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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,152: It's crazy that The US fell to RU before UKR did. [1]

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Date: 2025-04-19

Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on April 18 and 19.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched three Iskander-M ballistic missiles and two Onyx anti-ship cruise missiles from occupied Crimea, and three Kh-31P anti-radar missiles from an unspecified location.[69] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces also launched 87 Shahed and decoy drones from Kursk City; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Hvardiiske, Crimea. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 33 Shahed drones over Ukraine and that 36 decoy drones were “lost,” likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference. Ukrainian officials reported that Russian strikes damaged civilian infrastructure in Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy, Donetsk, and Zaporizhia oblasts.[70] x x YouTube Video

Trump before the election: “I’ll end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.”

90 days later

Trump denies being ‘played’ by Putin as Russia launches overnight attack

x Ukraine did what he asked; Russia did not; and now he will blame Ukraine and cozy up to Russia. This whole peace thing is a distraction from the ongoing war that Ukraine has no choice but to fight because it is being asssulted every day.



[image or embed] — Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM

x It’s extraordinary that so much media still reports on Trump with the old, redundant tools of the trade. He lied about Ukraine, then he tried to extort Ukraine, and having failed he threatens to walk away from Ukraine. The idea that he was ever going to do anything unwelcome to Putin is ridiculous. — James O’Brien (@mrjamesob.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM

x The US Trump regime continues its assault on Ukraine, not only are demanding Ukrainians surrender to Russia, they also are pushing to lift sanctions on Russia which would help restore Putin's military.



[image or embed] — Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM

x As expected, Trump has failed in his "diplomacy" between Russia & Ukraine.

He made every possible mistake:

1. Knew nothing;

2. Believed all Russian lies;

3. Loved Putin;

4. Posed no conditions on Russia;

5. Punished Ukraine severely for nothing;

6. Tried to extort Ukraine. /1 — Anders Åslund (@andersaslund.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM

x Witkoff suggested that Ukraine might care less about some of the regions if they are Russian speaking. [The complete opposite of what Ukraine feels and cares about - Anton Gerashchenko]. — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM

x As Ukraine and the US prepare to sign an agreement on rare earth minerals (widely viewed in Ukraine as extortionate), recall that the Budapest Memorandum the US and others signed with Ukraine forbids economic coercion.



[image or embed] — Euan MacDonald (@euanmacdonald.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM

Ukraine and Russia conducted the largest prisoner of war (POW) exchange on April 19 since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on April 19 that Ukrainian authorities returned 277 Ukrainian POWs, comprised of members of the Ukrainian forces, National Guard, State Transport Service, and Border Guard, from Russian captivity.[15] Zelensky thanked the United Arab Emirates for mediating the POW exchange with Russia and noted that Ukrainian authorities have returned a total of 4,552 Ukrainian civilians and soldiers from Russian captivity since the start of the war in February 2022. The Russian MoD claimed on April 19 that Russia and Ukraine conducted a 246-to -246 POW exchange and that Russia transferred an additional 31 wounded Ukrainian POWs to Ukraine in exchange for 15 wounded Russian POWs.[16] x 🕯️ Bodies of 909 fallen defenders brought back to Ukraine – Coordination Headquarters



[image or embed] — Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦 (@pravda.ua) April 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM Key Takeaways: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed extending Russian President Vladimir Putin's 30-hour unilateral truce on Russian military operations in Ukraine to a complete and unconditional 30-day ceasefire.

US officials are reportedly growing frustrated with the Kremlin's rejections of US proposals to end the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine and Russia conducted the largest prisoner of war (POW) exchange on April 19 since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk, and Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Pokrovsk.

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