Those who put pressure on Ukraine so that it goes do not negotiate peace, but prepare the ground for a new climb. A cease-fire in Putin’s conditions would not be the end of the war: it would be the prelude to the next offensive … Our response to the Putin war is peace by force.
03/27/25 – 20:32 – Russia attacks France on the Mayotte field
The spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, denounced, during a press briefing, the “militarization” of Mayotte: “under international law, this island belongs to the Union of Comoros”, believing that the French military presence in Mayotte was used to ensure the “control of an overseas territory illegally detained.”
An attack to which Manuel Valls, Minister of Overseas quickly responded: “Russia seeks and will seek to harm France everywhere.” It must be said that this intervention comes just after a summit in support of Ukraine held Thursday in Paris.
03/27/25 – 20:02 – A new agreement on Ukrainian rare lands?
The Financial Times reveals that a new version of the Ukrainian rare land agreement was sent to kyiv on Sunday by Washington. It was for this agreement that Volodymyr Zelensky had gone to Washington where he had a particularly tense exchange with Donald Trump, before leaving the White House without any agreement having been signed.
This new cutting would be to set up a supervisory board to supervise a joint investment background in Ukraine and the United States in order to set off on oil, gas and mining revenues between the two steps. Washington would name 3 of the 5 members of the Council, which would immediately give it an absolute majority against kyiv, and therefore a total veto power on the merits. A way of undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty, according to Ukrainian officials, who fear seeing their dependence in the United States is increasing with this state agreement.
03/27/25 – 19:40 –
For Zelensky, the United States must “react” to the new Russian strikes
“I think the United States should react (…) We do not know very well who monitors all of this and how,” said the Ukrainian president at a press conference in Paris. According to him, the new Russian strikes constitute a “violation” of a blurred moratorium on attacks against energy targets.
03/27/25 – 19:08 – Zelensky accuses Putin of wanting to “divide Europe and the United States”
Volodymyr Zelensky accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of trying to “divide” Europe and the United States. The Russian president has actually got closer to Donald Trump, in recent weeks even mentioning “normalizations” in American-Russian relations after more than three years of war in Ukraine.
03/27/25 – 18:32 – The “coalition of volunteers is already at work”
Volodymyr Zelensky, Andriy Yermak’s chief’s chief, said that “the volunteer coalition is already at work” in a message on X this Thursday. “Our goal is to set up a sustainable security architecture for the decades to come,” he added.
03/27/25 – 17:55 – Zelensky disappointed with “few answers” on the deployment of European troops in Ukraine
At the end of the European summit in Paris, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he still remains “many questions” and “few answers” about the potential deployment of European troops on Ukrainian soil to monitor a possible ceasefire with Russia. “As for the actions of this contingent, its responsibilities, what it can do, how it can be used, which will be responsible for it, there are many questions. So far, there are few answers,” he said, disappointed.
03/27/25 – 17:17 – Ukraine and Russia accuses of raping the moratorium on energy sites
Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of having violated the truce concerning the strikes on the energy sites this Thursday. First, the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of having shot three facilities in Russia and Crimea. kyiv immediately denied the accusations. Then a Ukrainian official accused the Russian army of having shot the city of Kherson by depriving most of the inhabitants of electricity. This bombardment “did not seem to aim for the energy sector, but it was affected,” said the official with AFP.
03/27/25 – 15:56 – New discussion planned between Macron and Trump
Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump spoke a few hours before the European summit and the Head of State must again interact with his American counterpart in the coming hours to keep him informed of the conclusions taken by European countries at their meeting this Thursday. The two heads of state discuss almost daily in parallel with negotiations on Ukraine both on the question of Ukraine, but also on the security of Europe and the NATO alliance.
03/27/25 – 15:11 – Emmanuel Macron’s words with regard to Donald Trump
Emmanuel Macron praised the work carried out by the United States and Donald Trump in negotiations at the end of the war in Ukraine having obtained a positive response from Ukraine on the 30-year-old proposal and taking up the exchanges with Russia. The head of state, however, invited his American counterpart to pay attention to the Russian response on a truce and to make the necessary decisions in the absence of satisfactory responses. “I have confidence in the fact that if the Russians were not to respond to the 30 -day cease -fire proposal, the Americans have the possibility of increasing the sanctions, taking secondary sanctions, taking much stronger sanctions which would have a certain effect and pressure on Russia. Then, it will be necessary to negotiate with Russia the sequel and get it around the table and we will be back.”
Regarding the future of the alliance between Europe and the United States, Emmanuel Macron assured that the United States was “reliable allies”. He also said he “wishes” American support for a European deployment but adds that he also wants to prepare a scenario without the United States. “You have to hope for the best by preparing for the worst.”