For now, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Kyiv Post, the Moscow Times, the Associated Press, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Ukrainian forces make headway in east, south – officials. From Reuters. Ukrainian forces are making some headway in the eastern and southern theatres of their four-month-old counteroffensive, military officials said on Monday. Russian accounts said Moscow’s forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut and inflicted . . . READ MORE . . .
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Two Ukrainian Defence Ministry officials held for ’embezzlement.’ From AFP. Ukraine said today it was holding two senior defence ministry officials on suspicion of embezzling $7 million earmarked for buying bulletproof vests. The announcements came as President Volodymyr Zelensky intensifies his anti-corruption drive, firing officials accused of graft. The State Bureau of Investigation said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian glider bombs are hitting Ukrainian positions with impunity, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post The Kremlin is employing a new tool in its long-term strategy to turn its invasion of Ukraine into a frozen conflict too bloody for Kyiv and its western allies to continue — massed strikes of precision-guided glider bombs Ukrainian forces currently have no effective means of countering. Field reports say the latest wave of 250 and 500 kg munitions, at least ten weapons, were dropped this morning by Russian fighter bombers hitting Ukrainian positions around the Donetsk Region town of Avdiivka. In the afternoon . . . READ MORE . . .
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Despite reports, Russian Navy unlikely to have abandoned Sevastopol base, by Charlie Hancock | The Moscow Times Following a wave of attacks from Ukraine attacking warships, submarines, and infrastructure in the strategic naval base, reports circulated last week that Russia had withdrawn much of its Black Sea Fleet from Sevastopol in annexed Crimea. But such conclusions may be premature. Analysts say that Russia’s repositioning of its warships . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia claims `neo-Nazis’ were at wake for Ukrainian soldier in village café where missile killed 52, by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s U.N. ambassador alleged Monday that “neo-Nazis” and military-age men were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier in a village café where a missile last week killed 52 people. Vassily Nebenzia told a U.N. Security Council meeting called by Ukraine that the soldier was “a high-ranking Ukrainian nationalist,” with “a lot of neo-Nazi accomplices attending.” In . . . READ MORE . . .
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Venezuelan leader slams West for ignoring how Kiev-bound weapons turn up on black market. From Tass. CARACAS — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has strongly condemned the West for its failure to react to reports that Western weapons sent to Kiev are now ending up on the global arms black market. “The governments of the United States and European countries, which have , , , READ MORE . . .
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Some in Congress want to cut Ukraine aid and boost Taiwan’s. But Taiwan sees its fate tied to Kyiv’s, by Didi Tang | AP WASHINGTON — To U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, China is a bigger threat to the United States than Russia. So the Georgia Republican has voted against providing military aid to Ukraine as he advocates for doing more to arm Taiwan. For Collins and other Republican lawmakers, Taiwan and Ukraine are effectively rivals for a limited pool of U.S. military . . . READ MORE . . .
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