Author: Dal Stanton
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8/9/2025 — This is not a peace plan. It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s defeat.
From: Roman Sheremeta — Putin’s “peace” demand in the Alaska talks: Ukraine must withdraw all troops from the part of Donetsk region it still controls — home to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and protected by defensive lines built since 2014. This would hand russia a free pass to bypass those fortifications, move 85 km…
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8/9/2025 — The Kremlin’s Gambit: Putin’s Ultimate Demand for Ukraine’s Eastern Heartland
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / August 9, 2025 As Trump Sets August 15 Alaska Summit, Moscow Demands Ukraine Abandon Its Fortress Belt and Cede Strategic Territories That Russian Forces Have Failed to Capture After Three Years of War Summary of the Day – August 8, 2025 The diplomatic chess match between Washington and Moscow reached a…
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8/8/2025 — Meeting between Putin and Trump – first thoughts
From: Jason Jay Smart — First reaction to the news that there will be a meeting between Putin and Trump. Unfortunately, I’m not optimistic that this will lead to any significant progress in the peace process in Ukraine.
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8/8/2025 — Putin HUMILIATED: Massive Drone Strike Hits Crimea 
From: Jason Jay Smart — Putin’s regime is collapsing from the inside. Ukrainian drone strikes and sabotage missions are no longer targeting the front – they are dismantling Russia’s core infrastructure. In just one night, over 80 Ukrainian drones penetrated Russian airspace, hitting Belgorod, Volgograd, and Krasnodar Krai while shutting down the Kerch Strait Bridge.…
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8/8/2025 — The Moscow Gambit: Trump’s Envoy Returns as Sanctions Clock Counts Down
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / August 7, 2025 As Steve Witkoff concludes three hours of talks with Putin, the White House weighs Russia’s “air truce” proposal while Trump imposes crushing tariffs on India for buying Russian oil Summary of the Day – August 6, 2025 The eleventh-hour diplomacy between Washington and Moscow reached fever pitch as…
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8/8/2025 — “Lead me to the rock that is higher than I…”
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1261) Lead me to the rockthat is higher than I,for you have been my refuge,a strong tower against the enemy.Psalm 61:2-3 War brings up many superstitions. Soldiers and volunteers who regularly go to the frontlines have their safety rituals — words to avoid, things to leave behind or definitely…
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8/7/2025 — Why Trump’s Stance On Ukraine Has Changed — Part 2
From: Peter Zeihan Let’s unpack Trump’s evolving stance on Ukraine a bit more today.
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8/7/2025 — She came back to fight: the story of Anhelina Martyniuk
From: Euromaiden Press — On 2 August, the mountain town of Rakhiv in Zakarpattia gathered to say farewell to 20-year-old Anhelina Martyniuk, a junior sergeant in Ukraine’s Armed Forces. She had returned to Ukraine voluntarily at 18, signed a military contract, and served in a frontline reconnaissance unit until her death near Pokrovsk in Donetsk…
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7/7/2025 — Russia has launched an online catalog where abducted Ukrainian children can be “chosen.”
This is beyond horrifying. Russia has launched an online catalog where abducted Ukrainian children can be “chosen.” Their faces are fully visible. Users can filter them by gender, eye and hair color, or whether they have siblings, as if shopping for pets. Each child is described with words like “obedient,” “calm,” and “respectful toward adults.”…
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