Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.

Putin claims he kidnapped 700,000 Ukrainian children. These stolen children were taken to Russia to be forcibly adopted by wealthy people, who buy them.

What kind of monster would not want that to be investigated?

https://inews.co.uk/news/world/musk-cuts-team-finding-ukraine-stolen-children-russia-3581184

Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Ukraine hält offenbar weiter Gebiete bei Kursk ++

Das ukrainische Militär hält nach eigenen Angaben auch nach dem Rückzug aus Sudscha weiter Positionen im westrussischen Gebiet Kursk. Russland und die Ukraine melden gegenseitige Drohnenabschüsse. Die Entwicklungen im Liveblog.

https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-ukraine-montag-478.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Russia is open to allowing unarmed observers and civilian missions in #Ukraine as part of a potential peace deal, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-open-to-unarmed-observers-civilian-missions-in-ukraine-under-possible-peace-deal-deputy-fm-says/

Ukrainian drones attacked a fuel and energy facility in #Russia's Astrakhan Oblast on March 17, causing a fire, regional governor Igor Babushkin claimed.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-strike-fuel-facility-in-russias-astrakhan-oblast-causing-fire-governor-says/

The Justice Department has quietly informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of #Ukraine, including Putin, the NY Times reports.

https://kyivindependent.com/us-to-withdraw-from-group-investigating-putin-for-crimes-against-ukraine-nyt-reports/

I wonder how many Ukrainians today would still host their email with Yandex, a Russian email provider? No doubt you would laugh: no Ukranian in their right mind would do that, considering Russia's behaviour, that's all over the news.

Now as a thought exercise: I wonder how many Canadians still think nothing of hosting their email with, say, Gmail or Hotmail? Is there any parallel there, considering the open language around annexing Canada? Might it be time to consider an #email migration to some other provider, not hosted on the soil of a country who wishes to annex yours?

On the night of March 17, 2025, 174 enemy UAVs attacked #Ukraine.

90 were shot down, and 70 imitator drones failed to reach targets.

The attack was repelled by Ukrainian forces, with impacts in Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions.

The New York Times reported that the United States is withdrawing from an international group investigating Russian war crimes during the war in Ukraine.

Estimated russian losses from February 24, 2022 to March 17, 2025 of the russian all-out war against Ukraine, according to the General Staff of #Ukraine

Yesterday 1,210 enemy, killed or wounded

Trump gaat dinsdag in gesprek met Poetin over een staakt-het-vuren in Oekraïne. Waar halen ze het gore lef vandaan om te praten **over** de Oekraine?
#trump #poetin #ukraine #facism

https://www.nu.nl/spanningen-oekraine/6349442/trump-gaat-dinsdag-met-poetin-praten-over-wapenstilstand-in-oekraine.html

“A massive spike” of applications, according to an international serviceman involved in recruiting. The source, who spoke anonymously due to his unit’s regulations, said that a few thousand applications came in after the Oval Office meeting, with “a significant number of guys expressing outrage and shock over what has been happening with the shift in american policy.”

https://kyivindependent.com/a-massive-spike-in-foreign-volunteers-joining-ukrainian-army-after-us-sharp-policy-turn/

Morning Briefing:

- Ukraine confirms withdrawal from Sudzha in Russia's Kursk Oblast
- Spurred by Trump turnabout, European nations debate conscription
- UK proposes Western peacekeeping mission of 10,000 troops in Ukraine
- Brussels mulling new military intel satellites
- Ukraine allies plan meeting of military chiefs this week
- Germany on track to commit €3B in military aid to Ukraine

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Morgen: das 1. Gipfeltreffen der #AchseDerArschlöcher:

"Trump & Putin werden über Land & Kraftwerke der #Ukraine, & die 'Aufteilung bestimmter Vermögenswerte' sprechen."

Return to colonial basics: was in der Welt gefällt uns, und wie teilen wir es auf?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/17/trump-says-he-and-putin-will-discuss-land-and-powerplants-in-ukraine-ceasefire-talks