For today, links to reports from Reuters, Tass, and National Public Radio, followed by a link via ScheerPost to commentary from Common Dreams; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Four killed in combined Russian air strike on Ukraine, by Dan Peleschuk and Pavel Polityuk | Reuters  KYIV — Russia sent dozens of missiles across Ukraine early today, killing at least four civilians and hitting residential areas and commercial sites in its latest combined air attack, Ukrainian authorities said. Local officials said two . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia’s Battlegroup West thwarts four Ukrainian army attacks — Russia . From Tass. MOSCOW. Motor rifle units of the Russian Battlegroup West thwarted four attacks of Ukrainian army assault teams in the Kupyansk direction, battlegroup spokesman Sergey Zybinsky told Tass. The Ukrainian army . . . READ MORE . . .

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Hundreds of Nepalese men moved to Russia to join in its fight against Ukraine. Reported by Shalu Yadav | NPR  Participating in a far-flung war comes at a heavy cost. Ten Nepalese men have died, and more than a hundred are missing. Families blame local recruiters for Russia’s army. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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U.S. foreign policy is a scam built on corruption, by Jeffrey D. Sachs| Common Dreams/ ScheerPost  On the surface, U.S. foreign policy seems to be utterly irrational. The U.S. gets into one disastrous war after another — Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Ukraine, and Gaza. In recent days, the U.S. stands globally isolated in . . .  READ MORE . . .