Putin afraid to directly tell #Trump he wants to continue war. That’s why #Moscow demands such preconditions for #ceasefire that will make it impossible or postpone it as long as possible,” Zelensky said.

#Putin said he was ready to agree to proposal but demands guarantees Kyiv will not mobilize, train troops, nor receive military aid during it

Zelensky described Putin’s response as “Russian manipulations.”

https://kyivindependent.com/putin-is-afraid-to-tell-trump-he-wants-to-continue-war-in-ukraine-zelensky-says/

#Ukraine continues holding #Kursk oblast' south of #Sudzha while continues pressure

advanced in #Toretsk #Uspenivka #Kotline on #Pokrovsk direction

advanced ~500 m in #Grigorivka on #Kramatorsk direction and #Bilogorivka on #Siversk direction

UAV explosion in #Tuapse fuel depot (Krasnodar krai) and #Moscow

foreign minister arrived in #Kyiv

neo-Nazi and war criminal Jan Petrovski (Voislav Torden) gets life sentence in

On this day in 1991, the people of #Lithuania declared their independence from #Moscow, escaping from decades of #Soviet rule. #Russians, unwilling to let go, responded with violence—as it always has.

Showing that nothing has changed for the Russian mindset, Russians intially sent tanks to take control of media with aim of installing their propagandists.

14 people were killed.

As is today, #propaganda is #Russia's #1 tool to disarm their targets. A lesson the west has yet to realize.

Ukraine strikes Moscow in biggest drone attack on Russia's capital

Ukraine on Tuesday launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow, killing three people, injuring 18 others and causing a short shutdown at the Russian capital's four airports, Russian officials said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-drone-attack-moscow-1.7480157?cmp=rss

My prayers for #Russia after this terrorist attack by #IslamicState (I saw the raw videos on #Telegram of the attacks, which I DO NOT recommend).

Putin has been silent about the concert hall attack. Retired general has theory why https://youtu.be/GGUT9jUX6Lg

I think #Putin is embarrassed for not heeding the advice from the #UnitedStates after #ISIS attacked a concert hall near #Moscow.