Category: Updates
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5/12/2025 — It’s Mother’s Day
From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1173) Have mercy upon us,O Lord, have mercy upon us,for we have had more than enough of contempt.Psalm 123:3 It’s Mother’s Day. I won’t use many words even though books can be written about what it means to be a mom in Ukraine. Today, my heart is with all…
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5/11/2025 — “You can always call whenever you want” (video)
From: Roman Sheremeta — “You can always call whenever you want” — new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to Zelensky at the end of their meeting in Kyiv. Merz also told UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer that he would see him in London, and Polish PM Donald Tusk that they’d meet again on the train. Yesterday…
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5/10/2025 — A day with Ukraine‘s rescuers under Russian fire 
From: Kyiv Independent The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear…
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5/10/2025 — As the world commemorates the victory over Nazism, Russia’s 9 May cult keeps hijacking the memory of World War II to justify its invasion of Ukraine
From: Ukraine in English — As the world commemorates the victory over Nazism, Russia’s 9 May cult keeps hijacking the memory of World War II to justify its invasion of Ukraine, erasing the very history it claims to defend. “Auschwitz was liberated by the First Ukrainian Front — a battalion composed mainly of Ukrainians. And…
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5/10/2025 — Russian children’s army Yunarmia swells to 1.8 million
From: Euromaiden Press — Russian children’s army Yunarmia swells to 1.8 million, surpassing adult military forces of 42 leading countries of the world. Yunarmia surpasses the combined army size of the EU – 1.5 million. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children from occupied regions are among its ranks. Starting from 17-18 years old, these kids…
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5/10/2025 — Theater of Deception: Russia’s False Truce While Missiles Fall
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / May 10, 2025 As Putin Hosts Grand Victory Day Parade with Xi Jinping and Other Foreign Leaders, Russian Forces Violate Self-Declared Ceasefire; European Ministers Approve Special Tribunal for Russian Leadership While Trump Calls for 30-Day Truce Summary of the Day – May 9, 2025 As Vladimir Putin orchestrated a carefully staged…
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5/9/2025 — Russia’s coming summer offensive could be deadliest of the entire war
From: Atlantic Council By Mykola Bielieskov As the US-led peace initiative continues to falter, the unfolding summer campaigning season in Ukraine promises to be among the bloodiest of the entire war. In the coming months, Russia is hoping to build on more than a year of gradual advances to achieve breakthroughs on the eastern front, while…
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5/9/2025 — Two facts to remember about the World War II in Europe…
From: Roman Sheremeta — Two facts to remember about the World War II in Europe: 1) more Ukrainian civilians were killed than russians; 2) more Ukrainian soldiers died fighting Nazis than Americans, British, and Frenchmen – taken together. Today, Ukraine continues to pay the price fighting russian fascism.
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5/9/2025 — The Phantom Truce: Victory Day Ceasefire Collapses Amid Continued Combat
From: Transform Ukraine By Douglas Landro / May 9, 2025 As Xi Jinping Arrives in Moscow for Talks with Putin, Russia’s Unilateral Ceasefire Shatters with Hundreds of Front Line Violations While Ukraine Ratifies Landmark US Minerals Deal Summary of the Day – May 8, 2025 Russia’s unilateral Victory Day ceasefire collapsed as Ukrainian officials documented over 700 violations…
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