Putin confirmed that the "Easter truce" was not resumed by Russia.

He also predictably blamed Ukraine for an alleged "5,000 ceasefire violations."

"Kyiv is trying to seize the initiative, to talk about expanding the framework in terms of time and objects of targeting, we must think and assess the situation," Putin said.

As a matter of fact, Russia violated the "truce" about 3,000 times.

Attention, Germany!

Russian propagandist Solovyev is really worried about possible supplies of Taurus missiles to Ukraine.

"If Germany enters the war, what does our military doctrine say? Goodbye, Germany," he says.

On April 19, Ukrainian Air Forces carried out a strike on a Russian drone launch site in Kursk region of Russia – General Staff.

The site was used to prepare and launch reconnaissance, combat and FPV drones.

Up to 20 Russian drone operators were eliminated in the strike.

Putin has signed the law ratifying the strategic partnership agreement between Russia and Iran.

Unlike the agreement with North Korea, this document doesn't have a mutual obligation for military support in case of military aggression against one of the parties. The Russia-Iran agreement obligates the parties not to supply any aid to the aggressor in that case.

Moscow and Tehran also won't join the sanctions of other countries against each other.

The axis of evil gets stronger.

I recently read an interesting article by Leon Aron, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, in which he presented 7 critical things President Trump doesn’t understand about Putin.

Key points from the article:

▪️ Putin is stalling for time
Putin continues to lose up to 1,000 soldiers a day with no meaningful gains on the front lines, Russia's economy is in decline, and prices go off scale. Yet instead of agreeing to Trump's ceasefire proposal, Putin stimulates negotiations.

Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff held a third meeting with Putin that ended with as little progress as the previous two. And two days later, Russia demonstrated its "desire for peace" by attacking Sumy on Palm Sunday and killing dozens of Ukrainian civilians.

▪️ Kremlin has no interest in negotiating peace with Ukraine
The author writes that the Trump administration's failure to see this fact stems from the blind spots that haunt virtually all U.S. presidents regarding the Russian Federation: ignorance of the country; confidence in their personal gift of persuasion; and an inability to appreciate the ideological and political imperatives that drive authoritarian regimes.

1️⃣ The war provides a rationale for Putin’s dictatorship
When incomes and economic growth slowed in Putin's third term as president (2012-2018), he switched the foundation of his regime legitimacy to militarized patriotism. This manifested first in the invasion and occupation of Crimea in 2014 and later in the decision to invade Ukraine. Putin still needs Russia to be beset by enemies or there is no reason for the militarized patriotism and the growing repression that drives his regime.

2️⃣ Putin likes the trappings of militarism
The Kremlin dictator relishes the title of supreme commander-in-chief, walking around in camouflage and pinning medals on soldiers. The end of the war will deprive him of props to create the image of a "defender of the motherland."

3️⃣ Russia’s economy is dependent on the war
After the full-scale invasion in 2022, the Russian economy has been restructured to support the war and transitioning to a peacetime economy is unlikely to be painless. The country's GDP is forecast to grow only at between 1.4 and 1.6 percent this year, and with the Central Bank's interest rate at 21%, there is little hope of a speedy recovery.

The deprivation is presented as wartime sacrifices for a "great victory." A Russian proverb says: "War will write off everything."

4️⃣ Ending wartime bonuses and other perks could cause social unrest
Ending of bonuses for joining the Russian army, soldiers' salaries and payouts to the families of the killed servicemen, which exceed the average national income by an order of magnitude, will certainly cause discontent. A significant increase in crimes committed by war veterans has already become a problem the Kremlin is concerned about, and it could get worse with fewer benefits.

5️⃣ Change is destabilizing in authoritarian regimes
Any abrupt change in policy, even for the better, is a risk for authoritarian regimes that are immune to outside pressure and lack flexibility.

6️⃣ Putin is an opportunist and a risk taker
Each new concession prompts increasingly brazen ultimatums from Putin. The more Trump offers as inducement, the more Putin will demand. It's Putin's "art" of the deal.

7️⃣ Putin needs victory, not peace
The main reason for the Kremlin's hesitation is that it prioritizes victory over peace. In wars, warring parties start negotiating when they are convinced they can accomplish more at the negotiating table than on the battlefield. "Better" for Putin means nothing less than the surrender of Ukraine.

