Author: Dal Stanton
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12/12/2025 — From Stalin’s camps to Kherson’s basements: Russia deploys Soviet filtration methods in Ukraine
Memorial Human Rights Center documents kidnappings, torture, extrajudicial killings in first Russian rights mission since 2022 invasion From: Euromaiden Press BY MAXIM VOLOVICH A team of Russian human rights defenders traveled to Ukraine for two weeks in January 2025, interviewing survivors of torture, freed prisoners of war, and witnesses to missile strikes. What they found…
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12/12/2025 — Russian Elites Are Now Fleeing Moscow
From: Jason Jay Smart — Russia is discovering that its sovereign territory is no longer a safe haven for its capital or its elite. The forced closure of all four major Moscow airports – Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky – signals a logistical breakdown that grounds high value travel and physically isolates the regime. The…
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12/12/2025 — Putin Threatens Europe as Trump Demands Answers: Russia Rejects Peace While Shadow Fleet Tanker Burns in Black Sea
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / December 11, 2025 As the Kremlin threatened military retaliation against European peacekeepers in Ukraine while Russian drones devastated seven oblasts, Trump told European leaders he needed “answers” before attending weekend peace talks—and Congress passed legislation constraining his ability to cut Ukraine aid or withdraw troops from Europe. The Day’s Reckoning Lavrov’s…
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12/10/2025 — Europe’s choice: Fund Ukraine now or pay a far higher price if Russia wins
From: Atlantic Council By Elena Davlikanova, Lesia Orobets When European leaders convene in Brussels on December 18, continued funding for the Ukrainian war effort will be top of the agenda. However, it remains far from clear whether the European Council meeting will result in a breakthrough. Failure to reach a consensus could have catastrophic consequences for Ukraine…
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12/10/2025 — The cost of an unjust peace in Ukraine? An emboldened China.
From: Atlantic Council By Phillip M. Ramirez In recent weeks, the Trump administration again engaged in talks aimed at ending Russia’s war in Ukraine. Trump and his envoys should be applauded for attempting to end a conflict that has dragged on for nearly four years at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives. Unfortunately, given the…
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12/10/2025 — Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian lawyer: ‘Putin doesn’t want peace. He wants to forcefully restore the Russian Empire’
The activist who heads the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, which won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, warns that ending the invasion will only be possible if the Kremlin feels that ‘the price of continuing the war is higher than the price of stopping it’ From: EL PAIS by ANDREA RIZZI – Saint-Vincent (Italy)…
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12/10/2025 — Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not give up territory to Russia and is ready to present peace plan to U.S.
From: CBS News By Ramy Inocencio Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that Ukraine will not give up any territory to Russia and said components of a plan to end the war between the countries are ready to be presented to the U.S. “Russia is insisting that we give up territories, but we don’t want to cede…
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12/10/2025 — Zelensky’s Election Call Torpedoes Putin’s Main Objection
From: Professor Gerdes Explains — Putin has spent months insisting that Ukraine can’t hold legitimate elections during wartime. But Zelensky just flipped the script—calling for elections himself and stripping away Moscow’s primary talking point in one move. In this report, we break down why Zelensky did this, how it undercuts Putin, and what this means…
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12/10/2025 — Trump Demands Ukraine Elections as Zelensky Offers 90-Day Vote: Putin’s Territorial Demands Unchanged Despite Mounting Russian Casualties
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / December 10, 2025 An American president demands Ukrainian elections while calling its leader a con artist comparable to P.T. Barnum, prompting Zelensky to offer a 90-day vote if the West guarantees security—even as his approval rating plummets to 20% and Putin demands Ukraine cede territory Russian forces haven’t captured. The Day’s…
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12/10/2025 — “Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints…”
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1385) Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,for those who fear him have no lack!Psalm 34:9 These days feel very dark because of the power outages (a total of 8-12 hours of electricity divided into 3 slots) and the news. Once again, I feel like I’m choking from all…
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