First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Popular Resistance, two pieces of commentary. — MCM
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Russia presses its Ukraine strategy, fires 40 drones at Kyiv, by Felipe Dana | AP KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia deployed exploding drones in another nighttime attack on Ukraine, officials said today, as the Kremlin signaled no letup in its strategy of using bombardments to target civilian infrastructure and wear down Ukrainian resistance to its invasion. The barrage . . . READ MORE . . .
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Strike kills 63 Russian troops in eastern Ukraine: Moscow. From AFP. A Ukrainian strike on a complex in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian city of Makiivka killed 63 Russian troops, the Russian defence ministry announced today. “As a result . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian army hits Ukraine’s combat drone production sites on Dec 31. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian Armed Forces carried out a high-precision strike on Ukrainian defense industry sites involved in the production of combat drones on December 31, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday. “The move thwarted . . . READ MORE . . .
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Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of war’s deadliest strikes, by Pavel Polityuk | Reuters * Third straight night of attacks signals new Russian tactic * Kyiv says Russian strikes are failing * Scores of Russian troops reported dead in barracks blast * Stern Putin New Year speech signals no let-up * Zelenskiy says Ukraine stands united | KYIV — Russia acknowledged today that scores of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war’s deadliest strikes, drawing demands from nationalist bloggers for commanders to be punished for housing soldiers alongside an ammunition dump. Russia’s defense ministry . . . READ MORE . . .
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In Ukraine, the New Year was met with more sheltering from aerial bombardment. From NPR. Ukraine’s government issued 15,000 air raid warnings in 2022, and it doesn’t look like Russia is planning to let up this year. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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What’s ahead for the war in Ukraine in 2023. Elissa Nadworny of NPR speaks with Melinda Haring, the outgoing deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, about what to expect from the Russia-Ukraine war in 2023. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Photographing the levity and macabre of living through the war in Ukraine. Elissa Nadworny of NPR talks with photographer Carol Guzy, about her most recent photo essay, which documents a young couple living with the effects of the Ukraine war. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Lack of good analyses contributes to the decline of the ‘West,’ by Moon of Alabama. | Educate! What really hit me last year was the dearth of correct analyses in main stream media and in politics with regards to the war in Ukraine. Little if anything is based on facts. More than 90% of the published output is propaganda. The ‘western’ plan . . . READ MORE . . .
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We’ve reached peak Zelensky — now what? by Robert Freeman | Consortium News When the president of the poorest, most corrupt nation in Europe is feted with multiple standing ovations by the combined Houses of Congress, and his name invoked in the same breath as Winston Churchill, you know we’ve reached Peak Zelensky. It’s a farcical, almost . . . READ MORE . . .
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