Here is link to the article: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/15/putin-ukraine-reasons-war-00290138

For the first time in the past few years, Russians want to hold the "Immortal Regiment" march in Washington.

They claim it will be dedicated to the 80th anniversary since the end of the "Great Patriotic War"*

The march is planned for May 3, according to the booklet of the initiative group of "Russians in Washington", distributed by the organizers among Russian-speaking groups in the United States.

The booklet says that the Russians "will march with a band, songs and portraits of their heroes." The organizers decorated the booklet with symbols of the USSR and the St. George ribbon.

Although the event is presented as a memorial one and outside of politics, the Eternal Regiment events are part of Russia's propaganda campaigns and are used to spread Russia's lies. These marches are sanctioned by Russian authorities and used to promote Russian narratives.

*The Great Patriotic War is the Russian version of WWII that starts in June of 1941 when Hitler's army attacked the USSR and ends on May 9, 1945. The myth of the "Great Patriotic War" is very strong in Russia and is one of the pillars of its today's ideology

Lavrov called EU warnings against the participation of European leaders attending the May 9 Victory Parade in Moscow a "revival of European Nazism".

Russia's rhetoric towards Europe is becoming increasingly more hostile and aggressive.

Lavrov said Russia will not "put up" with the "European Nazism" and will do its best "to keep this ideology from raising its head, to destroy it once and for all, and to make sure that Europe returns to its values."

This is a direct threat from Russia, and it should be taken seriously.

16-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Taisiia Onofriichuk won the gold medal in the hoop routine at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, beating Vera Tugolukova, a Russian representing Cyprus, and Anastasia Salos from Belarus, who competed under a neutral flag.

At the award ceremony, Taisiia refused to take a photo together and left the ceremony.

Later, Taisiia took second place in the ball exercises. Together with her, a Russian Tugolukova and Alina Garnasko from Belarus climbed onto the podium. Just like the first time, Taisiia ignored them.

In total, the Ukrainian gymnast won five medals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup.

Russian student Daria Kozyreva, 19, was sentenced to almost three years in Russian prison last week. She was punished for taping a paper with poems by Taras Shevchenko (a Ukrainian poet) to Shevchenko's monument in Russia on the anniversary of the war.

In her last word, Daria said:

"Part of the Ukrainian land, yes, is still occupied. Perhaps it will be occupied for a long time to come. This is sad to admit, but alas. However, Moscow has not managed to conquer Ukraine. The heroic Ukrainian people stood up in defense of their homeland. And at the cost of many, many sacrifices they defended their country. The national flag is flying over Kyiv and will be flying forever. When the occupiers were thrown away from the capital in early 2022, they were simply left with nothing.

My dream is for Ukraine to regain every inch of her land, including Donbas and Crimea. I believe that one day my dream will come true. Someday history will judge everything by justice. But Ukraine has won anyway. She has already won."

Pope Francis has died – the Vatican.

May he rest in peace.

Russia will be capable of attacking NATO territory in 2029, – Inspector General of the German Bundeswehr Carsten Breuer.

"We see that Russia is now significantly increasing its armament, including about 1,500 battle tanks per year. These are either tanks that are taken from warehouses and repaired, or new production. And we see that these tanks, as well as about 4 million units of artillery ammunition – all the armor that is produced doesn't go directly to the front in Ukraine, but is sent to warehouses.

We see that next year Russia will increase its armed forces to about 1,5 million soldiers. And we see new military structures, military districts that are clearly oriented against the West.

If we take all of this into account together with the intentions, which can be read from Putin's promises and videos, then it clearly shows that 2029 is the year when the material part, as well as the personnel, can be developed to such a degree that an attack on NATO territory will become possible," Breuer said.

📹 DW

"May the risen Christ grant Ukraine, devastated by war, his Easter gift of peace, and encourage all parties involved to pursue efforts aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace," - important words from the Pope.

We want to never lose faith.
A just peace to Ukraine.

For Easter, in the Novopavlivskyi direction, Easter cakes were delivered to Ukrainian Defenders at the frontline by drones.

6,000 Easter cakes were blessed the day before in St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv.

The Easter cakes were delivered to the most distant points on the front line by drone operators under constant Russian shelling.

Friends,

Happy Easter!

Times are hard now. But the story of Easter is a story of victory – of good over evil, life over death. This story is happening in Ukraine every day.

Christ has risen, Ukraine will rise!

