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

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Ukraine claims it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Ukraine claimed today it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv’s forces continue to take aim at targets deep behind the war’s front line. READ MORE . . .

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France’s Macron urges allies not be a ‘coward’ on Ukraine. From Reuters. PRAGUE — French President Emmanuel Macron today said it was time for Ukraine’s allies to step up, stressing now was not the time to be cowardly. “We . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian military analysts describe scenario for potential attack on Russia. From Tass.  MOSCOW — Russian military analysts have presented their vision of a likely scenario for an attack on Russia by a hypothetical adversary in an article in the magazine Voyennaya Mysl (Military Thought), a publication of the Russian Defense Ministry. Its authors speculate that an attack might begin with a rapid global strike alongside . . . READ MORE . . .

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Putin’s nuclear warning is direct and explicit, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  The spectre of Armageddon has been raised often enough during the 2-year old war in Ukraine that the reference to it in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state of the union address on Feb. 29 had a familiar ring about it. Therein lies the risk of misjudgement. Three things must be noted . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for related article.