Author: Dal Stanton
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4/5/2025 — “Such a powerful country, such a strong people — and such a weak response. Even the word ‘Russian’ is avoided when talking about the missile that killed children.”

From: Roman Sheremeta — I am very disappointed by such a weak response from U.S. Ambassador Bridget Brink to the russian strike on Kryvyi Rih, which took lives of nine Ukrainian children. Specifically, she wrote: “Horrified that tonight a ballistic missile struck near a playground and restaurant in Kryvyi Rih. More than 50 people injured…
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4/5/2025 — Blood for Peace: Kremlin Negotiator Courts Washington as Russian Missiles Kill 18 in Kryvyi Rih

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / April 5, 2025 As Dmitriev Speaks of “Significant Progress” in Ceasefire Talks, Putin’s Forces Strike Zelensky’s Hometown, Killing Nine Children; Denmark and Norway Boost Ukraine Aid by Billions Summary of the Day — April 4, 2025 The stunning contradiction between words and actions in Russia’s approach to peace came into stark…
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4/5/2025 — A Tale of Two Worlds: Negotiating with a terrorist state while missiles are still being loaded and children are still being targeted is not diplomacy. It’s moral collapse.

From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1136th day) Tonight, Friday evening, ruzzia once again showed the world who they really are.Ruzzian terrorist state launched a ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih. The missile struck the center of a residential neighborhood, right next to a children’s playground. 14 innocent people were killed. 6 of them were children.…
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4/5/2025 — I don’t even have it in me to add a Bible verse to today’s post…

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1136) I don’t even have it in me to add a Bible verse to today’s post. Tonight, on a lovely spring Friday evening, russia launched a ballistic missile on Kryvyi Rih. It hit a busy playground, killing six children and 10 adults. Over 40 people have been seriously wounded.…
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4/4/2025 — Genocide in Ukraine?

From: United 24 — Since 2001, catholic priest Patrick Desbois, president of Yahad-In Unum (which means “together” in Hebrew), has been searching for mass graves of Holocaust victims throughout Eastern Europe. His organization has identified 3,370 execution sites and recorded 8,180 eyewitness testimonies. Since March 2022, Yahad-In Unum has been documenting Russian war crimes and…
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4/4/2025 — ‘The Anger Dissipates Quickly’ – Washington Gets to Know Putin’s New Chief Negotiator

Kyiv-born and US-educated, Kirill Dmitriev met his counterpart in the White House after Trump’s public comments that he is “pissed off” at the Kremlin for demanding removal of Zelensky from office. From: Kyiv Post by John Moretti Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin’s new chief negotiator with the US, Kirill Dmitriev, met in the White House on Thursday…
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4/4/2025 — These Ukrainian women survived Putin’s prisons – now they’re taking revenge
Former POWs use their suffering as fuel to throw themselves back into the fight against Russia with more determination than ever From: The Telegraph by Verity Bowman in Kramatorsk In the front line city of Kramatorsk, a Ukrainian woman who endured torture and humiliation in Russian captivity is making a vow of revenge. “Before captivity,…
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4/4/2025 — This is what love for your country looks like💙💛 (video)

From: In Ukraine — A Ukrainian kindergarten. A moment of silence for fallen heroes, the national anthem, and a prayer for Ukraine.This is what love for your country looks like💙💛 via @kindergarten.kalinonka / TikTok
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4/4/2025 — History Claps Back:We don’t have a problem concluding that a person is a career criminal…

From: Douglas Shepherd (MTW L’viv) —History Claps Back:We don’t have a problem concluding that a person is a career criminal when they have a long rap sheet. Only the fool would then entrust that criminal with their finances or make him a partner in a business deal. What is clear in the U.S., (a career…
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4/4/2025 — The War Hits Home: Marina’s Cousin Killed in Kharkiv Bombing

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / April 4, 2025 As diplomatic games continue, real human costs mount when Russian drones shatter families and transform distant headlines into intimate grief Summary of the Day – April 4, 2025 The abstract horrors of war became devastatingly concrete yesterday when Marina’s cousin perished in a Russian drone strike on Kharkiv…