My daughter likes the tops of Easter cakes. Show your Easter tables in the comments, if you're celebrating today.

A murderer in church.

His sins are unredeemable.

What do you think he prays about? (If at all)

Because of Putin, millions of Ukrainians cannot go to Easter service – we have curfew, and Russia destroyed or damaged hundreds of churches, killed almost 70 priests and pastors.

Welcome home, Defenders!

All of Ukraine celebrates our Warriors returning home 🇺🇦

📷: libkos/ instagram

These are Ruslan and Marharyta Vynohrad, son and mother. They spent three years in Russian captivity, not knowing anything about each other's fate. They finally saw each other yesterday.

Welcome home, Defenders!

I have tears in my eyes during every prisoner exchange. All of Ukraine celebrates our Warriors returning home.

Olga's son Oleksandr was in captivity for over two years. She almost fainted when she found out he is coming home today.

Oleksandr son is a marine, he was captured and for a long time, there was no information about him and his location. Olga came to several prisoner exchanges to ask the other Defenders about her son.

Olga came to the exchange today, hoping for at least some information. But then she found out she would finally be seeing her son in an hour!

President Zelenskyy regarding Putin's statement about a 30-hour ceasefire:

"Silence in response to silence, strikes in defense from strikes. If the complete silence will really be established, Ukraine will offer to continue it after the end of the Easter day on April 20. This will show Russia's true intentions as 30 hours is enough for headlines but not for true trust-enforcing exercises. Thirty days can give peace a chance."

So far, according to President Zelenskyy, Russia's assaults continue at some areas of the frontline and artillery strikes do not cease.

"Mom, I love you so much! I can't express in words how much I missed you! I was there for three years! Mom, I've managed to survive!"

Ukrainian Defender calls home for the first time after three years of Russian captivity.

Five minutes before Putin's "ceasefire", Russia attacked a residential building in Kherson.

"Don't trust Putin, this is Putin's truce," the person says in the video.

"Mom, I love you so much, I've missed you so much!" - First moments back home after Russian captivity.

Ours are home!

❗️⚡️277 Ukrainian Defenders return home from Russian captivity!

Putin declared "an Easter truce." - he prdered the Russian army to stop combat from 6 p.m. today to midnight on Monday.

He said it will show whether the "Kyiv regime" is ready for negotiations.

Russia has already declared and violated such ceasefires before.

It's almost an hour before the declared "ceasefire" and there's an air raid alert in Kyiv region.

"Eurofascism" is a term that is increasingly mentioned not just by the Russian propaganda but also by the official Kremlin.

If earlier Russian propaganda lied that "the war with Russia was started and waged by the U.S. through Ukraine," now, the "instigators of the war" are the European Union led by Great Britain.

Russia's foreign intelligence service suggested that the US jointly oppose "Eurofascism" and issued a statement titled "Eurofascism, like 80 years ago, is the common enemy of Moscow and Washington."

It argues that the current disagreements between the US and the EU could pave the way for a rapprochement between Moscow and Washington, "as has happened many times in the past."

The statement asserts that "Eurofascism" has manifested itself both in the past and in contemporary political processes, including support for Ukraine.

It also emphasizes the precedents when the United States and Russia acted as a united front against European powers - first of all, during World War II. And also, for example, during the Suez Crisis of 1956 (at that time, the United States and the USSR jointly opposed the intervention of Franco-British troops in the area of the Suez Canal).

The Russian foreign intelligence service also recalls the "sympathy of part of American society for Russia" during the Crimean War in the mid-19th century - when the French and British landed in Crimea. Moscow compared that coalition to the current "Coalition of the Willing," which discusses sending peacekeeping troops into Ukraine.

The foreign intelligence recalled that the British burned the Capitol and the White House in 1814 when they occupied Washington.

The Russian foreign intelligence service also claims that the British, represented by Churchill, dragged the United States and the USSR into the Cold War. Intelligence service says that London is still playing a "leading destructive role" in the "Ukrainian conflict", including its support of radical elements "linked to the ideology of Nazism."

Russia is incredibly hypocritical, lying and cynical.
Also, very dangerous.
Europe must be strong and ready for confrontation.

"A kamikaze drone hit right near us. We tried to shoot it down, but it was useless. The walking tractor's out."

Another example of Russian soldiers using 'advanced' equipment at the frontline - a walking tractor with a trailer.

