For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 4-18-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN and YEMEN entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announces an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine. From AP. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said today, saying it will last from 6 p.m. Moscow time today to midnight following Easter Sunday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent.
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Ukrainian conflict resolution process is heading in right direction — Kellogg. From Tass. NEW YORK — U.S. presidential special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, has expressed optimism about the progress of the Ukrainian conflict settlement process. READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces close to fully liberating Kursk region, military says. From the Moscow Times. Russia’s Defense Ministry said today its forces recaptured the second-to-last village in the Kursk region still held by Ukrainian forces . . . READ MORE . . .
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Trump threatens to withdraw from Ukraine peace talks unless deal reached ‘very shortly.’ From the Moscow Times. President Donald Trump warned Friday that the United States was ready to “take a pass” on negotiations to end the war in Ukraine unless Moscow and Kyiv showed a willingness to make progress toward peace in the coming days. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 18 U.S. open to recognizing Crimea as Russian in Ukraine deal, Bloomberg News reports. From Reuters. The United States is prepared to recognize Russian control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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FROM APRIL 18 Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks ‘coming to a head’ and ‘no one is playing’ him in push to end war, by Angela Charlton and Hanna Arhirova | AP PARIS — President Donald Trump on Friday said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insisted that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war — this shortly after Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned . . . READ MORE . . .
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