Author: Dal Stanton
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5/1/2025 — “For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever. His heart is steady….”
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1162) For the righteous will never be moved;he will be remembered forever.His heart is steady;he will not be afraid, until he looks in triumph on his adversaries.The wicked man sees it and is angry;he gnashes his teeth and melts away;the desire of the wicked will perish!Psalm 112:6, 8, 10…
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5/1/2025 — The False Horizon: Putin’s Truce Proposal Cloaks Territorial Ambitions
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / April 30, 2025 As Moscow Declares Victory Day Ceasefire, Kremlin Officials Reveal Unchanged Maximalist Demands While Russia Intensifies Attacks in Three Directions and Strikes Kharkiv Summary of the Day – April 29, 2025 Russia’s true intentions came sharply into focus today as Security Council Secretary Dmitry Medvedev demanded “victory” and “destruction”…
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4/30/2025 — If Russian gas returns to Europe, it must go through Ukraine
From: Atlantic Council By Sergiy Makogon The possibility of resuming Russian gas supplies to Europe as part of a cease-fire agreement in Ukraine is being actively discussed. Technically, this would be feasible—Ukraine’s gas transmission system is still capable of transiting up to 100 billion cubic meters (bcm) per year of Russian gas to Europe. Nearly three months of zero…
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4/30/2025 — Russia was spared from Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs. This should change.
From: Atlantic Council By Olivia Yanchik US President Donald Trump’s April 2 announcement of “reciprocal” tariffs on imports from 185 countries, which have since been temporarily paused, sent ripples through the international trading system. More broadly, the administration’s approach to tariffs since taking office has caused global market volatility, especially the escalating back and forth over tariffs between…
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4/30/2025 — Kyiv accuses China of deepening involvement in Russia’s Ukraine war
From: Atlantic Council By Katherine Spencer As US-led efforts continue to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, Kyiv has recently accused China of deepening its involvement in Moscow’s invasion. The claims leveled at Beijing add an extra dimension of geopolitical complexity to the ongoing negotiations aimed at ending the largest European war since World…
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4/30/2025 — Putin announces ceasefire to protect Moscow parade from Ukrainian attack
From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson Russian President Vladimir Putin has just announced his second unilateral ceasefire in a matter of days, but this emerging trend does not reflect any sincere desire for peace. On the contrary, Putin’s brazen new ceasefire gambit suggests a man emboldened by Western weakness who is now more confident than ever…
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4/30/2025 — Here. In Ukraine.
From: Roman Sheremeta — Here. In Ukraine. Somewhere. There in the world…In Italy, a young woman hurries to a restaurant for a date.In Poland, a little girl braids her favorite doll’s hair and hums a lullaby.In France, a man in an elegant suit selects a necklace for his wife.In Australia, children play on the carpet,…
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4/30/2025 — Stop asking Ukraine what we are willing to give up. Start asking how the world will finally hold ruzzia accountable
From: Mariia Mykhaliyk (1161st day) Meeting with people in the States for just a couple of days, and we already heard all the predictable questions:• Do ruzzian speakers want to be part of ruzzia?• Didn’t Crimea belong to ruzzia in the past?• Why isn’t Zelensky holding elections?• Why is Ukraine not signing a “peace” deal?•…
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4/29/2025 — Who’s countering Russian propaganda now? Expert on US’s declining disinformation defense 
From: Kyiv Independent — On April 16, 2025, the U.S. State Department shut down its Global Engagement Center — a unit tasked with countering foreign misinformation, including Russian propaganda. U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration claimed that the Center censored the voices of Americans instead of doing its job. The Kyiv Independent’s Natalia Yermak speaks to…
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4/29/2025 — putin keeps stringing Trump and his envoys along, playing them like amateurs…
From: Mariia Mykhaliyk (1160th day) While putin once again announces a mockery of a ceasefire from May 8 to 10, ruzzia has officially laid out its so-called “peace conditions” — a list that demands Ukraine’s surrender of key elements of its sovereignty and asks the world to legitimize moscow’s territorial theft. According to Foreign Minister…
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