China is sending soldiers to Ukraine to prepare for a Taiwan invasion – The Hill

According to the publication, a former Western intelligence official has revealed that about 200 Chinese soldiers are fighting on Russia's side in Ukraine. This is how they are "gaining combat experience" ahead of a possible invasion of Taiwan.

Although the US considers them mercenaries, the source claims that the officers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army are there with Beijing's approval, studying tactics and interacting with the Russian military.

Experts emphasize that the Ukraine battlefield "offers the most livid and brutal evolution of the revolutionary and see-saw battle between unmanned weapons and electronic warfare defenses".

‼️ Russian FSB is checking the leadership of the Federal Taxation Service. The reasons may be both economic and political.

According to sources, the FSB is conducting searches and seizing documents from high-ranking officials of the executive body. Among the possible reasons are corruption, investigation of tax evasion schemes, and struggle for influence over financial flows within the FTS. Experts predict new arrests and big revelations.

◾️ The economic reason for such searches may be a drop in tax (non-oil and gas) revenues of the budget. Non-oil and gas revenues were supposed to grow by 18.3% to 29.3 trillion rubles ($356.5 billion). But the actual growth in the first quarter amounted to 10.6% (i.e., in annual terms - even lower than inflation), which indicates a decline in tax collection. This decline is due to the reduction of imports (up to 25% of all taxes not related to oil and gas) and profit in the economy (the contribution of income tax - 10%). If the current dynamics of non-oil and gas revenues continue, the budget losses will amount to another 2 trillion rubles ($24.3 billion) from the plan. At the same time, oil and gas revenues are also falling due to the fall in oil prices. That is, there will be nothing to cover the fall in tax revenues. If the trend continues, experts predict a budget deficit 5 times higher than the finance ministry's plan - 6.5 trillion rubles ($79.1 billion) instead of 1.3 trillion ($15.8 billion). Even the National Wealth Fund will not be enough to compensate for such losses.

◾️ The political reason for the searches may be an attempt to curb prime minister Mishustin's ambitions. Mishustin came to the government from the post of director of the Federal Taxation Service, which he headed for 10 years (2010-2020). The service still operates according to the standards laid down by Mishustin.

🔷 Mishustin is the highest-rated politician after Putin. According to RPORC, at the beginning of 2025, the activities of Mishustin and the government headed by him were positively assessed by 52.2% and 50.3%, respectively. At the same time, Mishustin's trust rating amounted to 61.0%. Only Putin has a higher rating (77.1%).
🔷 According to the Russian constitution, if 'suddenly something happens' to Putin, the prime minister becomes the head of state for the period until the elections (in the current 'climate' - Mishustin specifically).
🔷 Mishustin is generally considered the leader of the group of elites that distances itself as much as possible from the topic of war. Consequently, it is the most acceptable to the West (and not only) in case of a change of power in Russia.

Tammy Bruce, Spokesperson for the US Department of State:

"The Secretary [of State] said in NATO that it would be a matter of weeks before we'd know if Russia was serious. We have got global responsibilities, we have been the largest supporter of Ukraine, and the goal is to have this end.
But, in fact, because of larger responsibilities, there has to be a point where everyone understands that we've got to have an endpoint. We can't have meetings about meetings, it can't go on for months and years."

It looks like that due to Russia's position, the negotiations have been disrupted, and peace will not be achieved in the near future.

It is necessary to separate rhetoric from specific actions.

◾️ Despite the rhetoric regarding the "five regions," no one forced Ukraine to sign a document on giving up territories.

◾️ At the same time, Russians have not received any concessions at the moment because they have not signed a ceasefire. The sanctions are still in place.

◾️ At the same time, the Gulf countries have started the game of lowering the price of oil and expanding their exports. This is the main consequence of the trade wars started by President Trump.

◾️ The minerals deal may be a pledge for the continuation of military-technical assistance from the USA, and this is extremely important for Ukraine now.

◾️ The situation is very complicated, and it is not only about Ukraine. We should not forget about Europe. In fact, this is a US-EU-Ukraine negotiation.
The geopolitical battle for Europe is taking place right now, and this is the main focus for now.

◾️ Ukraine is likely to face an extra-difficult summer of fighting. Putin is aiming for an offensive and maximum advancement. Ukraine should concentrate as much as possible on our army and military-industrial complex.

On the other hand, there are signals from the United States that it might be possible to stop the fighting in the coming weeks.
The propability of this is very low, but a small window of opportunity for a ceasefire remains.
Do we believe in miracles? We really want to keep believing.

