Author: Dal Stanton
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3/19/2025 — Update from Belgorod Dnestrovsky

From: Lyuda Betina (Day 1120) News from Ukraine Spring, longer days, more sun, new hopes, talks about possible peace, and many different opinions…. And Odessa is bombed every night. This night, explosions could be heard very close to our small town. That’s why talks about peace seem somehow unreal… During times of war, the future…
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3/18/2025 — Putin backs Trump’s partial ceasefire but insists Ukraine must be disarmed

From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted a US proposal for a partial ceasefire in the war against Ukraine following a lengthy phone call with US President Donald Trump. If Ukraine now agrees to the terms of the partial ceasefire, both countries will pause attacks on energy infrastructure for a thirty-day…
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3/18/2025 — The Long Game: As Peace Talks Loom, Putin Seeks Leverage While Ukraine Innovates

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / March 18, 2025 On a day of diplomatic posturing, a test drone flew 3,000 kilometers as Ukraine fortifies its bargaining position with homegrown military technology, while Trump prepares for a pivotal call with Putin that could reshape the war’s endgame Summary of the Day – March 17, 2025 The diplomatic chess…
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3/18/2025 — Evangelical Reformed Seminary of Ukraine: Building God’s Kingdom in the midst of war. Pray!

From: ERSU — Friends, we are pleased to announce that today began the regular session at ERSU. An even greater joy for us is that the entire seminary teaching staff was able to attend the session, as well as our student Kiryl Ozerov. Valery Zadorozhny teaches a course of the Gospel. Below is an excerpt…
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3/17/2025 — Rubio’s roadmap to peace: Ceasefire first, talks later

From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ending Russia’s war against Ukraine requires a two-step plan — a ceasefire followed by broader negotiations, which cannot proceed without first implementing the initial phase, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a CBS News interview on March 16. According to Rubio, Plan A focuses on achieving a ceasefire. Once…
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3/17/2025 — Kallas on Russia’s ceasefire demands: Moscow proposes conditions it seeks to achieve through war

From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Author: Alex Stezhensky Russia has proposed ceasefire demands that reflect its wartime objectives, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on March 17 ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Kallas noted that Ukraine was among the key topics on the agenda. “We truly welcome the negotiations in Jeddah…
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3/17/2025 — Trump signals talks on Ukrainian territories and Zaporizhzhya NPP with Kremlin

From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 U.S. President Donald Trump plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18, following “positive” Russian-US talks in Moscow, Reuters wrote on March 17. He announced this to journalists aboard a plane returning from Florida to Washington. “On Tuesday, I will speak with President Putin. A lot of work…
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3/17/2025 — Reason #3 to Support Ukraine: Standing Against Tyranny and Dictatorship.

From: Roman Sheremeta—The fight against russia is a fight against tyranny and dictatorship. Russia has been ruled by the same dictator for more than 20 years, and the russian people have largely become complacent under his rule. They live as subjects under a dictatorship. Ukrainians, on the other hand, are free people. While the world…
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3/17/2025 — A Shifting Chessboard: Ukraine Concedes Key Territory as Global Powers Maneuver Toward Ceasefire
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / March 17, 2025 Summary of the Day – March 16, 2025 As Ukraine withdraws from Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, diplomatic wheels turn with unprecedented speed. Trump and Putin prepare for direct talks this week while the UK proposes a 10,000-strong peacekeeping mission. Meanwhile, Ukraine appoints a new General Staff chief…
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3/17/2025 — “I once listened to a podcast where the speakers suggested that the whole story of humanity on Earth comes down to becoming adults…”

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1117) May God be gracious to us and bless usand make his face to shine upon us,that your way may be known on earth,your saving power among all nations.Psalm 67:1-2 I once listened to a podcast where the speakers suggested that the whole story of humanity on Earth comes…