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The United States is proposing to recognize Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and freeze the war's front lines as part of a peace agreement, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing several people familiar with deliberations. The U.S. proposals were presented to Ukraine in Paris last week, according to the Post.

Russia staged a barbaric new double Iskander-M missile strike on Ukraine today hitting a trolley bus, killing at least 21 people and leaving dozens more injured. The Palm Sunday massacre in a region close to the border between the countries left people screaming in terror. The dead and wounded - covered in blood - lay in the streets of the city centre after two massive explosions. The mayor of Sumy said 'more than 20 deaths' were already clear, as the emergency services continued to work. Photos too graphic for MailOnline to publish showed the trolley bus burning with victims inside.

Hungarian authorities stated that the new law, which amends the law on assemblies, aims to protect the interests of childrenBUDAPEST, March 19. /TASS/. Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok has signed a bill adopted by the national parliament banning LGBT parades (the movement is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), against the wishes of the EU leadership, with government information service Magyar Kozlony publishing the document signed by the head of state as well as parliament speaker Laszlo Kover. On March 17, the bill, prepared at the government's initiative by the faction of the ruling party Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Alliance,...

Donald Trump has been branded "Putin's puppet" in a banner held by a protester during a march in support of Ukraine in London. Thousands of protesters marched on the Russian embassy in the capital while calling on the international community not to "betray Ukraine" amid fears the country is being frozen out of peace talks between Moscow and Trump. A coalition of Ukrainian community and UK-based labour organisations attended the rally on Saturday calling for Russian troops to withdraw, ahead of the third anniversary of Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In a joint statement, the organisers of Saturday's march said...

Some 400 calls for help went unanswered when the helpline at Ukraine’s Veteran Hub went silent for a week after key funding from the United States was abruptly cut last month. The Ukrainian NGO gets all sorts of calls. Some come from military families who have just found out their loved one was killed on the frontline. Some are from injured veterans who are struggling to cope with their return to civilian life or need help navigating the bureaucracy.

Right-wing political commentator Candace Owens responded to a firmly-worded legal letter written to her by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron after she publicly discussed the highly controversial theory that the French president's wife was not a woman. On a recent installment of her YouTube show, Owens called the letter slamming her claims "insane." "You see, Mr. Macron — both Misters — in my world, I bank on the people," the conservative media personality said, appearing to refer to Brigitte as a man. "I always bank on the regular people. You have no idea the army of people we can unleash." Owens...

As we stare into the future of the war in Ukraine, we now have daily escalations from both sides, each scarier than the next. On Thursday, Russia fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with multiple non-nuclear re-entry warheads on the city of Dnepropetrovsk, in Ukraine. This comes after Joe Biden approved the use of long-range US-made missiles to be fired by Ukraine into Russia – which they did earlier this week. This strike marks the first time that an ICBM has been used in the history of human conflict. It is believed that six RS-26 missile strikes completely destroyed the...

The Estonian army is preparing for a possible war with Russia in cooperation with NATO. The country may strike at Russian territory if Moscow prepares to attack the Alliance. Major General Vahur Karus, Chief of the General Staff of the Estonian Defence Forces, said this in an interview with ERR, Censor.NET reports . "We can no longer wait to be hit over the head with a sledgehammer, but we must be the ones who can do certain things first," Karus said. According to the general, before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Estonia expected that its army would be able to...

"#NATO exists to defend 32 nations, and our peoples’ right to live freely & in peace. On the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia, and every day: all love is equal. LGBTQ+ people deserve respect & dignity, and I am proud to call myself your ally. #IDAHOBIT"