37-year-old Viktoriia is one of the victims of a Russian mass drone attack on Dnipro a few days ago. The explosion caught her in her sleep.

She was immediately taken to the hospital with a chest injury, brain contusion, and hemothorax. Viktoriia regained consciousness only in the morning, and for some time, she could not take a breath.

"We all want to live. To live without war," Viktoriia said.

📹: Serhii Ryzhenko/Facebook

Russian drones attacked a bread bakery in Sumy today.

A 61 year old driver who was loading Easter cakes into the vehicle was killed.

Rescuers pulled this tiny kitten out of the rubble after the Russian strike on Kharkiv.

Its will to live is incredible.

📹: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Instagram

President Trump confirmed Secretary Rubio's statement that the United States will "move on" if the ceasefire is not reached quickly:

"If for some reason one of the parties makes it very difficult, we're just gonna say, 'you're foolish, you fools, you horrible people' and we're gonna just take a pass. But hopefully, we won't have to do that."

Fighting corruption in Russia.

After his predecessor was arrested over embezzlement of at least 1 billion rubles ($12.2 million), Khinshtein, an acting governor of the Kursk region, decided to consecrate his office with holy water.

A long time ago, The Judgment of Cambyses painting would be hung on the walls.

What would you suggest to a Russian official?

The video shows a fragment of a live stream from a church in Sumy during a missile strike as people gathered to mark Palm Sunday. The church service was interrupted by two explosions.

And today, a bakery was attacked in Sumy by a Russian Shahed drone. A 61-year-old driver who was loading Easter cakes into a vehicle was killed.

Russians continue to kill civilian Ukrainians every day.
People are afraid to go to church on Easter. Ukrainian authorities ask people not to gather in churches on Easter as the risk of the Russian attacks is very high.

Russian propagandist Solovyev thinks it'd be great if China produced "all sorts of weapons" in Russia and sent a 2-million 'guerilla party' to them. He also said that China can take western regions of Ukraine, calling Lviv "a beautiful Chinese city."

US Vice President JD Vance during the meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni:

"We have a couple of important issues to discuss today. I want to update the Prime Minister on some of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and also some of the things that have happened.

Even in the past 24 hours, we think we have some interesting things to report on, of course, in private. So, these negotiations, I won't prejudge them, but we do feel optimistic that we can hopefully bring this war, this very brutal war, to a close."

Russian propagandist of Channel One Ekaterina Andreeva has the citizenships of Montenegro and Honduras in addition to her Russian one. This allows her to travel around the world despite sanctions.

Ekaterina Andreeva received Honduran citizenship thanks to her husband back in 2005. She became a citizen of Montenegro in 2011 "for special services to the country", the "Anti-Corruption Foundation" found out.

She can move freely around Europe even after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Since 2022, Andreeva has visited a number of countries, including Finland, Norway and Montenegro.

The Russian propagandist continues to promote the Kremlin's narratives. Andreeva said on air that Latvia is "ruled by Russophobia, Nazism and even banned the Russian song 'Katyusha,'" but she "forgot" to mention that her family – her daughter, son-in-law and six-year-old grandson – live there in Jūrmala, Latvia.

"I always expected vileness from those bastards [Russians]."

Oleksandr and his wife are looking for their black and white cat Shkoda [Mischief] after the Russian missile attack on Kharkiv – she is missing disappeared after the explosion.

Oleksandr showed the damaged apartment and said that he always covered the windows with plywood at night to protect himself from broken glass in case of a strike.

📹: Suspilne

Zakharova got confused in her own lies. She claimed that on April 13, Russia hit the Magellan restaurant in Sumy. But the restaurant is in the city of Kryvyi Rih, where Russia attacked a playground on April 4, killing 9 children.

China denied supplying lethal weapons to Russia and says it "strictly controls dual-use systems," Spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry said.

A Russian strike on Kharkiv this morning killed 79-year-old Oleksandr. Before retirement, he worked as an economist.

"Shrapnel killed my husband in the room with the balcony. I ran to him, touched him, but he was dead... I saw a big wound on his leg. Then I saw that he was bleeding in the middle," Oleksandr's wife, Inna, shared.

Deepest condolences.

📹: Suspilne

Meanwhile, Nebenzya thinks that "to speak about ceasefire is simply unrealistic at this stage."

