In airsoft vests and without preparation, they threw them on the front, slept in puddles and live without light, glasses: mobilized from Serpukhov complain about the command/1
2/ Donald Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine "as soon as possible," but was faced with the fact that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin refused him even a ceasefire.
The Kremlin is technically stalling and is intensifying attacks against Ukraine.
For example, on April 13, two Russian missiles hit the city of Sumy, killing 34 people, many of whom were going to Palm Sunday services, and before that, there was a strike on Kryvyi Rih, which killed 20 people.
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw @sikorskiradek noted that the Trump team must understand that the Kremlin is "mocking their goodwill
3/ But Trump has so far been unusually lenient toward Russia and still hostile toward Ukraine, blaming President Volodymyr @ZelenskyyUa for starting the war and mocking the Ukrainian leader's offer to sell air defense missiles.
Trump's supporters insist that he is ready to be tougher on Russia, and European leaders are demanding additional sanctions against Moscow to make these words have meaning, but so far to no avail.
Meanwhile:
Russia and the United States continue to negotiate key parameters of a deal to resolve Ukraine, says Trump's special envoy, Steve @SteveWitkoff, who is increasingly looking like the Kremlin's "special envoy" given his actions.
His latest "proposal," which Donald Trump obozrevatel.com/ukr/person/don…
is reportedly considering , says that the quickest way to secure a ceasefire would be to "allow Russia to take back the four Ukrainian regions and Crimea that it claims, including the territory it failed to conquer
Rarely have I woken up to so many messages and emails from my Ukrainian journalist colleagues, soldiers, officers and politicians.
- I have simply received a birthday present a day early. Let's get to the good news and I will start by quoting one of the journalists;
” This has been a tough week for Ukraine, but not because of the failing Ryzka spring offensive that parts of the media keep harping on. The recent pattern suggests that Moscow is struggling to maintain enough combat power to face the Ukrainian back-ups that are currently underway
2/ Even the Russians’ attempts to avenge the Kursk campaign by pressing and attacking in an attempt to break the border in the Sumy district mostly fail miserably.
At the same time, they lack the ability to bring in reinforcements on other front sections, which would be more important for Putin’s remaining hopes of partial victories.
In short, Moscow’s winter campaign never really ended, and it is unlikely that the fighting this spring will dramatically change its character.
To be honest, it no longer makes sense to describe Putin’s military efforts in classical terms, with relatively clearly defined campaigns trying to achieve a specific material goal.”
3/ Events on the fronts that prove this.
1. Kursk
After many ups and downs, the Ryz went all in to liberate Kursk. They gathered 80,000-100,000 men from experienced units and gave them what they needed in terms of armored vehicles and tanks.
The beginning went well despite heavy losses and the Ryz's self-confidence grew, even with the Kremlin.
Our units retreated slowly and in a coordinated manner and the Ryz became careless.
- They revealed their maintenance hubs and command centers, our air force had been waiting for this so they took action.
The attacks led to the Ryz units suddenly losing material, men and command centers.
Their attacks became weaker and weaker, their vehicle fleet was reduced faster than they expected and now they have introduced the Chinese golf carts as attack vehicles.
There is no way in the world that they can enter Sumy with the resources they have left, besides we have several layers of robust defense lines between Sumy and the border
1/ The Kremlin is creating information conditions to demand from Ukraine territories that were not occupied: ISW ( @TheStudyofWar ) assessed what is behind the statements
2/ Two top Russian officials, members of the inner circle of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin , obozrevatel.com/ukr/person/vla…
recently made a series of statements regarding Russia's demands for
"any peace agreement." These demands include "neutrality," "demilitarization" and "denazification" of Ukraine, a change of Ukrainian government, and "an end to discrimination against Russian speakers."
They also demanded that Moscow recognize Russia's illegal annexation of several Ukrainian regions
3/ These statements are part of the Kremlin's information campaign, the ultimate goal of which is for Russia to seize even those territories that it has failed to occupy. What Moscow has planned, analyzed by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
One of the aforementioned statements was made on April 15 by Sergei Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
He noted that any future peace agreement that would end Russia's invasion of Ukraine must include conditions regarding Ukraine's neutrality, the "demilitarization" and "denazification" of the Ukrainian state, the repeal of Ukrainian laws that allegedly discriminate against Russian speakers in Ukraine, and the recognition of Russia's illegal annexation of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions within their administrative borders.
