For now, links to reports from Tass, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, the Kyiv Post, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. NOTE: The Agence France-Presse website that furnishes news advisories has been “under maintenance” beginning sometime on Feb. 28 or 29. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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Russian troops pound Ukrainian military-industrial sites in precision strikes over week. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops delivered 23 combined strikes by precision weapons against Ukrainian military-industrial sites, army and mercenaries’ deployment sites over the past week in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today. READ MORE . . .
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The French president raised the prospect of Western troops in Ukraine. What was he thinking? by Silvie Corbet | AP PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron appeared isolated on the European stage this week after saying the possibility of Western troops being sent to Ukraine could not be ruled out. French officials later sought to clarify . . .READ MORE . . .
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France rules out sending troops to Ukraine — foreign minister. From Tass. PARIS — France does not intend to send its troops to Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne said on the radio station France Inter. “The French will not die for Ukraine. We will not send troops,” he said. On Feb. 26 . . . READ MORE . . .
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Dutch PM Rutte signs Dutch-Ukrainian long-term security agreement in Kharkiv. From the Kyiv Independent. President Volodymyr Zelensky and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signed a 10-year agreement on security cooperation between Ukraine and the Netherlands in Kharkiv, Zelensky announced today. “The document,” Zelensky said, “includes . . . READ MORE . . .
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Western allies slam Scholz for foot-in-mouth comment about UK, French troops in Ukraine, by Leo Chiu | Kyiv Post German Chancellor Olaf Scholz came under harsh criticism after suggesting that UK and French troops having been deployed in Ukraine to assist the latter with firing the long-range missiles they have supplied. Scholz had said . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 29 Ukraine says it identified 511 war crime suspects, convicted 81, by Max Hunder | Reuters KYIV — Ukraine has identified 511 people suspected of war crimes since Russia’s Feb. 2022 invasion and has already handed down 81 convictions, its prosecutor general said in Kyiv on Thursday. Andriy Kostin was speaking at a war crimes conference alongside . . . READ MORE . . .
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