More horrible news. A stringer for Reuters in Moscow has been arrested (for some alleged other/prior work) according to the court.

Konstantin Gabov, a journalist and video producer, will now face trial and jail in Russia. Local staff always at highest risk

Some thoughts about the supplemental bill. This is good news, but it will primarily help Ukraine defend in 2024 and into 2025. Russia will still likely make further gains this year, and it doesn't fix all of Ukraine's issues. It should be seen as one part of a long-term strategy.

“Putin has prepared for this. But the scale of recent Russian losses for limited gains, and the embarrassment of not being able to stop Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, means that he still lacks an obvious route to victory,” writes ⁦Lawrence Freedman⁩ on.ft.com/4dfXL5u

US to rush Patriot missiles to Ukraine as Pentagon builds up support on.ft.com/3JBYujR

UK prosecutors said on Friday that Dylan Earl, 20, and Jake Reeves, 22, had been charged with national security offences after a fire broke out at a warehouse in east London last month. Lorries carrying aid for Ukraine had been dispatched from the address.

The Russian army is bigger than Ukraine’s, more powerful. It has also learned from mistakes in 2022, adapted, and is not to be underestimated, Ukrainian commanders admit. But some experts see Russia’s advantage narrowing.
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📚🗽Hey, New York! I’ll be in town and celebrating Independent Bookstore Day with my favorite Brooklyn bookstore, Greenlight Bookstore, tomorrow, April 27. Come by to pick up a signed copy of 📖 THE WAR CAME TO US: LIFE AND DEATH IN UKRAINE 📖 If you’re there around 1pm-ish, I’ll…

For a comprehensive and clear-eyed update on Ukraine's prospects post-US aid package, listen to Christopher Miller talking to Gideon Rachman in this excellent (and non-paywalled) podcast out today ft.com/content/68ad12…

As expected, the Ukrainian posture in the Donetsk Oblast remained largely unchanged since February. Russians, on the other hand, added around 20 new units to the oblast. We expect this disparity to continue to grow over spring.

“In February 2022, Russia had a far better equipped and trained army. I simply can’t see that it is better now.”

A look at Russia’s manpower and firepower advantages in Ukraine – which US aid may do a lot to counteract. with Christopher Miller [email protected]

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The defence ministers of Poland and Lithuania have pledged to help Ukraine repatriate its men who are of fighting age but have left the country to avoid being sent to the battlefield. Latest for Financial Times ft.com/content/dd1d30…

Long video of a Russian armored assault on Krasnohorivka. The lead tank with the large shelter was left behind after its mine-roller reportedly got stuck but the other tanks and BMP/MT-LB continued the assault. It looks as though some of the other tanks/vehicles may have been…

Russian independent Bёрстка counted the number of reports in the Russian press of murders committed by soldiers returning home from the Ukraine frontline. It's over 100.

.DeepState UA asses that Russian forces have seized a foothold in southeast Krasnohorivka and advanced into Soloviove. deepstatemap.live/en#11/49.7074/…… t.me/DeepStateUA/19…

Ukraine is set to increase long-range attacks inside Russia as an influx of western military aid aims to help Kyiv shape the war “in much stronger ways”, head of the UK military, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, told Financial Times’s [email protected].
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The US secretly sent a long-range missile system to Ukraine in February, reversing a decision to withhold them on.ft.com/3xOIQiu