Links to two reports: from the Associated Press National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (Scroll down for UKRAINE 1-14-26, and up or down for IRAN and VENEZUELA.) — MCM

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Ukrainian delegation arrives in U.S. for peace talks as Russia hammers energy sites, by Samya Kullab and Elise Morton | AP  KYIV — A Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States for talks today on a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war as Russian attacks again took aim at Ukraine’s power grid, cutting electricity and heating in freezing temperatures. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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The latest of what’s happening in Ukraine. Reported by Joanna Kakissis and Scott Simon | NPR  Many residents in Kyiv are suffering through freezing temperatures with no heat or electricity after Russian strikes on energy infrastructure. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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