Author: Dal Stanton
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5/18/2025 — The Phantom Peace: When Putin’s Proxy Met Ukraine’s Ministers
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / May 17, 2025 Russia’s delegation demands Ukraine abandon four oblasts while rejecting unconditional ceasefire, as military commanders reshuffle and 909 fallen soldiers return home Summary of the Day – May 16, 2025 Ukrainian and Russian delegations met for nearly two hours in Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace, ending the first direct negotiations in…
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5/18/2025 — Bridget Brink, the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, recently resigned after three intense and painful years serving on the frontlines of democracy.
From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1178th Day) Bridget Brink, the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, recently resigned after three intense and painful years serving on the frontlines of democracy. In a deeply moving article in the Detroit Free Press, she explained why. “I just came home to Michigan from three years in the toughest job of…
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5/17/2025 — Update from Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From: Lyuda Betina (Day 1179) News from Ukraine.Yesterday, I had a moving encounter. I was riding home on the bus from Odessa when a seven-year-old boy sat down next to me. His name was Nikita. He was very sociable, and we ended up talking the entire way. Nikita is in the first grade and absolutely…
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5/16/2025 — ‘Go back to Ukraine’: War refugees complain of abuse in Poland
From: BBC by Will Vernon Svitlana says her daughter loved her school in Poland. “Even when we moved to another area, she didn’t want to change schools,” says the 31-year-old Ukrainian mother. “She liked it so much. There was no bullying.” Now she says the atmosphere at the school – and in Poland overall –…
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5/16/2025 — How Putin Missed His Shot at Peace
From: Time by Simon Shuster SENIOR CORRESPONDENT On Thursday in Istanbul, the empty seat reserved for Vladimir Putin perfectly symbolized Russia’s unwillingness to end the war in Ukraine. Putin’s counterpart in the negotiations, Volodymyr Zelensky, had spent days calling on him to show up and face him. “We are ready to talk,” the Ukrainian President said.…
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5/16/2025 — Trump says ‘nothing’ will happen on Ukraine till he meets Putin
Much-anticipated Istanbul talks fall flat as Russian leader refuses to attend. From: Politico — BY VERONIKA MELKOZEROVA U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that there would be no progress toward peace in Ukraine until he meets with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as much-hyped Moscow-Kyiv talks in Turkey turned into a huge nothingburger. “Look, nothing is gonna…
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5/16/2025 — Ukraine’s vibrant civil society wants to be heard during peace talks
From: Atlantic Council By Ana Lejava As US-led efforts to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine struggle to gain momentum, debate continues over what a viable future settlement could look like. While officials in Moscow, Washington, Brussels, and Kyiv discuss technicalities and potential concessions, members of Ukraine’s vibrant civil society are also attempting to define the…
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5/16/2025 — Why negotiations between ruzzia and Ukraine cannot bring real results?
From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1178th day) Negotiations between Ukrainian and ruzzian delegations in Turkey are over and as expected they didn’t bring peace or even ceasefire any closer. On the eve of these “negotiations” “peace-wanting” ruzzia attacked Ukraine with 112 drones during the night (their usual terrorist nightly activity). Why negotiations between ruzzia and…
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5/16/2025 — The “negotiations” between russia and Ukraine have just ended.
From: Roman Sheremeta — The “negotiations” between russia and Ukraine have just ended. According to Reuters, russia is demanding that Ukraine withdraw its forces from what it calls “its own territory” as a condition for a ceasefire agreement. In reality, these are Ukrainian regions russia has failed to fully occupy. Even at the current pace,…
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5/15/2025 — Russia’s aerial attacks on Ukrainian civilians must not go unpunished
From: Atlantic Council By Anastasiya Donets, Susan H. Farbstein While international attention focuses on the US-led effort to initiate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, Moscow is dramatically escalating its aerial attacks on Ukrainian civilians. During the first 24 days of April, for example, UN officials verified848 civilian casualties due to Russian bombardments, representing a 46 percent…
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