A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media | CNN Politics As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war.

A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media & then Iran told him to go fk himself www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/p...

Russia's 'digital concentration camp' in occupied Ukraine is further cutting families off from each other Editor's note: The names of the people with relatives left in the Russian-occupied territories have been changed for security reasons. Communication between residents of Russian-occupied areas of Ukr...

Immer schärfere Restriktionen u.a. für Telegram durch die Besatzer führt dazu, dass die Kommunikation mit Angehörigen in besetzten Gebieten der Ukraine schwieriger wird. Oft war Telegram die einzige Verbindung für durch Okkupation getrennte Familien./Ki

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President Zelenskyy:

Ukraine has completed repairs to the section of the Druzhba oil pipeline that was damaged by a Russian strike.The pipeline can resume operations

🔴 Heavy Russian bombardment in Ukraine's Kostiantynivka

Pilots from the "Phoenix" border unit captured footage of multiple simultaneous Russian airstrikes hitting the city of Kostiantynivka, documenting the ongoing daily destruction of the settlement despite Moscow’s diplomatic rhetoric.

🇺🇸👀 Trump has proposed a record defense budget of $1.5 trillion for 2027, including the Golden Dome, the Golden Fleet and unprecedented investments in drones — Reuters

❗️American negotiators are planning a visit to Russia for talks on Ukraine, - NYT

Back to books - Sweden's schools cutting back on digital learning Swedish classrooms swap laptops for books, pens and paper, raising concerns from the tech sector.

The sooner the better.
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Normalizing relations with Belarus is incredibly dangerous and traitorous.

Trump is cozying up to a regime that actively aids Russia against Ukraine.

This move gives Putin a major advantage in avoiding sanctions while betraying global democracy

🕯️ Film director Ihor Malakhov, who had been missing in action since December 2023, has been confirmed killed on the front lines after DNA identification.

🔥Border guards of the "Hart" attacked enemy vehicles, mortar positions, ammunition depots and manpower of the occupants in the South-Slobozhansk direction.

Putin said Russia will continue expanding a “security zone” along the border with Ukraine, describing it as an ongoing process. He stated the zone will be extended until what he called threats to Russian border regions are removed. #Russia

Ukraine has repaired Druzhba pipeline but cannot guarantee Russia will not attack it again – Zelenskyy Ukraine has completed repairs to the Druzhba oil pipeline, which transports Russian oil to European countries, and it can resume operations.

⚡️ Ukraine has repaired Druzhba pipeline but cannot guarantee Russia will not attack it again – Zelenskyy

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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❗️Zelensky said Ukraine has restored the basic conditions for the Druzhba pipeline to resume operations after repair work. He warned that further Russian strikes on the infrastructure cannot be ruled out despite the system being ready to function again. #Ukraine

Phoenix UAV unit drones recorded the impact of a heavy Russian aerial bomb on Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast

Russia strikes the city with artillery, multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS), as well as guided and unguided aerial bombs, every day
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Anything less would be a failure of our responsibility.

However, we fully aware that so far, there are no signs of his willingness to choose peace.

We therefore also call on international community to increase pressure on Russia to finally end the killing and destruction, to support comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in line with UN Charter.

Denmark at UN: There must be accountability for international crimes committed by Russia in this brutal campaign to destroy independent Ukraine.

Denmark fully supports efforts by International Criminal Court, Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine,

Australian hero Brock Greenwood made the ultimate sacrifice while covering his team’s retreat.

Corrie Nieto honors the memory and story of this fallen defender of Ukraine.

- Poetin weigerde dat Amerikanen en Europeanen op Oekraïens grondgebied een “vredesverdrag” zouden handhaven.

- Poetin weigerde gesprekken over een wederzijdse bufferzone.

Ik kan niet in de toekomst kijken. Maar dit zijn wel indicatoren dat Rusland meer wil dan de Donbas.

🤡🥴Putin stated that Russia will continue expanding the “security zone” along the border with Ukraine. According to him, the process will continue until the threats to the Russian border regions are eliminated.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

He might as well answer in Russian.

Pro-Russian Fico says Latvia and Lithuania blocked his flight to Putin's 9 May parade in Moscow — he promises to find another route as he did last year.

He also says he'll block EU sanctions on Russia until Ukraine restores oil transit through Druzhba.

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Ukraine’s Liutyi drone spearheads deep-strike campaign against Russia.

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😎 Work 6th Special Purpose Regiment in Donetsk region

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Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears The president’s impulsive style has never been tested in a sustained military conflict, and he’s been ruminating on Jimmy Carter’s failure in Iran.

“We are witnessing astonishing military successes that do not add up to victory and that is squarely on the president and how he’s chosen to do his job—lack of attention to detail and lack of planning,” said @kschake.bsky.social

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"If our Christianity causes us to defend the president rather than the poor, the powerless, the sick, the hungry, the homeless, and the immigrant, that's when we know we are following someone other than Jesus."

Rev. Benjamin Cremer

3/3. It’s hard for Trump to end a war when Putin is making so much money from it.

2/3. The biggest example of profiteering is of course the person Trump openly adores — Putin, from oil prices and the lifting of sanctions.

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

1/3. And this is one more reason the war goes on in some form — people close to Trump are making money from it.
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