Links to four reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Scroll down for UKRAINE 2-3-26, and up or down for GAZA and MEDIA.) — MCM

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Russia and Ukraine envoys meet in Abu Dhabi for U.S.-brokered  talks, by Kamila Hrabchuk | AP  KYIV — Envoys from Moscow and Kyiv met in Abu Dhabi today for another round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending the almost four-year war as Russian cluster munitions killed seven people at a market in Ukraine. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.  Click HERE for earlier report from NPR.

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Ukrainian airstrikes knock out power in Belgorod region for second time in a month. From the Moscow Times. Thousands of people in the southwestern Belgorod region are without power, heating and water for the second time in a month after Ukrainian airstrikes Tuesday night damaged energy infrastructure, with emergency crews scrambling . . . READ MORE . . .

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Steve Witkoff is brokering an end to the war in Ukraine. How his efforts are going. Steve Inskeep of NPR talks with Dan Baer of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff’s approach to foreign conflicts. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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