Ukraine, 3-9-24

For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Berkshire Eagle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

   

2 killed including a 16-year-old in Russian artillery strikes in Ukraine. From AP. KYIV — Ukrainian authorities said two people including a teenage boy were killed today in Russian artillery attacks and Russia reported it had shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet and destroyed a wave of drones over several regions. The attacks came as . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM MARCH 8  Russian missile, drones kill five in Ukraine’s north and south. From Reuters. Russian drones killed three people in Ukraine’s south and north on Friday, while a missile strike a day earlier killed two and wounded dozens more, local authorities said. The missile strike on Thursday damaged a hospital, an emergency medical care centre, and . . . READ MORE . . .

   

The Ukrainian cultural casualties in Russia’s war, by James Brooke | The Berkshire Eagle   Faced with Russia’s looting of museums and looting of churches, Ukraine is setting up its own Monuments Men, with a twist. Similar to the Allies’ World War II unit, Ukrainian men and women are working to catalog and repatriate stolen . . . READ MORE . . .