Links to FOUR reports: from National Public Radio, the Moscow Times, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for LEBANON, GAZA, IRAN and MEDIA, and down for UKRAINE 5-14-26.) — MCM

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The war in Ukraine is at a standstill as societal fatigue grows in Russia. Reported by Charles Maynes, Joanna Kakissis and Elissa Nadworny | NPR  With the peace process stalled, there are signs of growing public fatigue in Russia with the Kremlin’s war as Ukraine uses robotic warfare to stay in the fight. Click HERE later to listen and, still later, read.

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FROM MAY 15  Ukrainian drones kill 4 and set Ryazan oil refinery ablaze. From the Moscow Times. A Ukrainian drone barrage killed at least four people and ignited a huge fire at an oil refinery in the city of Ryazan on Friday, in what appeared to be a direct retaliation for a deadly Russian strike on Kyiv a day earlier. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 15  Russia and Ukraine begin first phase of large POW exchange. From the Moscow Times. Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 205 prisoners of war on Friday, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying it represented the first phase of a large swap that U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week. READ MORE . . .

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Four civilians killed during Victory Day ceasefire: displomat. From Tass. Four civilians were killed and 47 injured in Russia during the May 9-11 ceasefire on the occasion of Victory Day, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large for the crimes of the Kiev regime Rodion Miroshnik told TASS. READ MORE . . .

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