Situation Reports

According to a U.S.-Ukraine joint statement, Ukraine is prepared to accept a U.S. proposal to enact an immediate, interim 30-day ceasefire with Russia that can be extended following all parties' mutual agreement, Reuters reported on March 11.

Israel and Lebanon agreed to begin negotiations over their land border dispute, Axios reported on March 11.

Interpol arrested former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at Manila's international airport upon his return from Hong Kong, The Manila Times reported on March 11.

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro's center-right minority government faces imminent collapse in a confidence vote it is set to lose on March 11, with center-left and right-wing opposition parties having already pledged to vote against the government, Reuters reported the same day.

Venancio Mondlane, Mozambique's opposition leader and former presidential candidate, appeared at the attorney general's office in Maputo, Club of Mozambique reported on March 11.

Ugandan military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said Uganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan's capital, Juba, since March 8, Reuters reported on March 11.

Russia claimed it shot down 343 drones in an attack that constituted the largest drone attack by either side in terms of the total number of drones used since the war, Agentstvo reported March 11.

The Dalai Lama -- the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism -- released his new book on March 11, in which he stated, "Since the purpose of a reincarnation is to carry on the work of the predecessor, the new Dalai Lama will be born in the free world," which he described as outside of China, according to a review of the book by Reuters.

Egyptian Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk announced that Egypt had successfully completed the fourth review of its $8 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan program, and as such, the IMF will disburse $1.2 billion of the loan within days, Egypt Today reported March 11.

The U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, agreed to a ceasefire with the interim government and to integrate into the country's state institutions, Reuters reported on March 10, citing a Syrian presidential statement.