Author: Dal Stanton
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5/15/2025 — The Day of Deferred Peace: Moscow’s Tactical Retreat from Istanbul
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / May 15, 2025 As Russia Unveils Junior Delegation for Istanbul Talks Excluding Putin, Military Movements Accelerate While Germany Pledges to Build ‘Strongest Conventional Army in Europe’ Summary of the Day – May 14, 2025 The diplomatic fault lines sharpened dramatically today as the Kremlin finally revealed its delegation for tomorrow’s Istanbul…
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5/15/2925 — “Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!…”
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1176) Those who sow in tearsshall reap with shouts of joy!He who goes out weeping,bearing the seed for sowing,shall come home with shouts of joy,bringing his sheaves with him.Psalm 126:5-6 I remember a phrase I heard at a YWAM training for teachers, “Teachers hold the heart of the nation.”…
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5/14/2025 — The Russians continue stirring the Romanian pot 
From: Peter Zeihan — Romania just held its second attempt at the first round of presidential elections, after the initial round was invalidated due to Russian interference. Looks like the Romanians are having some major déjà vu.
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5/14/2025 — How’s Zelinsky Outsmarted Putin: Genius Moves that Shifted the War 
From: Kyiv Post — In the early hours of May 11, Vladimir Putin unexpectedly called for direct peace talks with Ukraine, proposing Istanbul as the location. President Volodymyr Zelensky responded immediately: “See you Thursday.” This announcement followed a carefully staged Kremlin press conference—broadcast after midnight and introduced with a symbolic Western ballad, “House of the…
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5/14/2025 — Remembering Ukraine’s Heroes of Humanity
From: Euromaiden Press — On 14 May, Ukraine commemorates its Righteous Among the Nations – courageous individuals who risked everything to save Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Of the 28,000 Righteous recognized worldwide, over 2,700 were Ukrainians who became beacons of hope during one of history’s darkest periods. The Shoah claimed at least 6 million…
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5/14/2025 — Zelensky insists he will only join Ukraine-Russia talks in Turkey this week if Putin is present
From: CNN By Jessie Yeung, Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova, Nick Paton Walsh and Andrew Carey Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the stakes ahead of a potential meeting with Vladimir Putin in Turkey by saying he wouldn’t hold talks with any Russian representative other than the president himself. Zelensky said he would travel to Turkey after US President Donald Trump urged him to meet…
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5/14/2025 — How much longer will Putin be allowed to continue stalling for time?
From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson The leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and Poland arrived in Kyiv last weekend amid much fanfare to deliver an unprecedented ultimatum to the Kremlin. The time for talk was over, they announced. If Russian President Vladimir Putin did not agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire by Monday, he would face…
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5/14/2025 — Diplomatic Duels: The High-Stakes Waiting Game in Istanbul
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / May 14, 2025 As Zelensky Commits to Meeting Putin Face-to-Face, the Kremlin Hesitates While Russian Forces Advance on Multiple Fronts and Western Leaders Prepare Punishing Sanctions Package Summary of the Day – May 13, 2025 With less than 48 hours until the proposed peace talks in Istanbul, the diplomatic chess match…
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5/13/2025 — Head of Crimea Tatar People, believes that significant changes aimed at ending the Russian-Ukrainian war could occur this year
From: UATV — Refat Chubarov, Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean bd Tatar People, believes that significant changes aimed at ending the Russian-Ukrainian war could occur this year. “I have a strong feeling that this year we will see major changes toward ending the war. There is every chance that these changes will be…
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5/13/2025 — Timothy Snyder: Ukrainian History as World History 1917-2017 
VOU: This lecture by Timothy Snyder is a few years old, but his grasp of history in the context Ukraine’s history is profoundly helpful in navigating so much propaganda today. From: IWMVienna Keynote Speech at the “Revolutionary Ukraine: A Reflection on 1917 and Its Aftermath” ConferenceRecorded on 13 October 2017 at the IWM Library. Timothy…
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