Representative of the aggressor country, of course, blames Ukraine for this.

President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said that Putin had been fixated on Ukrainian land in their discussions. He said that from the occupied five regions, Russia might get some, but not all, in an interview to Wall Street Journal.

Witkoff suggested that Ukraine might care less about some of the regions if they are Russian speaking. [The complete opposite of what Ukraine feels and cares about - Anton Gerashchenko].

"When you begin to look at those five regions, Russia, that you care about them, and by the way, you care about them too, Ukraine, if some of them are more Russian speaking, do you care less about that?" Witkoff said.

Tammy Bruce, Spokesperson for the US Department of State:

"It is clear that Beijing and China-based companies provide key economic and technical support to regimes like Russia, North Korea, and Iran, and its proxies. The CCP continues to enable these regimes, whether it be through the provision of dual-use items Russia needs to sustain its war in Ukraine, North Korea's ballistic missile development or Iran's support of terrorism across the Middle East."

In Sumy, a bakery that made Easter cakes, was attacked by Russia.

A person who came to pick up the cakes was killed.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio:

"So we need to determine very quickly now whether or not this [peace agreement] is doable over the next few weeks. If it is, we're in. If it's not, then we have other priorities to focus on as well.

Because if it's not, then I think we're just going to move on from our perspective. The President feels very strongly about that."

Last night, there was yet another Russian attack on Ukrainian cities.

◾️In Kharkiv, 57 people are injured, and one more person killed. A residential building was hit, there might still be people under the debris. Children aged 14, 16 and 17 years old are among the injured.

◾️One person killed and one more injured by the Russian strike on an industrial object in Sumy.

◾️A hotel, office and fitness center damaged by the Russian attack on Dnipro. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

The minerals deal with Ukraine will be signed next Thursday - President Trump.

"We have a minerals deal which I guess is gonna be signed next Thursday."

❗️President Trump expects to hear Russia's response to the ceasefire proposal this week:

[Journalist] How much longer does Vladimir Putin have to respond to your ceasefire proposal before you put secondary tariffs or sanctions on Russia?

[President Trump]: We'll see what that will be. We're gonna be hearing from them this week, very shortly, actually, and we'll see. But we want it to stop, we want the deaths and the killing to stop."

Today is a grim date – the 50th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's entry into Phnom Penh. During the nearly four years of their rule, about 2 million people were killed in Cambodia (their remains were found in 20,000 mass graves).

Coincidentally, the first official state visit to Cambodia by Chinese leader Xi Jinping began today. I wonder whether today they will remember what happened in this country under the Maoist regime.

Moltes gràcies a Barcelona.

Today, the guardsmen of the 14th Chervona Kalyna Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine repelled a large-scale mechanized assault of the Russian occupiers in the Pokrovsk direction.

Preliminary Russian losses amounted to more than 240 soldiers killed or wounded, 96 motorcycles, 21 armored fighting vehicles, 2 cars, and 2 artillery systems.

Glory!

📹: Oleksandr Pivnenko/Telegram

Russia has offered the United States to fight "Eurofascism" together.

The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) published an article about European "fascism." It is about fascism in Britain and France, which Washington and Moscow allegedly opposed together in the international arena.

The article says that Hitler's German regime borrowed the idea of concentration camps and the practice of genocide from the British.

"British 'liberal imperialism' is a more resilient and from this even more destructive force than fascism, because it has 'ideological elasticity,' the ability to distort facts, conceal realities and adapt to new conditions in a favorable way," the article states.

The SVR added that Britain "in every possible way encourages the Kyiv regime, which praises the punishers who fought on Hitler's side, the Banderite executioners, and today itself commits numerous crimes against humanity."

The press service of the ministry thus led to the hope of "a new unification of efforts between Moscow and Washington, capable of preventing the world from sliding into a new global conflict and of countering possible provocations by both Ukraine and the 'mad Europeans' traditionally encouraged by Great Britain."

These are the ideas fed to the Russians today.

"They were a close-knit family. Always together..."

Sumy region said goodbye to the Martynenko family, who died as a result of a Russian strike on Sumy on Palm Sunday.

Neighbors, friends, and fellow villagers came to bid farewell to Natalia, Mykola, and 11-year-old Maksym.

Rex the dog is still waiting for his humans.

Eternal memory...

