Category: Updates
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4/2/2025 — No Plans for Putin-Trump Meeting in Saudi: Kremlin

Trump and Putin have held two known phone calls since February but have not met in person, while their officials have held talks in Riyadh. From: Kyiv Post by AFP The Kremlin on Wednesday said that President Vladimir Putin has no plans to visit Saudi Arabia, where US leader Donald Trump is due in the coming…
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4/2/2025 — Countries willing to deploy troops to Ukraine to meet on April 4 — Zelenskyy

From: New Voice of Ukraine Military officials representing countries that are prepared to deploy troops in Ukraine “in one form or another” will meet to discuss the plans on April 4, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on April 1. The president made the statement during a meeting with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. “There will be a…
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4/2/2025 — No sign Russia is ready to compromise in war against Ukraine – Lithuanian FM

From: New Voice of Ukraine Lithuania sees no indication that Russia is willing to voluntarily make concessions in its war against Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine on April 2. “We haven’t seen Russia agreeing to anything in good faith — only through a mutually acceptable process where each side…
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4/2/2025 — The Alaska rewind: How history fuels Putin’s latest imperial dreams

From: New Voice of Ukraine by Alex Stezhensky It’s been 158 years since Russia sold Alaska to the United States. So how did it happen — and how did this harsh, frozen territory become one of the wealthiest states in the country? More to the point: Why does Vladimir Putin still seem obsessed with the…
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4/2/2025 — “This has not been a peace process. It has not even been appeasement…”

From: Roman Sheremeta — Timothy Snyder, Professor of History at Yale University: Here is a short summary of the misnamed Russian-American “peace process” regarding Ukraine. The US demands that Ukraine accept an immediate unconditional ceasefire. Ukraine agrees. Russia rejects any talk of such a ceasefire, and instead asks for a halt on strikes on energy…
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4/2/2025 — Whenever my flesh and heart fail, God faithfully encourages me through these kid

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1133) Whom have I in heaven but you?And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.My flesh and my heart may fail,but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.Psalm 73:24-26 This verse was the devotion verse for our staff meeting earlier this week.…
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4/1/2025 — Putin’s push for temporary administration in Kyiv is no go, says State Department

From: New Voice of Ukraine US President Donald Trump turned down Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s proposal for a “temporary international administration” in Ukraine under the auspices of the United Nations, US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce told Fox on March 31, according to public broadcaster Suspilne. She reiterated the United States’ support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and…
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4/1/2025 — Ukraine asks for weapons, not handouts — Trump’s ‘spiritual adviser’

From: New Voice of Ukraine Pastor Mark Burns, considered to be the “personal spiritual adviser” to U.S. President Donald Trump, said Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines are asking not for money but for weapons to destroy Russian drones that have been targeting homes and killing civilians. “These soldiers on the front lines are not asking…
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4/1/2025 — Poll: Ukrainians slam Trump’s policy, see his peace deal as betrayal

From: New Voice of Ukraine About 73% of Ukrainians believe that Donald Trump’s presidency has had a negative impact on their country, according to a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) in March. This is a significant increase compared to only 21% last December. Meanwhile, the percentage of those who believe Trump’s election…
