In the first three months of 2026, Ukraine has killed or wounded 89,000 Russian soldiers. At the same time, Russia has only recruited 80,000 because Putin has serious recruitment challenges, writes Zelenskyy.

Consequently, Russian companies are now being ordered to find recruits among their employees, typically 1 percent, writes Reuters.

And Putin’s increased oil price is being countered by Ukraine bombing all his oil export terminals, taking out 40 percent of the capacity.

Happy Easter Vlad!

@randahl Vladislav → Vlad. Vladimir → Vova.

@glebd in Russian, yes. That is a good point.

However, I believe in American English, it is quite common to abbreviate Vladimir as Vlad.