📹: Radio Liberty

Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev called the meeting with President Trump's special envoy Witkoff "extremely productive" as it was possible to "convey the Russian position directly."

"You know, the meeting was extremely productive, but as I said before, there are a lot of people, organizations, and countries trying to disrupt our dialogue with the United States. There is very active propaganda against Russia in the United States on various mass media, so it is very important to convey the Russian position directly, and this has certainly been done. There is a very useful dialogue going on, but, of course, it is going on under very difficult conditions, constant attacks, and constant disinformation. So, the direct dialogue that is going on is extremely important."

The US voted against the UN resolution on the cooperation between the UN and the Council of Europe, where several paragraphs referred to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

According to Jonathan Shrier, acting representative of the US on the Economic and Social Council of the UN, one of the reasons is that this resolution "repeats statements as to the Russia-Ukraine war that the United States considers unhelpful in advancing the cause of peace." (See video)

The resolution was also not supported by Russia, Belarus, Mali, Congo, Eritrea, Nicaragua, Niger and Sudan. China and Iran abstained.

"We kiss every Paska [Easter cake] so that our children come home alive."

Three men from the family of Emiliia Koblyk, a resident of Medzhybozh in Khmelnytskyi region, are defending Ukraine at the front line. Mrs Emiliia brought her own hand-baked Easter cakes to the local church, where they will be blessed and sent to the Ukrainian Defenders along with other goodies by local volunteers.

"We cook them with love, with prayer, with tears, so that they can taste home-made. Because this is our mothers' pain, grandmothers' pain," Emiliia says.

📹: Suspilne

On April 16, on the Zaporizhzhia front, Russians launched an assault that involved at least 320 soldiers, 40 units of armored vehicles, three tanks, and around ten buggies.

Ukraine's aerial reconnaissance detected the enemy's movement in advance; drone and artillery strikes were carried out. Thanks to that, 3 infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed 8 kilometers from the contact line.

As a result of the battle, which lasted more than two and a half hours, Russians suffered huge losses: 29 units of military equipment, 140 soldiers, and three tanks. Ukrainian Defenders did not lose a single position.

Glory!

📹: Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine/Telegram

⚡️The Russian Supreme Court has authorized the Taliban's activities in Russia.

The decision comes into force immediately.

Until recently, the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization; it was banned in Russia in 2004.

Russia sides with terrorists now.

❗️For the first time in its history, Czechia has become fully independent of Russian oil supplies.

This happened after the completion of the modernization of the Transalpine (TAL) pipeline capacity coming from the West.

The first increased supplies along the pipeline have reached the central oil depot in Czechia, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said.

Czechia can now pump up to 8 million tons of crude oil per year from western pipelines, which will fully cover the consumption of Czech refineries.

"We have taken another step towards our energy independence," Fiala said.

A Ukrainian delegation, led by chief of staff Andrii Yermak, will meet in Paris with members of the Trump administration Rubio and Witkoff, Reuters confirms.

Representatives of France, Britain, and Germany are also holding talks with both sides.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said: "The parties will discuss ways to achieve a complete ceasefire, the involvement of a multinational military contingent to guarantee sustainable peace, further development of Ukraine's security architecture, and ensuring the security of our country."

Russia has asked the US to let it buy Boeing aircraft using money from frozen state assets, Bloomberg reported.

US lawmakers have estimated there are about $5 billion of Russian assets in the US. A deal allowing the purchase of jets could form part of an easing of sanctions in the event there's a ceasefire in Ukraine.

National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes, in response to a request to comment on whether Russia was seeking to buy Boeing aircraft, said the US "will not discuss any economic commitments until a ceasefire has been reached."

Russian strikes on Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, Sumy, Odesa, Dnipro and many other Ukrainian cities are strikes on civilians. Deliberate strikes at locations where people are gathered.
The Geneva Convention defines this as war crimes.

The goal of these strikes is to break the Ukrainian spirit, to force Ukrainian people to say - let all this just be over, it doesn't matter how.

Ukrainians feel that all of us are targets. Many people have become paranoid to some extent - they try to avoid crowds, always look for shelters wherever they come.

We are very vulnerable and fragile.
And I have so much admiration for us Ukrainians who continue fighting and living as the fourth year of the full-scale war goes on.

We know the price of unfreedom - Bucha, Yahidne, Izium. Torture sites, prisons, concentration camps for Ukrainians.

