First, links to two reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and National Public Radio, followed by an opinion piece from the Berkshire Eagle; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM.
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Russia fires new wave of missiles at Ukraine after hitting Kyiv infrastructure, by Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth | Reuters KYIV — Russia fired a second wave of missiles at Ukraine today, forcing people to take cover as sirens blared across the country just hours after morning air strikes that hit critical infrastructure in Kyiv and the eastern city of Kharkiv. Authorities in Mykolaiv, the western city of Lviv and the Black Sea port of Odesa said air defences were . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.K. to supply tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles hit Kyiv, by Sylvia Hui and Hanna Arhirova | AP LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting multiple Ukrainian cities for the first time in nearly two weeks. Ten people were wounded, including two children, in . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s leader wants to visit UN on invasion anniversary, by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to visit the United Nations to address a high-level meeting of the 193-member General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of his country if the security situation permits, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Friday. First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova cautioned . . . READ MORE . . .
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Turkey ready to push for ‘local ceasefires’ in Ukraine. From AFP. Turkey said today it was ready to push for local cease-fires in Ukraine and warned that neither Moscow nor Kyiv had the military means to “win the war.” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s foreign policy adviser Ibrahim Kalin conceded . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces wipe out three D-20 howitzers in Kharkov Region, DPR – top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — “In counter-battery warfare” Russian forces destroyed “three D-20 howitzers near Scherbakovka in the Kharkov Region, as well as near Orlovka and Dyleevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Kanashenkov said today. He added . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia names a new commander for its war in Ukraine. Mary Louise Kelly of NPR speaks with Dara Massicot, a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation, about what’s behind a significant change of command for Russian forces in the war in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Facing sanctions, Russia finds crude oil customers in ‘shadow fleets.’ Reported by Jackie Northam | NPR Facing sanctions for its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is looking further afield to find customers for its crude oil. It is having to rely on so-called “shadow fleets” to do so. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Could the Russian Federation go the way of the Soviet Union? by James Brooke | The Berkshire Eagle Burned by the unexpected collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago, Western foreign policy analysts now are asking: Can the Russian Federation survive until 2034? Almost half of 167 “leading global strategists” polled by the Atlantic Council, answered: No. “Prepare for Russia’s coming crack-up,” said . . . READ MORE . . .
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