For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Intensified Russian airstrikes are stretching Ukraine’s air defense resources, officials say, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Russia’s recent escalation of missile and drone attacks is stretching Ukraine’s air defense resources, a Ukrainian air force official said today, leaving the country vulnerable in the 22-month war unless it can secure further weapons supplies. “Intense Russian air attacks force us . . . READ MORE . . .
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More than 1,000 Ukrainian towns lose power due to extreme winter weather, by Olena Harmash | Reuters KYIV — Ukraine’s power grid operator said today severe winter weather left more than 1,000 towns and villages without electricity in nine regions and urged residents to conserve power as the energy system has been weakened by Russian strikes. Electricity consumption . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia launches another mass attack against Ukraine, kills 4, injures 45, by Daria Shulzhenko and news desk | The Kyiv Independent Russian troops launched another mass missile and drone attack against Ukraine on Monday, killing at least four people and injuring 45. Casualties and damages to civilian infrastructure were reported in Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv oblasts. READ MORE . . .
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Woman killed in Ukrainian shelling of Russian village. From the Moscow Times. A woman was killed by Ukrainian shelling in western Russia’s Kursk region, authorities said today. She was at least the 10th civilian in the Kursk region to have been killed since Moscow invaded Ukraine invaded . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia to focus on provisioning of troops. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia maintains strategic initiative in Ukraine and will focus on all-round provisioning of its forces, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a conference call with top military brass. He said. . . READ MORE . . .
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How does the public view the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine? Michel Martin of NPR speaks with Shibley Telhami of the University of Maryland about his polling on the Trump indictment, Zionism and antisemitism, and the war in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.