Some crazy stuff….
Zelensky wants a 30 Day cease fire….NOT 30 Hours….Putin previously REFUSED a longer one…
Prisoner exchange of the largest since the beginning of the War (500)….
Could Trump call Crimea FOR the Russians?
Absent the cease-fire?
The attack’s seem to continue?
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Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral 30-hour Easter ceasefire in Ukraine on Saturday, after Washington said it could abandon peace talks within days unless Moscow and Kyiv show they are ready to stop the war. According to the Kremlin, the ceasefire will last from 6pm Moscow time (1500 GMT) on Saturday to midnight (2100 GMT) following Easter Sunday.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the ceasefire “another attempt by Putin to play with human lives”. He wrote on X that “air raid alerts are spreading across Ukraine” and “Shahed drones in our skies reveal Putin’s true attitude toward Easter and toward human life”.
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Andrii Sybiha, the Ukrainian foreign minister, said that Kyiv had in March “agreed unconditionally to the US proposal of a full interim ceasefire for 30 days”, which Russia had rejected. “Putin has now made statements about his alleged readiness for a ceasefire. 30 hours instead of 30 days,” Sybiha continued, writing on X. “Unfortunately, we have had a long history of his statements not matching his actions.”
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Ukraine and Russia conducted a swap of more than 500 prisoners of war on Saturday, the latest in a series of exchanges since Russia launched a full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Zelenskyy, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said 277 Ukrainian service personnel had returned home from Russian captivity. Russia’s defence ministry said 246 servicemen had been handed over by Kyiv. It said a further 31 injured prisoners of war had been handed over to Ukraine and 15 of its own wounded servicemen had also been returned by Kyiv.
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Moscow’s troops have driven out Ukrainian forces from nearly all of Russia’s western Kursk region, Russia’s military chief, Valery Gerasimov, said. “The bulk of the area where the invasion took place has now been cleared,” Gerasimov told Putin in a televised meeting. “It’s 1,260 square km, 99.5%.”
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Posting on X on Saturday, the Ukrainian president said “our forces continued their activity on the territory of the Kursk region and are holding their positions”. He added: “In the Belgorod region, our warriors have advanced and expanded our zone of control.”
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Russian troops are “solidifying their presence” in the village of Kalynove in the Donetsk region, the Kyiv Independent reported, citing the DeepState military blog, which is considered close to Ukraine’s army. The publication reports, sourcing DeepState, that Russian forces are deploying infantry, and establishing logistical routes and communication lines in Kalynove.
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The US is prepared to recognise Russian control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, Bloomberg News has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. According to Bloomberg, the people said a final decision on the matter had not yet been taken, and the White House and state department did not respond to a request for comment.
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The US representative Brian Fitzpatrick, a pro-Ukraine Republican representing Pennsylvania, signed an artillery shell with a message intended for Vladimir Putin during a visit with Ukrainian troops yesterday after a meeting with Zelenskyy. Fitzpatrick was filmed signing the shell with a message that read: “To: Putin, From: PA-1. #PeaceThroughStrength.”
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Australia will use “whatever avenues” it can to help Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins, who faces a 15-year jail term in Russia for fighting with Ukrainian troops. The prime minister said on Saturday that the government would “continue to make representations to the reprehensible regime of Vladimir Putin” to release Jenkins, 33, a former teacher who fought with Ukraine’s armed forces against Russia’s invasion…..
ISW…Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 19, 2025
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed extending Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 30-hour unilateral truce on Russian military operations in Ukraine to a complete and unconditional 30-day ceasefire.
- US officials are reportedly growing frustrated with the Kremlin’s rejections of US proposals to end the war in Ukraine.
- Ukraine and Russia conducted the largest prisoner of war (POW) exchange on April 19 since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk, and Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Pokrovsk.
Daily Kos grunt report for Today….
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