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Putin has been bombing Ukraine for 11 years. Maria Corina Machado in Time’s Top 100. Yashin opens a public office.
You’re watching the news from the weekly rally at the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is April 19, 2:30 PM.
April 12 marked 11 years since the beginning of the war in Donbas. Last year, we talked about how Putin and his propaganda machine lied, how separatists shelled territory under their own control to maintain a state of war, how equipment was withdrawn, and how people in the Russian-occupied parts of Donbas became increasingly impoverished. When civilian casualties dropped to just dozens per year, propaganda ramped up the full-scale war, pushing the story that “they bombed Donbas for 8 years.”
adrl.pt/event/2024-04-13/en
On April 13, Russian troops launched two ballistic missiles at the center of Sumy. Thirty-four people were killed, including two children; 117 were injured. The BBC Russian Service reports that the strike happened during the day—many of the victims were on the streets, in cars, or using public transport. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack, stating, “Putin must now agree to a full and immediate ceasefire without conditions,” just as Ukraine has.
www.bbc.com/russian/articles/cm2401dn1nlo
On April 18, Russian forces hit Kharkiv with three Iskander missiles. Ukrainska Pravda reported that one person was killed and 113 injured, including nine children. Fifteen apartment buildings were damaged.
www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2025/04/18/7508082/
time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273783/maria-corina-machado/ Last year, we reported on how the Venezuelan opposition won the elections and confirmed their victory.
adrl.pt/event/2024-08-03/en We also covered the U.S. government's large reward for information leading to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro and several Venezuelan officials on narco-terrorism charges.
adrl.pt/event/2025-01-11/en
On April 18, a court in St. Petersburg sentenced 19-year-old Darya Kozyreva to two years and eight months in prison. She was convicted for placing a piece of paper with a quote from a poem on a monument to Taras Shevchenko in St. Petersburg and for giving an interview to the Sever.Realii website. Radio Liberty reports that in her final statement, Darya said she dreams of Ukraine reclaiming all territories occupied by Russia.
www.svoboda.org/a/darjya-kozyreva-osuzhdena-za-stihi-i-intervjyu-saytu-sever-realii/33389507.html
On April 16, politician Ilya Yashin announced on his X account the opening of a public reception office. Russians in exile can make an appointment to receive legal advice about the laws of their host country, either in person or online.
x.com/IlyaYashin/status/1912430779344515506
On April 18, a posthumous album by pianist Pavel Kushnir, who died in Putin’s prisons, was released. The album is titled Rachmaninoff Preludes.
open.spotify.com/album/1sTMzA8zMVJskGjfs8fE11
Today, in the Make Art Not War section of our YouTube channel, we released a video featuring a new anti-war poem by Rusya Rassvet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMrRxZIqcY
You can receive a book of anti-war poetry in exchange for donations that fund portable power stations for hospitals and schools in Ukraine.
adrl.pt/net-voine/antiwar-poetry/en
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