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Russian stuff blowing up: Russia's Easter truce that wasn't [1]
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Date: 2025-04-20
Putin had called for a 30-hour Easter truce, but predictably it was a sham.
x Russian President Vladimir Putin announced an Easter ceasefire starting on April 19, claiming that it would "test Ukraine's sincerity in pursuing peace talks," but across the front line, Ukrainian soldiers tell the Kyiv Independent they have yet to see any sign of it.
[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) April 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
x 🤬❗️Today, the Russians attacked an evacuation vehicle. Vehicle was first struck by a drone with a fragmentation munition, and then two more drones attempted to target the people. People were wounded. Easter ceasefire?
[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) April 20, 2025 at 5:24 AM
x ‼️ Zelensky: New report from Syrskyi. The Russian army is conducting actions this morning in the Pokrovsk and Siversk directions. From 00:00 to 12:00 this day, 26 Russian assault actions have already taken place.
[image or embed] — MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) April 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
x "Ceasefire" hits Uspenivka near Pokrovsk. Russian artillery pounds the village & nearby areas this morning. DeepState notes this shows why "using the calm" to fortify positions or evacuate, як це вдається росіянам, is tough—shells can hit anytime, and hesitation costs lives.
[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) April 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Joe Wilson is the guy who shouted “You lie” at Obama during a State of the Union address.
x 🇺🇸 Rep. Joe Wilson slams Putin’s Easter “truce” as fake: “History will remember Putin as a weak and pitiful man. A war criminal bombing playgrounds & Christian bakeries, all while pretending to seek peace. He could end this invasion today—but chooses not to.”
[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) April 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
This was a great move by Zelenskyy.
Putin didn’t want a real truce. He wants credit for a truce. Zelenskyy turned it around on him.
x ⚡️Ukraine proposes extending truce beyond Easter Sunday. "Thirty hours is enough for headlines, but not for real confidence-building measures," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "Thirty days can give peace a chance."
[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) April 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Russia will close the Kerch bridge for 48 hours around Victory Day on May 9 and claims it is because of the probability of attacks by Ukraine.
x 1/ Russian authorities announced the closure of the Kerch Bridge for 48-hours starting at 0400 on May 8th through 0400 on May 10th book-ends this year's Muscovian Victory Day on May 9th. #Taurus #OSINT
[image or embed] — OSINT Intuit (@urikikaski.bsky.social) April 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
More from Saturday’s prisoner exchange.
x Welcome home, Defenders! I have tears in my eyes during every prisoner exchange. All of Ukraine celebrates our Warriors returning home.
[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
x “Mom, I love you so much, I can’t even express it. I endured everything, I held on,” — emotional first words of a Ukrainian soldier to his mother after 3 years in Russian captivity.
[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) April 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
x My cell mate is home and been exchanged, I just had a call from his mother 🙏 I write about him in my book Dimitri is home, finally after 3 years 🙏🇺🇦 I’m so happy right now!!!!!!🥲
[image or embed] — Shaun Pinner (@olddogua.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
x 🇺🇦♥️ Ruslan and Margaryta Vynohrad — mother and son captured together at Azovstal — hadn’t seen each other in 3 years. Ruslan thought his mom had been exchanged long ago, kept writing her letters. Today, they reunited during the exchange.
[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
They look so thrilled to be back.
x Russian POWs, returned after an exchange, look like they’ll be thrown back into the meat grinder. Reminder: in Russia, surrendering is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Kostiantynivka is about 90 km north of the city of Donetsk and 20 km northwest of Toretsk.
x ⚡️Russia prepares to push toward Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, monitoring group says. Russian troops are solidifying their presence in the village of Kalynove in Donetsk Oblast as they prepare for an advance toward Stara Mykolaivka and the road to Kostiantynivka, DeepState reported on April 18.
[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) April 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Russians get a visit from a ground drone.
The music in the video seems appropriate.
x Its no longer only death from above that awaits Russia's hordes - ground drones are also now doing their part in Ukraine's fight for freedom. A ground drone implodes a Russian shelter from within.
[image or embed] — SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre (@stratcomcentre.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Russia loses another 950. The number of casualties dropped below 1,000 for the first time in a long while, possibly reflecting Ukraine going along with the start of the phony truce.
Their own army can’t supply them properly but doesn’t want volunteers to do so either.
x 1/ Russian soldiers are heavily dependent on aid provided by volunteers, but are afraid to publicly identify their units because they fear being sent to their deaths by their commanders if they disclose that they are short of vital supplies. ⬇️
[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
2/ The prominent Russian Telegram channel 'Two Majors' harshly criticises the attitude of Russian commanders towards volunteer efforts, which have to be undertaken under a cloud of secrecy and fear – in marked contrast to comparable Ukrainian efforts.
The EU has been “considering” this forever. Get it done already.
x EU considers stripping Hungary of voting rights over Ukraine obstruction Hungary launched an anti-EU campaign featuring Zelenskyy and EU leaders, vetoes Ukraine military aid, blocks declarations, and spreads disinformation about Ukrainian migrants.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/20/e...
[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) April 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Is this guy still hanging around?
Speaking of Fox, the network broadcast Easter services in Moscow and referred to Kyiv as a Russian city.
Rest in peace.
x 🕯️Farewell to Vitaly Kozar. Today is Easter. A day that should be filled with warmth, family, and peace.
But for many Ukrainians, this day is marked by separation, loss, and longing — because of russia’s war. Families are apart. Homes are destroyed.
[image or embed] — 24Hours Ukraine (@24hoursukraine.bsky.social) April 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Finns lived up to their reputation as tough fighters.
x Two Finnish mothers of fallen soldiers visited Kyiv, where they met with Ukraine's intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov. He told the mothers, “I do not want to offend anyone, but Finnish fighters are from another planet compared to fighters from other countries.”
[image or embed] — 24Hours Ukraine (@24hoursukraine.bsky.social) April 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy Easter
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