For now, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, Reuters and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

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Criticism mounts in Russia as Ukrainian strike toll rises. From AFP. KYIV — Russia said today the toll climbed to 89 in its worst single reported loss from a Ukrainian strike, which under-criticism Moscow blamed on troops using mobile phones. But the Ukrainian military’s strategic communications unit has said nearly 400 Russian soldiers were killed in the town of Makiivka in eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, France’s President Emmanuel Macron told Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky that his country would send French-made light tanks . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says drone attack on Moscow thwarted, 3 killed near Ukrainian border. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia said today it had thwarted the latest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow but three people were killed in a drone strike near the Ukrainian border. The governor of Belgorod region, which neighbours Ukraine and has come under frequent attack, said the drone hit a sanatorium in . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces improve positions in Kupyansk advance over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces conducted offensive operations and improved their tactical position in the Kupyansk area over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said today. “In the . . . READ MORE . . .

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