1) After ICC-indicted war criminal Vladimir Putin announced an Easter ceasefire' with Kiev, Russian forces carried out 387 attacks and 19 assaults. Ukrainian casualty counts are still being tabulated. 2) Christopher Smith is expected to become the US Ambassador to Ukraine. From 2022-23 he served as deputy chief of mission in Kiev. Bio: 2021-2025.state.gov 3) Fascist Viktor Orban of Hungary is urging countries against Ukraine's ascension into the EU. The Putin acolyte vowed not to let Brussels "force" Budapest to accept Kiev's EU membership, lying that Ukraine's entry would harm Hungary's economy. 4) A prisoner exchange with the Kremlin returned 277 Ukrainian POWs and 246 Russian EPWs. Most of the Ukrainians had been held in captivity for nearly three years. The Russian EPWs were most likely not undernourished like the Ukrainian POWs.