First, links to reports from Tass, Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, from AP, translations into Spanish of two of its reports from the past week. Finally for today, via the Greanville Post, commentary from Black Mountain Analysis. — MCM
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Russia’s FSB thwarts Ukrainian drone attack on airfield in Ivanovo region – statement. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia’s Federal Security Service and the Interior Ministry have thwarted a drone attack on an airfield in the Ivanovo Region of Russia, the FSB said in a statement. “In conducting active search measures in Russia, a sabotage group was exposed, which was supervised by . . . READ MORE . . .
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Wagner group signals it will stay in Bakhmut after Prigozhin threatened to pull forces. From Reuters. The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group today appeared to ditch plans to withdraw his forces from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine after receiving promises overnight that they would get all the arms needed to capture the devastated city. Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has publicly heaped scorn on Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the top army brass over their conduct of the war . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says bomber who injured novelist acted for Ukraine, by Dasha Litinova | AP TALLINN, Estonia — Russia’s top investigative agency on Saturday said the suspect in a car bombing that injured a prominent pro-Kremlin novelist and killed his driver has admitted acting at the behest of Ukraine’s special services. The blast that hit the car of Zakhar Prilepin, a well-known nationalist writer and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin focused on consolidating Ukraine gains: U.S. intelligence chief. From AFP. Russian forces in Ukraine are so degraded they cannot mount any significant offensive moves and are focused for now on consolidating control of occupied territory, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday. As Ukraine prepares for its own offensive in the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin still likely aims to prolong the conflict until Western support . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine farmers risk losing their lives or livelihoods, by Samya Kullab | AP Across Ukraine, the war has forced grain growers into a vicious dilemma. Farmers in areas now free from Russian occupation are risking their lives to strip their land of explosives before the critical spring planting season. Even then, they must cope with soaring production and transportation costs caused . .. READ MORE . . .
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In Ukraine, an American volunteer is laid to rest. Reported by Julian Hayda | NPR An American volunteer in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion is laid to rest in Kyiv. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Funeral held in Ukraine for American man killed in action, by Nicolae Dumitrache | AP KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Soldiers from the International Legion of Ukraine said farewell Friday to an American military veteran they served with, who was killed a month ago in the fierce struggle to prevent the eastern city of Bakhmut from falling into Russian hands. In a funeral service at Kyiv’s St. Michael’s Cathedral . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ucrania derriba misil hipersónico ruso con Patriot de EEUU, por David Rising | AP KIEV — La Fuerza Aérea de Ucrania dijo el sábado que derribó un misil hipersónico ruso sobre Kiev utilizando un sistema de defensa Patriot estadounidense recién adquirido, la primera vez que se sabe que el país logra interceptar uno de los proyectiles más modernos del arsenal de Moscú. El comandante de la Fuerza Aérea, Mykola Oleshchuk, señaló en un mensaje en Telegram . . . LEA MÁS . . .
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Jefe de Grupo Wagner amenaza con sacar sus tropas de Bájmut, por David Rising | AP KIEV — El propietario de la compañía militar privada rusa Grupo Wagner amenazó el viernes con retirar sus tropas las próxima semana de la prolongada batalla por Bájmut, una ciudad del este de Ucrania, y acusó al mando militar ruso de dejar a sus fuerzas sin municiones y provocar numerosas bajas. Yevgeny Prigozhin, un conocido empresario millonario que desde hace mucho . . . LEA MÁS . . .
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Operational update 4: The Ukrainian counteroffensive, by Aleks | Black Mountain Analysis First, I want to reiterate a basic fact. The West is deliberately burning Ukraine and its human potential down with a “Scorched Earth” policy. If Ukraine was acting independently, and its goal would be to defeat Russia by bogging it down in a bloody insurgency war that would last years, it would not think about large-scale offensives but rather a well-developed plan of withdrawal battles and ambushes. Instead, there is a certain pool of Ukrainian manpower available to the West, with which the West aims to achieve as many goals as possible until the manpower is eventually annihilated. And it will certainly be . . . READ MORE . . .