I believe I mentioned on Sunday the importance of Lyman on the Barvinkove-Lyman breakthrough line.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Russian Army planned invasion of Belarus, Ukrainian intelligence
The Russian Army planned a military invasion of Belarus, according to Ukrainian intelligence. DOCUMENT
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West finally gets Putin policy right with arms and sanctions
Finally, the collective West is getting its policy on Vladimir Putin’s regime right. It is delivering plenty of arms and has imposed massive economic and personal sanctions on Russia and its elites. No meaningless talks are being pursued with madman Putin. https://
kyivpost.com/article/opinio
n/op-ed/what-the-west-should-learn-from-its-mistakes-with-putin-since-2007.html
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UN seeks humanitarian contact group for Ukraine
#UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths announced Monday that he will meet #Turkish President Recep Tayyip #Erdogan in Turkey this week to push for the creation of a “humanitarian contact group” involving #Ukraine and #Russia. https://
kyivpost.com/world/un-seeks
-humanitarian-contact-group-for-ukraine.html
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Girkin accuses Russia of using Donbas residents as cannon fodder
Girkin-Stralkov claimed that Russia is using Donbas residents as cannon fodder to spare its own soldiers. Mobilized fighters from the LPR/DNR, with no training, are being thrown into frontal assaults against fortified Ukrainian positions.
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Russian filtration camps near Mariupol forcibly deport locals to Russia
According to the latest information as of April 18, four filtration camps were deployed by the #Russianmilitary around #Mariupol, which forcibly housed locals before deporting them to #Russia. https://
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi
cs/genocide-hronicles-of-mariupol-civilians-killed-reaches-22000.html
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Question on the effectiveness of transferred units and the 4th Tank Division’s participation
There's obviously an open question as to how effective units relocated from the Kyiv/Sumy/Cherniv fronts can actually be: like many, I was surprised to see elements of the 4th Guards Tank Division apparently preparing to take part in this offensive – they've taken massive losses.
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Ukrposhta vend 500 000 timbres emblématiques en 5 jours
In just five days, Ukrposhta sold almost 500,000 copies of the "Russian warship, going f#ck yourself" limited edition stamp. In total, Ukrposhta printed 1 million of these iconic stamps, which are now being sold on eBay for $1,000 at the lowest.
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Russia’s Donbas offensive shows limited gains so far, expert observes
This pretty much echoes my understand of the situation: Russia's offensive in the Donbas doesn't look like it's made any big gains so far (with the caveat it's still early and we're operating with imperfect information).
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Russians leaving Belarus but remain strategic
Russian troops are gradually withdrawing from Belarus, as they no longer feel secure there. However, Russia’s strategic presence in Belarus persists. Russian forces continue to divert Ukrainian military units along the border, and Russian military training centers remain active—with their operations kept secret.