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Category: 6. Opinion
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1153: US peace proposal recognizes Crimea as Russian
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Yes, Italy is arming Ukraine — here’s what military aid data shows. Italy has shipped Storm Shadow missiles and SAMP/T air defense systems while pledging $1.5 billion for 2025 along—arming Ukraine with significant firepower while keeping the spotlight off itself. Military
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ISW: Russia expands “anti-Nazi” rhetoric beyond Ukraine to further militarize Russian society
The Russian government is leveraging historical World War II narratives to justify its invasion of Ukraine while potentially preparing Russian society for a prolonged future conflict with NATO, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
On 20 April, when Russian state journalist…
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Bloomberg: Europe’s €21 billion “porcupine strategy” must accelerate as Putin rejects peace talks
Russian ruler Vladimir Putin has shown no serious commitment to peace talks over Ukraine, even with US mediation, and European countries must increase the pressure, Bloomberg says in a new editorial.
The peace talks brokered by the Trump administration to end the Russia-Ukraine war have stalled…Continue Reading
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Russia will betray US at first opportunity despite Trump’s economic deal strategy, former Ukrainian minister says
Former Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelian has warned that Russia is openly misleading Donald Trump, calling it “the greatest tragedy” for the US president, according to Espreso TV.
The peace talks brokered by the Trump administration to end the Russia-Ukraine war have stalled…Continue Reading
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Russian forces used Easter truce to rotate units and stage provocations, Ukrainian commander reports
Major Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Khortytsia Operational-Strategic Grouping, says the so-called “ceasefire” on Ukraine’s eastern front was little more than a temporary decrease in fighting aimed at setting the stage for renewed offensives, ArmyInform has reported.
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Ukrainian airstrike kills up to 20 Russian drone operators at Kursk factory launch site
Ukraine’s Air Force has destroyed a Russian drone launch site in Kursk Oblast, killing up to 20 unmanned aerial vehicle operators, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported.
Russian forces have largely expelled Ukrainian troops from nearly all of the region, reclaiming about 99.5%…Continue Reading
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“Another attempt by Kremlin to string Trump along”: Telegraph exposes Putin’s Easter truce deception
The “Easter truce” proposed by Russian ruler Vladimir Putin is a ploy, the cynicism of which became obvious when the occupiers continued their attacks, violating their own promises, The Telegraph says in its editorial.
The so-called Eastern truce lasted 30 hours in Ukraine. However, during…Continue Reading
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Occupiers resume civilian “hunt” in Kherson Oblast: Russian drone kills 72-year-old woman after brief ceasefire
On 21 April, Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said that Russian forces attacked civilians in the village of Bilozerka in Kherson Oblast with a drone as they were walking down the street, killing an elderly woman and injuring two men, hours after the…
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New “spotter” specialists join Ukraine’s drone combat teams after two-week training
Ukraine’s 20th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems K-2, part of the Drone Line project, is offering new spotter vacancies that didn’t exist in armies even 10 years ago.
A new type of military profession is growing because the use of drones is changing operations in modern warfare.“Spotter…
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