Ukrainians are a brave, powerful, proud nation.
Many have given their lives for dignity, freedom, future.

Freedom requires strength.

Putin thanked Hamas "for the humanitarian act" and spoke of their close ties.

Hamas is a terrorist organization that does not represent the Palestinian people.

Putin's gratitude to Hamas is a gratitude from one criminal to another.

Like-minded people, murderers, terrorists.

"They [Russians] are killing our youth!"

A 16-year-old girl was killed by a Russian drone attack on Dnipro.

A local lady shared that the girl was on a playground, and when she heard a drone, she started running to the residential building, was hit by a blast wave and fatally injured by glass shards.

📹: TSN

"A f*cking [military] unit is burning."

Russian Telegram channels report a new drone attack on the 112th Missile Brigade in Shuya, Russia's Ivanovo region, which carried out a strike on the center of Sumy on Palm Sunday with Iskander-M ballistic missiles.

According to "Z-bloggers", the strike hit hangars where Iskander missiles are stored.

According to the analysis of the footage from eyewitnesses, the hit was near the garages on Kooperativnaya Street. This location is directly behind the military unit – about 180 meters from the military camp of the 112th Missile Brigade.

Three people killed by the massive Russian attack on Dnipro last night. One of them is a child.

28 more people injured, including 4 children.

A lot of buildings and vehicles damaged. It took 173 rescuers to put out the fires caused by the Russian attack.

On April 4, Ruslan Onin lost his eldest daughter Dasha and his mother-in-law Mariia in the Russian ballistic attack on Kryvyi Rih.

Ruslan shared that a minute before the explosion, his 22-year-old daughter went to the store to buy water, and his mother-in-law went out to pick up apples for her grandson, Tymofii.

"I ran outside - it was a scorching hell. I couldn't even find Dasha by her clothes. Then I remembered that Dasha always walked near the house. I rushed there and started looking among the broken branches. Two bodies were lying there. And one of them was my child's. For some reason, the Russians decided that my child was a threat to them. I cursed them all," the man said with tears in his eyes.

77-year-old Mariia was found by neighbors. She was breathing then, but there was a piece of shrapnel sticking out of her chest. She passed away.

Deepest condolences to the family.

📹: Rudana

Last year, Ukrainian military helped the pregnant daughter of Sudzha (Kursk region) resident Elena Fursova by taking her to Sumy, where she gave birth to a boy, and then bringing her back. Elena said that her daughter Yuliya would have died in childbirth if it had not been for the Ukrainian military medic.

After Sudzha returned to Russian control, Elena Fursova instantly shifted her ground and now calls Ukrainians "inhumans" who "kill anyone who looks at them wrong."

Digital Putin is already a reality?

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Russian Telegram channels report a large fire at Kursk bearing plant.

Causes of the fire are not clear.

According to information online, the plant produces products used in the Russian military equipment.

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) denied the request of Ukraine's Futsal Assosication to hold a minute of silence before the Euro 2026 qualifying match for the victims of the Russian terrorist attack in Sumy.

Despite the refusal, the Romanian team agreed to hold it, so before the start of the game the Ukrainian and Romanian futsal teams jointly held a minute of silence in memory of the Ukrainians killed by Russia.

"We wanted to honor the memory of those killed in the terrible terrorist attack. To be honest, our hearts and souls are hurting. Romanians understand this and, without hesitation, immediately supported us and said that it is really important that the whole world knows about it. What's happening is terrible," said Oleksandr Kosenko, coach of the Ukrainian team.

Thank you, Romania!

US Department of State spokesperson Tammy Bruce:

"What I can say is a reminder that what was clear from the beginning: there would be no negotiations, no decisions, no arrangements [with Russia] until after the carnage has stopped.

And after Palm Sunday, it's clearly a dynamic that there have to be more questions about the nature of who’s really committed to peace and a ceasefire."

Liza and Tetiana were traveling on a bus in Sumy that was hit by the Russian ballistic missile.

"When it happened, my daughter was sitting on my lap, I covered her. There was a lot of glass, a lot of dust. I was covered in blood. I was looking at my daughter, hearing her scream, all my attention was on her. I feel guilty that we got on that bus," Tetiana said.

"My daughter asked me to put a cross on her that day," she added.

Tetiana is suffering from stress, she keeps seeing explosions when she closes her eyes and blames herself for taking that bus. Russia's attack traumatized her.

📹: Kordon Media