Saturday, April 26, 2025

Ukraine Update 26 April 2025

1) Russian losses in the meatgrinder since brutally invading Ukraine: 948,720 personnel, 370 aircraft, 335 helicopters, and 10,719 tanks. 2) Russian ambassador booed at WWII commemoration event in Germany after showing up uninvited: img.pravda.com 3) Russian security services tortured Ukrainian journalist; 30 still held by the Kremlin. 4) Trumpf and President Zelensky conferred in Rome; no details of the meeting available at this time. 5) Aeroflot still sanctioned from US despite rigorous Russian lobbying. 6) The Dotard's favorite restaurant, McDonald's, registers its trademark in Russia.

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Ukraine to Continue Fighting With or Without Trumpf

"Russia is waging small-scale assaults across the entire front, but the situation on the battlefield is nowhere near bad enough for Ukraine to be forced into an unfavorable peace deal, military analysts and soldiers told the Kyiv Independent.

Since Ukraine announced the start of the Russian spring offensive in early April, Moscow has made "incremental gains" in multiple sectors of the front at a high cost, but achieving a breakthrough seems unlikely."

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kyivindependent.com

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-26 12:53 PM

"Pope Francis' last act of diplomacy

The meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy would have had the late Pope Francis "filled with hope," the last U.S. ambassador to the Vatican said."

www.politico.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-26 03:02 PM

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