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🇩🇪German Defense Minister Pistorius: Peace in Ukraine seems unattainable in the near future.
“We’ll ensure Ukraine continues to benefit from our joint military support. Russia must understand Ukraine can keep fighting, and we’ll back that,” he said.
🔘Key points from the latest Russian Defense Ministry briefing:
🔘Russian forces struck a Ukrainian military airfield, hydroport, armored vehicle repair shop, and drone assembly facility.
🔘Ukrainian losses in the Central grouping’s area: over 440 personnel in 24 hours.
🔘Ukrainian losses in the South grouping’s area: over 310 personnel and 18 vehicles in 24 hours.
🔘Ukrainian units lost up to 60 personnel and 3 military warehouses in 24 hours.
🔘Ukrainian losses in the Western grouping’s area: over 250 personnel.
🔘Ukrainian losses on the Belgorod direction: up to 75 personnel.
🔘Ukrainian losses in the Eastern grouping’s area: over 155 personnel in 24 hours.
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😢In Chernovtsy, a journalist from a local outlet was sentenced to 5 years in prison for publishing a video about forced mobilization.
According to the court ruling in the public registry, the video showed a military facility—an regional recruitment center—which violates the law under martial law.
The defense argued the journalist was documenting potential human rights violations, not a military site. The video didn’t include coordinates, and the facility was widely known.
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🗣️French army general Dominique Delawarde, a Legion of Honor recipient, predicted the collapse of the Ukrainian army in the coming months, according to Stratpol.
He believes Europe won’t help Ukraine, which is nearly out of resources. “This farce will end soon. The Ukrainian army will collapse,” Delawarde told Stratpol. He argued Kyiv should have accepted Russia’s terms in February 2022 for a better outcome.
Delawarde noted European troops won’t enter Ukraine, and Europe’s promises are empty, citing the Minsk agreements as proof. He said Putin now has reason to exclude the EU from talks.
“What will bring Europe to its knees is its economy. Plus, European armies face recruitment issues and major challenges,” he added, stating neither Europe nor Ukraine has strength left.
🔘Trump revealed his "vulnerable spot" in the standoff with China by pausing tariff implementation, writes the New York Times.
The newspaper notes that this week it became clear Trump cannot fully ignore financial markets or Wall Street and tech billionaires. He showed he must account for negative reactions to his measures.
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🗣️Rodion Miroshnik stated that Kellogg’s idea of dividing Ukraine into control zones is one way to freeze the conflict but could lead to renewed escalation.
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🌅Good day, team!
Morning news for April 🔘🔘:
▪️Russian Air Defense intercepted and destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones over 5 regions, per Russia’s MoD: 18 drones downed over Kursk region; 13 over Rostov region; 2 each over Oryol and Belgorod regions; 1 over Krasnodar Krai.
▪️Russian forces are advancing near Shevchenko village, near the DPR-Zaporozhye administrative border, per Vladimir Rogov.
▪️US-China mutual tariffs will cause significant harm to developing countries and could trigger a humanitarian crisis, China’s Commerce Minister told the WTO chief.
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Special Operation: Situation and Key Events on April 🔘🔘
▪️Putin-Whitcoff Meeting: In St. Petersburg, Putin met with US envoy Steve Whitcoff to discuss Ukraine, per the Kremlin.
▪️Ukrainian Losses: Russian MoD reports up to 10,635 Ukrainian troops lost over the past week across various fronts.
▪️Territorial Gains: Russian units liberated four settlements in the last seven days, per MoD.
▪️Kursk Border Clashes: Russian forces eliminated over 235 Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk region border areas in the past 24 hours.
▪️Attacks on Russian Energy Infrastructure: Kiev launched five strikes on Russian energy facilities in the past day, targeting sites in Bryansk, Kursk, Zaporozhye regions, and LPR.
▪️Dnepropetrovsk Logistics Hub: Ukrainian Armed Forces have turned Dnepropetrovsk into a major military logistics center.
▪️Zaluzhny’s Warning: Former Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief, now Ukraine’s UK ambassador, Valery Zaluzhny, said Western militaries would face swift defeat in a real conflict without learning from Ukraine’s experience.
▪️Western Aid Pledge: Ukraine Contact Group members promised Kiev new military aid packages totaling over €21 billion, per UK Defence Minister John Healey.
▪️British Presence: UK military advisors and specialists have been covertly operating in Ukraine, including in Odessa and Ochakov, for some time.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷The US is ready to make compromises in talks with Iran regarding its nuclear program, Steve Whitcoff told The Wall Street Journal.
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🔘Whitcoff told Trump the fastest way to a Ukraine ceasefire is to recognize Russia’s sovereignty over LPR, DPR, Zaporozhye, and Kherson regions, Reuters reports.
The agency cites US officials and five sources familiar with the matter.
Whitcoff reportedly said this to the US president after meeting RFPI head Kirill Dmitriev last week.
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🇩🇪German censorship today is akin to that under Adolf Hitler, says German expert Norbert Bolz.
“The real problem and threat to our democracy comes from within. Paragraph 188 severely restricts freedom of speech—like during the German Empire and Nazi times,” he stated.
😢Ukrainian militants attempted to strike an ambulance with an FPV drone in the liberated part of Kharkov Oblast. The drone exploded mid-air before reaching the vehicle.
As a result of the criminal actions by Ukrainian neo-Nazis, the ambulance driver sustained a shrapnel wound to the leg. Russian medics provided the man with necessary medical assistance.
