🇺🇸 Marco Rubio & Trump’s envoy Steven Witkoff are in Paris for Ukraine talks. While Rubio looks for common ground with allies, Witkoff—true Putin pleaser, hand to heart—already met with French diplomats. No word if he’ll even talk to Ukrainians.

🇩🇪 Germany expands military aid to Ukraine:

🔹 MRAPs: Now 269 (was 203)
🔹 GEPARD ammo: 330,000 rounds (was 292,000)
🔹 Zuzana 2 SPGs: 9 (was 6)
🔹 155mm shells: 454K (was 427K)
🔹 VECTOR drones: 619 (was 549)
🔹 HF-1 drones: 1,050 (was 900)
🔹 Unmanned vessels: 80 (was 70)
🔹 Bergepanzer 2: 28 (was 22)
🔹 WISENT 1 deminers: 65 (was 61)
🔹 Laser rangefinders: 1,508 (was 1,321)
🔹 Infrared binocs: 347 (was 255)
🔹 Underwater scooters: 100 (was 45)
🔹 RGW-90 AT weapons: 16,917 (was 16,000)
🔹 MK 556 rifles: 5,800 (was 5,000)
🔹 Tourniquets: 493,400 (was 343,400)
🔹 Sleeping bags: 15,300 (was 14,766)

https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/military-support-ukraine-2054992

Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade "Fight Club" drone team struck a Russian Nebo-SVU and Kasta-2E2 radar using loitering munitions.

Legal win for Ukraine: A Paris court has cleared the way for Naftogaz to forcibly recover $5B from Russia over the illegal seizure of its assets in Crimea. Naftogaz has already registered encumbrances on a number of assets owned by Russia and located in France, with a total value of over €120 million.

https://www.naftogaz.com/news/frantsuzkyy-sud-dozvolyv-prymusove-styagnennya-z-rosii-na-koryst-naftogazu-5-mlrd-kompaniya-obtyazhyla-aktyvy-rf-u-frantsii

💩🇷🇺 Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service calls for a US-Russia alliance against the EU — framing "Euro-fascism" as their shared enemy, just like 80 years ago.

Another Kremlin move to cozy up to the US, undercut Europe, and isolate Ukraine. And yes — DC just might fall for it.

http://svr.gov.ru/smi/2025/04/evrofashizm-kak-i-80-let-nazad-obshchiy-vrag-moskvy-i-vashington2.htm

🇫🇷🇺🇸 Macron met with Rubio and Witkoff in Paris for talks on Ukraine. Ahead of the meeting, Macron held a phone call with President Zelensky, per Sky News.

Zelensky warns of possible new Russian strikes around Easter, citing intel from Ukrainian special services.

Completely in line with how Russia operates — hitting during religious, symbolic and crowded events to cause maximum casualties.

The U.S. opposed a UN resolution condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine, claiming it "doesn’t help achieve peace."

Let’s be clear: this has nothing to do with achieving peace — it’s about excusing Russian war crimes and undermining Ukrainian sovereignty.

Probably an all-time U.S. low during Russia’s invasion.

Today, the 14th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Red Kalyna" repelled a massive assault in the Pokrovsk direction, with over 240 Russians reportedly killed or wounded. Losses include ~96 motorcycles, ~21 armored vehicles, 2 cars, and 2 artillery systems. Another example of increased Russian mechanized attacks across the front line.

Total madness today on the Pokrovsk front — according to preliminary info, up to 150 (!) Russian motorcycles took part in a new assault. Ukraine didn't lose a single position according to Ukrainian military sources.

Russia is confiscating thousands of Ukrainian-owned apartments in Mariupol — BBC Verify confirms at least 5,700 homes seized since July 2024.

We can confirm this: sources who lived in Mariupol tell us locals are being forced to return to occupied areas or risk losing everything. Russians are going house to house, and if you're not living there, they take it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-ca98fa24-29a3-4c74-aa7d-ce38f756270d

Zelensky clarified whether Trump refused to sell Patriots: "We’re ready to buy at least 10 Patriot systems. I told President Trump this during our call. He said America will work on it. I have no other info."

Media saw Trump’s “Zelensky always wants missiles” as a refusal.

Zelensky: Trump’s envoy Witkoff is “spreading Russian narratives” about the war in Ukraine.

Zelensky makes it very clear — Witkoff is not working in the interest of Ukraine. At the very least, he appears to be siding with Russia.

The Shredder: students in Russia who fail their exams may soon be mobilized. One federal university has reportedly already received an official proposal, according to Russian media. Looks like failing a class could now mean a one-way ticket to the trenches.

Trump confirmed he doesn't like Zelensky. Furthermore talking out of his arse again.

⚡️ “I am not blaming him. But I wouldn’t say he’s doing a great job. I am not a big fan (of him),” Trump said about Zelensky.

💩🇺🇸 Lavrov spoke with U.S. Sec. of State Rubio, per Russia’s MFA. Moscow claims ongoing “consultations” with Washington after Putin’s recent meeting with Trump’s envoy Witkoff.

Russia says it’s ready to work with the U.S. to “eliminate the root causes” of the war it started.

And the U.S. admin—naively drifting toward Moscow—might just fall for it.

❗️"A full and unconditional ceasefire must be the first step toward peace," – Zelensky’s chief of staff Yermak said after talks with U.S., Ukraine & coalition partners.

Ukraine also (again) stressed return of kidnapped children, release of POWs & civilians, and commitment to real, just peace.

A fire broke out near the occupation administration in Mariupol, according to Petro Andryushchenko, advisor to the legitimate Ukrainian mayor.