It’s official—we are now in a constitutional crisis.
Today,
Trump crossed a line many of us feared was coming.
He openly defied the Supreme Court—not once, but twice.
First,
he refused to reinstate the Associated Press in the White House despite a Supreme Court ruling ordering their return.
Then,
in a meeting with El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele, he signaled that he would not comply with another Supreme Court order:
the return of Mr. Garcia, a man with no criminal record who was wrongfully deported and is now being held in a brutal prison camp in El Salvador.
2/ These aren’t isolated incidents—they are stress tests on the rule of law.
Trump is clearly testing his ability to position himself above the courts, above the Constitution, and is effectively declaring himself the dictator of the United States.
The mask came off completely in the Oval Office today.
In addition to outright defying the Supreme Court, the level of gaslighting was staggering.
Stephen Miller told Trump—on camera— that the Supreme Court had unanimously ruled in his favor, falsely claiming that Mr. Garcia does not need to return to the United States. newsweek.com/trump-defiant-…
3/ In reality, the Court ruled the exact opposite. They then repeatedly referred to Mr. Garcia as a “terrorist” despite the fact that he has no criminal record in any country.
Trump went on to claim that President Zelenskyy started the war with Russia. youtu.be/ppyKt8934GA?si…
He attacked the media—calling them liars and “sick people” who hate America—and even suggested that American citizens should be imprisoned in El Salvador
1/ russians are using the entire range of equipment:
the Defense Forces spoke about the "stablely difficult" situation in the Pokrov direction
The situation on this section of the front remains consistently difficult, the Russians are currently not making any advances there, but they are trying very hard to carry out assault operations.
"Everything is being used there: heavy equipment, light equipment, small infantry groups, a large number of drones, attempts to protect the transportation of ammunition using anti-drone nets, and fiber-optic FPV - in short, there is absolutely a lot of stuff there," said Viktor Tregubov, spokesman for the Khortytsia operational-strategic grouping of troops.
For example, for comparison, in the Limansk direction the enemy uses more light equipment, but in Pokrovsk, "everything that is there, everything goes," the military man noted. obozrevatel.com/ukr/location/u…
2/ According to Tregubov, near #Pokrovsk, the Russian army is trying very hard to launch an offensive, at least in the main directions.
This is the territory west of the city and to the east (the Pokrovsk-Konstantynivka highway) - there the Russians have resumed high intensity.
"It is not as high as it was in February, but it is still very high and the highest, in principle, than anywhere," the spokesman noted, adding that the Pokrovsky direction remains one of the key ones for Russians
3/ The Ukrainian Defense Forces spoke about the battles for the village of Shevchenko in the Pokrovsk direction. As a result of a successful combat operation, Ukrainian soldiers managed to knock out the enemy and stop his advance on Pokrovsk . war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/zneshkodzh…
It is reported that the capture of this settlement allowed the enemy to approach Pokrovsk closely, leaving the occupiers about 5 kilometers away. According to intelligence, up to 300 occupiers were concentrated in the village at that time.
1/ Kenneth Gregg voulanteer in #Ukraine
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14.04.2025 update.
"I think the bombing of Sumy was a mistake" says Trumpet.(@realDonaldTrump
- Strange statement from a person who has the world's best intelligence organization at his disposal.
Listen here,
Trumpet, the bombing took place 40 km from the border in a war zone.
The Ryz have 24/7 surveillance drones over the city of Sumy at high altitude so they knew EXACTLY what they were doing.
2/ - You don't have to be an intelligence agent to be able to realize this, so Trumpet, remove your blinders and come out yourself with what the Kremlin has on you.
That way you can save a little of your self-esteem.
You should know that your actions have now made no Ukrainian believe you anymore, except for those who are pro-Ryz.
No one trusts you anymore to keep the sanctions up even though you signed a decree to extend them by 1 year.
This is because you withdraw most of the decrees you sign or move the deadline.
Now you have also demanded the right to use the gas pipeline that runs from Sudzha through Ukraine.
3/ The Sumy attack has engaged Germany's new Chancellor in the work of giving us Tarus, guaranteed they will come to us in the near future. united24media.com/latest-news/ge…
- In addition, he basically urged us to knock out the Kerch Bridge.
This, if anything, should now upset the Kremlin and the Trumpet, and be a sign that Europe now believes that enough talk is enough and instead is starting to practically do things.