Author: Dal Stanton
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3/14/2025 — The Rejection Game: Putin Signals Diplomatic Deadlock as Kursk Slips from Ukrainian Hands

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / March 14, 2025 Russia’s president lays out impossible conditions for U.S.-backed ceasefire while advancing in Kursk Oblast and threatening NATO’s eastern flank in a day that reveals the stark gap between peace talks and battlefield reality Summary of the Day – March 13, 2025 As the diplomatic dance between Washington and…
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3/14/2025 — The brutal truth behind Russia’s execution of Ukrainian POWs: motives, patterns, and the road to justice

By Demian Shevko — World Affairs Editor and Correspondent at The New Voice of Ukraine (English), Research fellow at National Institute for Strategic Studies From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 A group of Ukrainian soldiers, unarmed and defenseless, kneel in the dirt. Their hands are bound. A Russian soldier gives the order. Gunfire erupts. The bodies collapse, lifeless.…
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3/14/2025 — What was true on 18th day of the war is still true today on 1114th day of ruzzian invasion.

This video came up in Memories. What was true on 18th day of the war is still true today on 1114th day of ruzzian invasion. ——————— 18th night of war is descending on Ukraine. Today all my posts seem to include music. It felt like a lighter day, not because there were fewer air raids…
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3/13/2025 — Is Zelensky a disliked dictator or a popular hero?

Our poll of Ukrainians shows a surprising shift in the president’s ratings From: The Economist— Donald Trump delivered such a dressing-down to Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the end of last month that some thought the relationship would never recover. A potential ceasefire agreement struck on March 11th in Saudi Arabia may have brought…
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3/13/2025 — A War in Flux: Russia Claims Kursk Victory as Putin Weighs US Ceasefire Proposal

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / March 13, 2025 As Russian forces capture Sudzha and advance through Kursk Oblast, Kremlin deliberates over US-Ukrainian temporary truce agreement while Trump warns of “devastating” consequences for Russian rejection Summary of the Day – March 12, 2025 Putin has offered only a vague response to the US-Ukrainian 30-day ceasefire proposal, with…
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3/13/2025 — “From what I can understand, there is no ‘so easy to do!’ deal which will enable lasting peace for Ukraine…”

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (1114th day)I agree wholeheartedly with what Paul Linscott wrote in his post: “From what I can understand, there is no “so easy to do!” deal which will enable lasting peace for Ukraine. There are so many painful needs to be addressed and in the end, there is a fundamental need…
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3/13/2025 — “But those who seek to destroy my lifeshall go down into the depths of the earth…”

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1113) But those who seek to destroy my lifeshall go down into the depths of the earth;they shall be given over to the power of the sword;they shall be a portion for jackals.Psalm 63:9-10 Every night, I face a dilemma – should I sleep in my bed or on…
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3/12/2025 — Nearly 90% of Ukrainians say Russia won’t stop, poll finds

From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 87% of Ukrainians surveyed think Russia has no plans to halt at the territories it currently controls, according to a poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) published on March 11. The survey revealed that 66% of respondents are convinced Russia’s current goal is to destroy Ukraine and its…
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3/12/2025 — Pressure is now on Putin as Ukraine agrees to Trump’s ceasefire proposal

From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson Ukraine has agreed to a United States proposal for a 30-day ceasefire with Russia, representing a potentially significant breakthrough in US-led diplomatic efforts to end the largest European conflict since World War II. The agreement on a potential ceasefire came following eight hours of negotiations between high-level US and Ukrainian…
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3/12/2025 — Surrender to putin’s demands doesn’t end the war—it only pauses the killings…

From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1113th day: Some well-meaning (or plainly hostile) followers on my FB page argue about why we, Ukrainians, should want to stop the war. I picture them sitting comfortably in a Starbucks, sipping cappuccinos, explaining how war is bad—how Ukrainian men, women, and children dying from Russian missiles and bullets is…