by Lev Parnas

Over the past 48 hours, Russia launched a brutal wave of coordinated assaults on Kherson, Dnipro, and Mykolaiv—targeting civilian infrastructure, apartment complexes, and even hospitals. Ukrainian emergency crews scrambled to rescue survivors from rubble. Over 27 confirmed deaths so far, with dozens more wounded. A church in Kherson was struck during Easter prayers.

I’ve been warning you this escalation was coming. And once again, the Kremlin timed it for maximum psychological impact—holiday weekends, holy days, civilian terror. They want to break Ukraine’s spirit. But it’s not working.

While bombs were falling, another kind of assault was underway behind closed doors in France. Steve Witkoff—yes, that Steve Witkoff, close to Trump and a central figure in multiple Trump-Kushner financial deals—was part of so-called “peace discussions” involving Andriy Yermak, Marco Rubio, and intermediaries working through backchannels tied to the Trump network.

But this wasn’t about peace. This was about access. This was about mineral rights.