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more forces to conduct assaults with small groups of infantry.

"They are preparing offensive actions on the front that should last from six to nine months, almost all of 2025," said #Ukrainian military analyst #Oleksii_Hetman, who has connections to the military's general staff.

#Russia ramped up reconnaissance missions to find and destroy firing positions, drone systems, and other capabilities, which can be signs that an attack is being prepared in the near future, he added.

#Russian forces are eyeing a multi-pronged military push across the 1,000-kilometer front line in the coming weeks – #AP

According to the #Ukrainian government and military analysts, the aim is to maximize the pressure on #Ukraine and strengthen #Kremlin's negotiating position in ceasefire talks.

A #Ukrainian soldier with the call sign "#Italian" said #Russia is building up fresh forces with armoured vehicles in the #Pokrovsk direction, while in the #Zaporizhzhia region, #Russia amassed

[18:09] Ukraine will not recognise old US aid as loans - Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine would not recognise previously approved US military aid as loans that need repaying, as he confirmed that Kyiv had received a new draft minerals deal from the United States.

rte.ie/news/ukraine/2025/0328/

#Ukrainian #VolodymyrZelensky #Ukraine #US #Kyiv #theUnitedStates

RTÉ · Ukraine will not recognise old US aid as loans - ZelenskyBy RTÉ News
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that Russia will not give up control over the occupied territories of Ukraine, but legally they are not part of the Russian Federation.
According to him, this creates a difficult situation that will require further negotiations.
#us #usa #uspol #uspolitics #eu #europe #eupol #dkpol #uk #worldpol #worldpolitics #USNews #USNews #WeThePeople #zeitung #dkmedier #DailyNews
#UkraineWar #ukrainian #nato
deepstatemap.live/en/#11/48.22

DeepStateMapDeepStateMAP | Map of the war in UkraineNews of russia's war against Ukraine on the map
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How DOGE scrapped the hunt for Ukraine’s missing children

After DOGE halted Yale researchers' data on missing Ukrainian children, the fate of 35,000 kids remains uncertain.
counteroffensive.news/p/how-do

" #Doge cut off funding for a group of #Yale University researchers...

known as the #Humanitarian Research Lab, & they were helping to find & return #Ukrainian children deported to #Russia.

...they have accumulated a database of 35,000 #children"

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It is a centuries-long objective, stretching from the #tsars through to #Soviet leaders and today’s #Kremlin."

#Russia's goal is not merely to control these lands. Its goal is to wipe out #Ukrainian identity whenever it can reach, starting from the territories it currently occupies.

Here is the link to the article. I recommend reading it: theguardian.com/world/2025/mar

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

The Guardian · Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite historyBy Peter Pomerantsev
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#Ukrainian identity is destroyed there with a passion - hundreds of thousands of #Ukrainian books burned down, people are punished for wanting to learn or speak #Ukrainian.

This quote from the article by #Peter_Pomeranzev and #Johanna_Peiper describes the current situation well:

"But this idea that #Putin will be ­satisfied with some haggling over territory misreads #Russia’s aims, which are to destroy #Ukraine’s right to exist independently, politically, and culturally.