Ukraine liberates 'almost' entire region & Trump to ease Russian sanctions after Putin call

Day 1,475.


Today, as President Donald Trump speaks with Vladimir Putin and
reportedly offers to ease sanctions on Russian oil amid surging
global energy prices linked to his war in Iran, we examine the
latest developments on the battlefield as Ukraine claims to have
liberated “almost all” of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Then we
bring you the latest from Europe, followed by a dispatch from
northern Ukraine, where communities continue to endure repeated
Russian strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure.


Contributors:


Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on
X.


Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @Adeliepjz
on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


An Air-Campaign Primer (Eliot Cohen in The Atlantic): 


https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/air-campaign-military-primer/686294/?gift=KGDC3VdV8jaCufvP3bRsPqEbYdfKy52g6Ojp5VlDiRo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share


X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of
manipulation attempts (The Guardian):


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/x-suspends-accounts-massive-scale-manipulation-attempts-russia 


Ukraine Helps U.S. Bases in the Mideast With Stopping Drones (New
York Times):


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/world/middleeast/ukraine-shahed-drone-middle-east.html 


Ministry of Defence changes approach to drone procurement: demand
will be generated automatically based on frontline data (MOD):


https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/ministry-of-defence-changes-approach-to-drone-procurement-demand-will-be-generated-automatically-based-on-frontline-data


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