First, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and the Daily Hampshire Gazette; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, a link to commentary from Global Research. — MCM
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Ukraine in talks with allies about getting long-range missiles, aide says, by David Ljunggren | Reuters Expedited talks are under way among Kyiv and its allies about Ukraine’s requests for long-range missiles that it says are needed to prevent Russia from destroying Ukrainian cities, a top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday. “To drastically reduce the Russian army’s key weapon — the artillery they use today on the front lines — we need missiles that will destroy . . . READ MORE . . .
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Moscow says 14 killed in Ukraine strike on eastern hospital, Kyiv claims 3 dead in Russian strike. From AFP. Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday accused the Ukrainian army of striking a hospital in the eastern Luhansk region, leaving 14 dead and injuring 24 others. On Saturday morning in the town of Novoaidar, “the Ukrainian armed forces deliberately attacked the building of a district hospital with rockets of a U.S.-made HIMARS multiple launch . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces take control of Blagodatnoye settlement near Soledar – Wagner group. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Blagodatnoye settlement near Soledar in the DPR has come under control of Russia’s forces, Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company, said today. “The units of the Wagner PMC took Blagodatnoye. Blagodatnoye is under our control,” his press service quoted him . . . READ MORE . . .
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Northampton protesters denounce sending U.S. tanks to Ukraine, by Alexander MacDougall | Daily Hampshire Gazette NORTHAMPTION, Massachusetts — Around 20 demonstrators gathered in front of the Northampton office of U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern on Thursday evening to protest the recent decision by the U.S. government to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. Both Russia and Ukraine have said they are open to peace talks, but neither side is willing to accept the other’s terms, according to . . . READ MORE . . .
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An elderly couple in Ukraine says their resilience is all about happiness. Reported by Elissa Nadworny | NPR An elderly couple who survived a Russian air strike in a town on the front lines in Ukraine celebrate the electricity and water they once again have. Click HERE to listen and, sometime, read.
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‘Sleeping with the Enemy,’ by Prof Michel Chossudovsky | Global Research You cannot win a war against Russia when the second largest military power member state of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is “sleeping with the enemy.” Turkey is both a “NATO heavyweight” as well as a firm ally of the Russian Federation. The . . . READ MORE . . .
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