Category: Updates
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4/17/2025 — Swift Reprisals and Tactical Shifts: Ukraine Strikes Back After Palm Sunday Horror

From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / April 16, 2025 SAs Ukraine Targets Russian Missile Brigade and Reforms Military Structure, NATO’s Rutte Visits Odesa Summary of the Day – April 15, 2025 Ukraine dismissed Sumy and Luhansk governors while striking the Russian 448th Missile Brigade responsible for Sunday’s deadly Sumy attack. The military announced formation of two new…
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4/16/2025 — Hope in the Midst of Suffering.

From: Roman Sheremeta — It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by darkness when war rages and loss touches so many families. As a Ukrainian, I carry that weight daily. But as a Christian, I am reminded that even in the valley of the shadow of death, God is with us (Psalm 23:4). The world may shake.…
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4/16/2025 — Ukraine’s moves toward NATO membership

From: United 24 media — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed that Ukraine will become a member of the Alliance. “Yes, absolutely. This was the result of the Washington summit: Ukraine’s path to NATO is irreversible. And nothing has changed,” he emphasized. He also noted that Ukraine’s accession was never considered as part of any…
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4/16/2025 — Trump’s quiet war with truth: Why he won’t call out Putin – opinion

From: New Voice of Ukraine By Alex Stezhensky Journalist, writer, and editor known for clear, factual news. When Russian missiles tore through the Ukrainian city of Sumy, killing 35 civilians and wounding more than 120, the world waited for a unified outcry. It got nothing from Washington. And it wasn’t the first time. Under Donald…
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4/16/2025 — US funding cuts create openings for Russian disinformation in Ukraine

From: Atlantic Council By Muhammad Tahir Cut the cameras. Slash the salaries. Cancel the investigations. That’s the reality facing Ukraine’s independent media, which serves as a vital firewall against Kremlin disinformation, as the US freezes nearly all support. Since January 2025, the United States has quietly suspended 90 percent of its development funding for Ukraine, including the grants…
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4/16/2025 — Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian civilians cast shadow over peace talks

From: Atlantic Council By Mercedes Sapuppo As Ukrainians made their way to church on the morning of April 13 to attend Palm Sunday services, two Russian ballistic missiles struck the city center in Sumy, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 100. This Palm Sunday bombardment was the deadliest Russian attack so far this year. It…
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4/16/2025 — Ukrainian police raid Moscow-linked church office

From: New Voice of Ukraine by Demian Shevko Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and National Police carried out a search on April 15 at the chancellery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) in Kyiv, sources in law enforcement told NV. The office, which sources described as “the Kremlin’s main lobbying arm” in Ukraine,…
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4/16/2025 — US Marine honored after giving his life for Ukraine (video)

From: Roman Sheremeta in Kyiv — U.S. Marine veteran Corey Nawrocki was fighting to defend Ukraine against the russian invasion. He was killed during a mission. Over 200 neighbors, friends, family members, and strangers gathered to honor and welcome their hero one final time. I know many Americans say, “This is not our war.” But…
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4/15/2025 — “May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!”Psalm 72:4

Ukraine develops its own air defense, seeks EU investment Ukrainian officials intensified pleas for increased air defense support from allies after Russian missile strikes killed dozens of civilians in Kryvyi Rih and Sumy. From Euromaiden Press BY VIRA KRAVCHUK Ukraine is developing its own strategic-level air defense system, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced during a…
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4/15/2025 — ‘All Russia Fed Us Are Lies’ – Captured Chinese POWs Recall Frontline Experience
The two Chinese fighters captured by Kyiv in Ukraine shed light on how they ended up fighting for Moscow and their perception of the invasion after experiencing it firsthand. From: Kyiv Post by Kateryna Zakharchenko, Leo Chiu The two Chinese soldiers fighting for Moscow captured by Kyiv have shed light on their firsthand experience fighting as hired…