Category: Updates
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4/25/2025 — Trump says he’s got his ‘own deadline’ for Ukraine talks as tensions flare

The president, meeting with Norwegian leaders, is pressuring Kyiv and Moscow to make peace, but not equally. From: Politico By ELI STOKOLS and ROBBIE GRAMER Nearing the 100-day mark of his administration, President Donald Trump is pushing Ukraine hard to accept the terms of a peace deal with Russia to end the three-year war by giving major territorial…
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4/25/2025 — Putin’s cynical Easter ceasefire stunt backfires as Zelenskyy calls his bluff

From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson Russian President Vladimir Putin caught everyone by surprise during the recent Easter holidays by unexpectedly announcing a 30-hour ceasefire to briefly pause the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The proposed lull in fighting was timed to cover traditional Orthodox festivities on Easter Sunday, with the apparent aim of reviving Putin’s own…
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4/25/2025 — A pro-Putin peace deal in Ukraine would destabilize the entire world

From: Atlantic Council By Elena Davlikanova, Lesia Ogryzko US President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 23, accusing him of obstructing peace negotiations and prolonging the war with Russia. Trump’s comments came after Zelenskyy rejected the idea of ceding Crimea to Russia as part of a US-brokered plan that some skeptics…
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4/25/2025 — “Losing patience” with Ukraine?

From: Mariia Mikhaliyk (1157th day) Trump is “losing patience” and annoyed with Ukraine. But he never loses patience with putin. Curious, isn’t it? After every brutal attack on Ukrainian cities Trump keeps insisting that “putin wants peace” and that it’s “easy to negotiate with ruzzia” but “difficult” with Ukraine. Ever wonder why?Because Trump gives putin…
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4/25/2025 — Blood and Diplomacy: Russia’s Deadly Message to Peace Negotiators

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / April 25, 2025 As U.S.-Led Peace Talks Falter, Russia Launches Massive Aerial Assault on Kyiv Killing 12 Civilians While Kremlin Officials Reaffirm Maximalist War Aims Summary of the Day – April 24, 2025 Russia delivered a devastating response to peace efforts with a massive air assault—the largest attack on Kyiv this…
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4/25/2025 — History Claps Back: Beware you who push for “peace deal” with Russia (3 years after peace deal with Russia in photo).

From: Douglas Shepherd — History Claps Back:Beware you who push for “peace deal” with Russia (3 years after peace deal with Russia in photo). Reminder from Roman Sheremeta: “This is Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. In 1999, it was reduced to rubble by Russian forces — just three years after russia signed a peace treaty…
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4/25/2025 — Almost every night, I sit down intending to write my update, but words fail me…

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1156) Almost every night, I sit down intending to write my update, but words fail me. I drown in the absurd statements made by “world leaders” and the speculations of “experts.” Most days, I fall asleep before I can come up with something that makes sense. However, there are…
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4/24/2025 — Exposing Pravda: How pro-Kremlin forces are poisoning AI models and rewriting Wikipedia

From: Atlantic Council By Valentin Châtelet Over the last three years of its war in Ukraine, Russia has expanded, developed, and tailored an influence campaign targeting much of the world, spreading its content in Wikipedia articles and in popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools. As election campaigns in Romania and Moldova took place, or as political discussions…
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4/24/2025 — This is what ‘russian peace’ looks like (video)

From: Roman Sheremeta — Russia is bombing the Ukrainian capital – 10 civilians are dead, including 2 children, over 100 are injured. Since Trump took office and began cozying up to Putin, russian attacks on Ukraine have skyrocketed. Trump’s pro-russian stance has emboldened Putin to commit more war crimes, knowing there will be no repercussions.…
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4/24/2025 — Diplomacy Under Fire: Trump’s Peace Plan Falters as Moscow’s Missiles Fall

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / April 24, 2025 As the U.S. proposal to recognize Russian control of Crimea draws fierce Ukrainian resistance, Russia unleashes one of its deadliest attacks on Kyiv, killing nine and injuring dozens in a stark reminder of what “Russian peace” looks like Summary of the Day – April 24, 2025 A diplomatic…