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| Kamil Frymark
On 17 March, the Bundestag passed an amendment to the electoral law which provides for a reduction in the number of its deputies, from 736 at present to 630 after the 2025 elections. The main element of the reform will lead to the…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On the night of 22 March, the Russians launched another attack using Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones. Unspecified infrastructure facilities in the Zhytomyr and Kyiv oblasts were damaged; at least four people were killed and more than 20…
Analyses |
| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
A second round of local elections was held in Lithuania on 19 March, for mayors of cities and districts in 34 municipalities where no candidate received a minimum of 50% support in the 5 March vote (runoffs between the top two candidates…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
The founding congress of the Belaya Rus political party was held in Minsk on 18 March. It is based on the pro-regime social organisation of the same name, which has been active since 2007. More than 1000 delegates adopted its party…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Ukrainian forces are holding back the Russian advance along the M03 highway. The invading troops have failed to make any progress over the past few days; the fighting has stuck on the approaches to the hills separating the Russian forces…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Russian forces have made progress on both sides of the M03 highway towards Sloviansk – they have approached the enemy’s defence line in the strip of hills on the eastern side of the Donets–Donbas canal. Ukrainian troops are holding off the…
Analyses |
| Michał Bogusz
The 13th term of the National People's Congress (NPC), the parliament of the People's Republic of China (PRC), began in 2018, It’s fifth and final session took place from 5–13 March. It was accompanied, in line with established practice,…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk
On 14 March, in the early morning hours, an aerial incident involving two Russian Su-27 fighter jets and a US MQ-9 Reaper unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) occurred 60 km or 120 km (37.5–75 miles) southwest of Sevastopol, depending on…
Analyses |
| Adam Michalski, Iwona Wiśniewska
Overnight on 6 to 7 March, the Turkish electronic customs system stopped accepting transit declarations of goods sent to Russia and Belarus that were subject to EU sanctions. This fact was reported by Russian logistics companies involved…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Russian forces continue to push back the defenders along the M03 highway towards Sloviansk. Fighting continues for control of the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, which lies to the south of it, blocking the road to the Donets-Donbas canal (…