The Ukraine Daily Brief Newsletter – Friday, March 25, 2022
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The War
Russia loses ‘full control’ of Kherson and the Black Sea for now, according to Pentagon officials. Mariupol City Council reports deaths from starvation. Russia’s ‘filtration camps’ for forced evacuees receive regional press attention, evoke Stalin’s Baltic purges. Ukrainian police report 306 civilian deaths in Kharkiv, including 15 children.
Economics
Lukoil is scaling back its Swiss trading operations. UK buyout firm Pamplona is liquidating Mikhail Fridman-associated positions.
Technology
Four Russian officials – including three FSB ‘hackers’ – face DOJ charges in cyberattacks. Tech billionaires pour money into nuclear energy start-ups.
Europe
Poland ascends to ‘indispensable’ American ally. Finland closes its railway link to St. Petersburg. NATO leaders echo US in warning China against ‘enabling’ Russia through financial loopholes. Russia began production on two new ‘doomsday planes’ in 2021.
U.S. and the World
War forces Biden to make a u-turn on nukes. The US will help the EU replace its Russia LNG supply. The IRC welcomes Biden’s decision to use ‘all legal pathways’ available to refugees fleeing Ukraine.
DSR Exclusives
David Rothkopf, Caroline Atkinson, Ed Luce, and Benn Steil discuss subtleties of the sanctions régime on the latest episode of Deep State Radio.
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