Category: Updates
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5/19/2025 — Tonight, russia is expected to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile…
From: Roman Sheremeta — Tonight, russia is expected to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, calling it a “training-combat” exercise. The goal is intimidation. The Kremlin wants to scare Ukraine, the EU, NATO countries — and most of all, impress Trump. Putin is flexing his nuclear muscles ahead of a scheduled phone call with Trump tomorrow…
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5/19/2025 — The Bitter Fruit of Diplomacy: Blood in Bilopillia as Moscow’s Demands Harden
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / May 18, 2025 As Russian demands escalate beyond Trump’s peace plan, a civilian bus in Sumy becomes the latest casualty of false hope, while preparations begin for history’s largest prisoner exchange Summary of the Day – May 17, 2025 Hours after Russian negotiators departed Istanbul with their maximalist territorial demands firmly…
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5/18/2025 — Putin’s Economy Is Crashing: Is This the Beginning of the End?
From: Jason Jay Smart Russia’s economy is cracking—and fast. Oil prices are down, reserves are evaporating, and even China and India are pulling away. In this video, political analyst Jason Jay Smart breaks down the real numbers behind the Kremlin’s crumbling foundation. From the shrinking National Wealth Fund to the historic parallels with the USSR’s…
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5/18/2025 — Putin won’t accept peace unless Russian empire is restored, says US ex-defense secretary Gates
The former Pentagon chief says Putin is “tapping along” Trump and remains fixated on maximalist war objectives. From: Euromaiden Press BY YURI ZORIA Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to accept any peace deal in Ukraine unless he achieves…
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5/18/2025 — “Maybe more of your loved ones will die”: Russia’s threat at Ukraine peace talks revealed
Russia says it’s ready to fight “forever”—despite nearly a million casualties. From: Euromaiden Press BY BYYEVHENIIA MARTYNIUK “We fought Sweden for 21 years. How long are you ready to fight?” That was the message delivered by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky to the Ukrainian delegation during recent peace talks in Istanbul, according to The Economist’s Oliver Carroll,…
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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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