On March 21, the international situation remains tense. Donald Trump named conditions for ending or continuing the war in the Middle East, focusing on financial demands worth trillions of dollars. Trump also expressed more trust in Putin than in European allies, highlighting a deepening crisis in the North Atlantic Alliance.
Russia reportedly offered the US a deal: Moscow would stop sharing intelligence with Iran in exchange for a halt to US support for Ukraine, but Washington rejected this proposal. Iran launched its first attack on a US military base located 4,000 kilometers from its borders, signaling possession of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
According to an American journalist, Trump described negotiations with Zelensky as even more difficult than with Putin and dismissed Ukraine’s appeals as politically motivated. This reflects a serious crisis of trust between Trump and Zelensky.
Meanwhile, Iran is allowing Indian tankers to pass, and deals with Japan on maritime passage are possible. The UK has allowed the US to use its bases for possible strikes on Iran. Iran fired rockets at the Diego Garcia base, though none struck the target, showing its growing military ambitions.
In Ukraine, shelling continues: last night 148 enemy drones were neutralized, with casualties and injuries in several regions. In the Czech Republic, a company producing drones for Ukraine was set on fire—investigations are underway.
An incident in Hungary saw a Ukrainian cash courier forcibly injected with a drug allegedly to increase talkativeness during interrogation, now under international scrutiny. These news developments underline an escalation of global and Ukrainian crises.