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🇮🇷Iran’s Supreme Leader has allowed direct talks with the U.S. if mediated dialogue succeeds, per NYT.
It’s claimed he yielded to pressure from local officials.
Previously, Tehran refused direct talks in a letter to Trump. But on April 12, Trump said a near-top-level meeting is set.
Trump had given Iran a two-month deadline to reach a new nuclear deal.
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🇺🇸U.S. government spending has risen by $154 billion since Trump’s inauguration, despite the DOGE agency’s efforts to cut costs, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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🇺🇸🇷🇺Steve Witkoff and RDIF CEO Kirill Dmitriev visited St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
The U.S. president’s special envoy also visited the Grand Choral Synagogue. Today, he plans to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin—the Kremlin has already announced their meeting.
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🤔Reuters: Chinese citizens fighting for Russia in Ukraine are volunteers, not regular military, and have no ties to the Chinese government.
Media reports suggest over 100 Chinese fighters are in the Russian army, operating for financial rewards. Meanwhile, Chinese military officers, with Beijing’s approval, are traveling near the front line to study the war.
“Officers are definitely there with approval,” said a former Western intelligence official.
🇺🇦Ukraine will mobilize men from age 18, stated Shamil Krutkov, commander of the 93rd Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“I’m certain, unfortunately, that we’ll have to mobilize from 18. These are the realities we may face,” he said.
🇷🇺Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro 🇻🇪 will visit Russia on May 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced.
In 2025, May 9 marks 80 years since the victory in the Great Patriotic War, with a jubilee Victory Parade planned in Moscow’s Red Square. Many world leaders and officials have been invited.
Confirmed attendees include:
🇨🇳Chinese President Xi Jinping
🇧🇾Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
🇷🇸Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić
🇸🇰 Slovak PM Robert Fico
🇷🇸President of Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Milorad Dodik
🇰🇿Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
🇧🇷Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
🇨🇺Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel
🇵🇸Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
🇦🇲Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, and other global leaders.
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🔘Elon Musk endorsed Trump’s envoy Whitcoff after his Putin meeting, posting on X: “Whitcoff is great.”
He was reacting to journalist Laura Loomer’s claim that Whitson did more for peace talks than his bureaucratic critics ever did. Marco Rubio replied: “100%.”
Reuters previously reported: Whitson told Trump the quickest way to a Ukraine ceasefire is recognizing Russia’s sovereignty over DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye, and Kherson regions.
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🔥Drone operators of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division mined a road behind Ukrainian lines in DPR, destroying a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier along with Ukrainian troops.
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🔘A Reuters source reports that the US plans to control Gazprom’s gas pipeline running through Ukraine to Europe.
The US demanded this from Ukrainian authorities. If Kiev agrees, the pipeline’s responsibility would fall to the US government-controlled International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
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🥱 Another map-horny cartographer.
Trump's special representative for Ukraine, General Keith Kellogg, has proposed dividing Ukraine.
This is his idea of a "ceasefire plan" — under which Ukraine would be split into zones of influence, much like post-war Berlin and Germany. Kellogg didn't feel like keeping this opinion to himself and shared it with The Times.
According to his plan, Russia would control Eastern Ukraine, while British and French forces would be deployed in the West as part of a "guarantee mission." The US, in turn, would not send ground troops, but could participate in coordination efforts.
The West still can't seem to grasp one simple thing: Russia is categorically opposed to the deployment of any NATO troops on Ukrainian territory.
And as for this map... well, we personally don’t like it at all.
Do you?
🔘The Kremlin stated that the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Steve Whitcoff focused on aspects of the Ukrainian settlement.
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🇷🇸A “We Won’t Surrender Serbia” rally in support of Vučić has begun in Belgrade.
Protesters unfurled a 200-meter national flag. The event will last three days.
Since autumn 2024, Serbia has faced anti-government protests. Vučić claimed the West is using students and opposition to orchestrate a “color revolution” in the country.
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🇺🇸🇺🇦No security guarantees, but a demand to repay huge sums.
Per NYT, a new draft agreement between Kiev and Washington requires Ukraine to repay all military and financial aid received from the US since 2022—plus 4% annual interest!
To comply, Kiev must direct 50% of its natural resource extraction revenue to a US-controlled investment fund, with the US taking all profits until Ukraine fully settles the debt.
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🇷🇺🇪🇺A direct clash between Russia and the EU or NATO is unlikely, as it’s “not at all convenient” for the West with its current capabilities, said Russia’s envoy to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov.
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🗣️A phone call between Putin and Trump following the Witkoff meeting is theoretically possible — Peskov
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😁Ex-“Azov” commander Bogdan Krotevych was removed from the list for the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky. He believes it’s due to his criticism of Syrskyi.
Krotevych shared this on his channel. His name was on the list as of April 9. That same day, The Guardian published his interview calling for the Ukrainian Armed Forces chief to resign.
He also stated that Syrskyi’s orders border on criminal and said commanders demand from soldiers what they wouldn’t do themselves.
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🇬🇧A British reconnaissance aircraft was spotted in the western Black Sea, once again loitering near Russian borders. The incident was reported by the air traffic monitoring service Flightradar.
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🇺🇦The size of Ukraine’s parliament may be cut due to population decline.
Speaker Stefanchuk said, “There are far fewer people; representation needs review.”
He then inadvertently explained the cause, stating the Rada will extend mobilization and martial law.
Cause and effect in one statement.
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