First, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, teleSUR, Tass, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. — MCM
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The differences between what Russia and Ukraine say is happening on the ground. Reported by Tom Bowman and Jason Beaubien | NPR Russia says it is claiming parts of Ukraine, but facts on the ground say otherwise. Ukrainian troops continue a counteroffensive in the country’s south and east that is upending the Kremlin’s plans. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Ukraine city takes more hits as apartment attack deaths rise, by Adam Schreck | AP KYIV — The death toll from a missile attack on apartment buildings in a southern Ukrainian city rose to 11 as more Russian missiles and — for the first time — explosive packed drones targeted Ukrainian-held Zaporizhzhia today. As the war sparked by Russia’s February invasion of its neighbor ground on, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . . . READ MORE . . .
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France creates 100-mn-euro fund for Ukraine to buy arms. From AFP. France has created a fund, initially worth 100 million euros ($98 million), for Ukraine to directly buy weapons and other materiel it needs in its war against invading Russia, President Emmanuel Macron said today. “We are setting up this . . . READ MORE . . .
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Erdogan and Putin discuss improving ties, ending Ukraine war. From Reuters. ISTANBUL — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about improving bilateral ties and he repeated Ankara’s willingness to do its part to peacefully resolve the war in Ukraine, Erdogan’s office said today. . . . Ankara’s relations with Russia are complex, with . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s response to EU price cap, reorientation of oil exports. From teleSUR. A European Union package of sanctions adopted this week is aimed at “strengthening pressure on the Russian government and economy, and weakening Russia’s military capabilities,” and Russia “will respond by redirecting oil exports to countries that are ready to cooperate with us under normal conditions,” a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Thursday. READ MORE . . .
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Brain-dead NATO’ has gone too far, Lavrov says. From Tass. YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia — NATO, whom French President Emmanuel Macron at one time called ‘brain dead’, has gone too far, judging from the US-led Western bloc’s recent policies on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today. . . . “Macron at one time diagnosed the North Atlantic alliance as being `brain dead’, he commented. “Judging from how the bloc has been grooming Kiev’s neo-Nazi regime, the disease has deteriorated far too much already. . . . As you know . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian rights defenders awarded Nobel Peace Prize. From the Moscow Times. The Norwegian Nobel Committee today awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize to Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian human rights champions. Russia’s Memorial group, Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties and jailed Belarusian rights activist Ales Bialiatski share this year’s prestigious award. “They . . . READ MORE . . .
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