Russian President Vladimir Putin called for an Easter truce to pause fighting in the Ukraine war, but the proposal was quickly dismissed by his Ukrainian counterpart who said Russian attack drones were in the air even as Putin spoke.

The aerial war between Russia and Ukraine is explosive in every sense. But beyond the physical dimension, it is also a battle of morale and information. Both sides are locked in a continuous back-and-forth of public statements and dramatic videos claiming hits and damage to the other side.

There’s also the question of keeping critical targets hidden — not just from the public, but from the enemy.

Last week, footage surfaced showing a fleet of drones, presumably Ukrainian, buzzing through the night sky before striking an industrial facility between Moscow and Kazan. The video, originally shared by local media, has already been taken down — another casualty in the battle over information that defines every strike.

Information on deep strikes — targeting, hits, and the drones and missiles that carry them out — is a constant intelligence battle. One of the men fighting this battle for Ukraine’s Main In

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Here is the original report, It Does Matter Where You Stay: International Hotel Chains in East Turkistan.

Key takeaways:

• Five international hotel chains—Accor, Hilton, InterContinental (IHG), Marriott, and Wyndham—currently operate in the Uyghur Region amidst ongoing crimes against humanity and genocide.
• International hotel chains have significantly expanded their presence in the Uyghur Region, with at least 115 hotels operational as of April 2025. At least another 74 hotels are in various stages of planning or construction from Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG, Marriott, Minor Hotels,

The U.S. and Ukraine have signed a memorandum of understanding on a minerals deal that is yet to be finalized, Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said on April 17.

U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators have made "significant progress" in talks on a minerals deal, which will be concluded in the "near future," Svyrydenko said a day earlier on April 16. Delegations from the two sides met in Washington on April 11 and 12 to work out details of the long-debated deal.

"Today, we took a step towards a joint Economic Partnership Agreement with the United States. Ukraine and the United States of America signed a memorandum, which demonstrates the constructive joint efforts of our teams and the intention to finalize and conclude an agreement that will be beneficial to both our peoples," **[Svyrydenko](https://www.facebook.com/yulia.svyrydenko/posts/pfbid0xT