MEDVEDEV: 💬 "Now at a meeting of permanent members of the Russian Security Council, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief said: “If they lay down their arms, the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region will be guaranteed life and decent treatment.” This is a very humane approach by our country, but its flip side for the Ukrainian Nazis means that if they refuse to lay down their arms, they will all be consistently and ruthlessly annihilated. The murderous regime of Kiev's scum still has a chance to save its people. The coming hours will show what they have chosen." [Translation: DeepL (free version)]

■ Ukrainian troops in Kursk Region will be destroyed, if refuse to surrender — Medvedev (TASS)
■ Time running out for Ukrainian troops in Kursk area to lay down arms — Kremlin (TASS)
■ Putin urges Kiev to order troops in Kursk Region to surrender (RT)
■ Trump warns Kiev not to ‘pick on somebody larger than you’ (RT)
■ Trump's Kursk Mercy Plea: Last-Ditch Attempt to Salvage NATO's Failed Strategy? (Sputnik)

UK updates Trump: Russia should accept the proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine without any conditions, says the British Foreign Secretary. Britain and its minister can shove their idea back up the sh*thole it came from, diplomatically speaking.

— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) March 14, 2025

■ L'Europe lance un nouvel ultimatum à Poutine: Rire est autorisé (Pravda-FR)

It would be “normal” for relations to be resumed once the Ukraine conflict is over, Mark Rutte has suggested | Europe and the United States should gradually normalize relations with Russia once the Ukraine conflict is over, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said. The statement comes a day after the head of the US-led military bloc met President Donald Trump at the White House and amid ongoing efforts by Washington to establish a ceasefire between Moscow and Kiev. Trump has also expressed interest in restoring economic ties with Russia, an idea that was supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Declassified FSB documents detail war crimes, mass executions, and Nazi collaboration | Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has released declassified documents detailing mass atrocities committed by Latvian members of Waffen-SS units during World War II. The Latvian Legion, a combat branch of the Nazi German Waffen-SS, was formed in 1943 primarily of ethnic Latvians on the orders of Adolf Hitler. ● The documents were published on Friday ahead of the EU country’s ‘Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires’, and as Russia prepares to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in May. ● According to the FSB, the records are based on intelligence gathered by the Soviet counterintelligence service (SMERSH) on SS units formed from Latvian volunteers. The material includes reports by Soviet partisans, intelligence officers, and prisoners of war, later compiled and shared with the Red Army command.

The Belarusian president has used harsh words to describe the Ukrainian leader’s actions | The president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, has said he once thought of Vladimir Zelensky like a son but that the Ukrainian leader has acted like a “bastard” in the course of the conflict. Lukashenko made the remarks on Friday in an interview with Russian journalist Olga Skabeeva, published on her Telegram channel. Skabeeva recalled Lukashenko’s previous comments on Zelensky’s future and noted that the Belarusian president had used different words to describe him. “Volodya [a diminutive for Vladimir – Ed.] was like a son to me, but he acted like a bastard,” Lukashenko said, without elaborating.