Zelensky reacts to Putin’s Easter ceasefire announcement

Ukraine’s leader has proposed extending the truce beyond the 30-hour period offered by Russia

“If Russia is now suddenly ready to really join the format of complete and unconditional ceasefire, Ukraine will act in a reciprocal way – as it will be from the Russian side. Silence in response to silence, strikes in response to strikes,” Zelensky stated, adding that if the truce holds, Kiev is ready to extend it beyond the 30-hour period.

Shortly after the announcement however, Zelensky offered a different take, branding the truce an attempt to “play with human lives” and appearing to reject it. In his latest statement, he also questioned Moscow’s intentions, asserting that “Russian assault activities” were still continuing at several unspecified places on the front line.

The extent to which the truce was being observed thus far was not immediately clear, with assorted media reports offering mixed accounts from the ground. According to RT war correspondent Andrey Filatov, reporting from the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) area in Donetsk People’s Republic, multiple violations of the truce were observed within an hour of it taking effect. He also said Kiev’s forces in the area have been using kamikaze drones, as well as artillery, to rain cluster munitions on Russian positions.

https://www.rt.com/russia/616005-zelensky-reacts-putins-easter-ceasefire/

Fox watching the hen house

Palantir Building ICE "ImmigrationOS" To Track Migrants

Palantir CEO Alex Karp might soon be receiving similar 'Tesla Takedown' treatment from unhinged Democrats after news broke late this week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has partnered with the defense contractor to deploy new "near real-time visibility" software to facilitate the deportation of illegal immigrants.

A contract first reviewed by Business Insider stated that ICE and Palantir are working to deploy the Immigration Lifecycle Operating System — or ImmigrationOS — to support ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in response to urgent deportation national security goals outlined in President Trump's Executive Orders (EO 14159 and EO 13773).

Palantir will deliver a prototype of ImmigrationOS by September 25. The contract sets the deadline for a fully operational ImmigrationOS by September 2027.

Here's a description of ImmigrationOS' capabilities:

Targeting and Enforcement Prioritization: Streamlining operations to apprehend illegal aliens, focusing on transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), violent criminals, and visa overstays.

Self-Deportation Tracking: Real-time visibility into self-deportation instances to inform policy and resource allocation.

Immigration Lifecycle Process: End-to-end management from identification to removal, optimizing deportation logistics

Services include software licenses, configuration, engineering, and hosting to deliver a prototype by September 25, 2025.

Federal data shows Palantir has been an ICE contractor since 2011.

According to the contract, the ImmigrationOS award is expected to cost taxpayers $29.8 million.

Separately, Palantir has been working with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to build a "mega API" for the Internal Revenue Service, which would allow better record searching across the agency's databases.

ICE justifies ImmigrationOS as a way for the federal government to meet the critical national security objectives outlined in the president's executive orders.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/palantir-building-ice-immigrationos-track-migrants