First, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Consortium News, commentary in which the writer sees a significant difference between a war as presented in the news media with domestic politics largely in mind, and a war being waged militarily. — MCM
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A new school in Kyiv is training women to pilot drones. Reported by Ashley Westerman | NPR A new school in Kyiv aims to get more women involved in the war effort by putting them in a driver’s seat where few have been before: piloting drones. Click HERE to listen and read when audio and text become available.
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Russia rejoins wartime deal on Ukrainian grain exports, by Andrew Meldrum and Suzan Fraser | AP KYIV — Diplomatic efforts salvaged a wartime agreement that allowed Ukrainian grain and other commodities to reach world markets, with Russia saying today it would stick to the deal after Ukraine pledged not to use a designated Black Sea corridor to attack Russian forces. Russia suspended its participation in the grain deal over the weekend, citing . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s first lady: Tech must be used to save people, not to kill, by Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves | Reuters LISBON — In an emotional appeal, Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska urged tech workers from around the world on Tuesday to create innovations to stop Russia and help save people in her war-torn country. “The dystopias we read about in science fiction novels … are much closer than you think,” Zelenska told . . . READ MORE . . .
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Joint forces advance across almost entire contact line, DPR head Pushilin says. From Tass. DONETSK — The joint forces advance across almost the entire contact line in DPR, Acting DPR Governor Denis Pushilin said today. “In general, our boys advance . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian draft dodgers stay in hiding even as Putin announces mobilization’s end, by Anastasia Tenisheva and Yanina Sorokina | the Moscow Times Tens of thousands of Russians have sought to evade mobilization since the chaotic call-up of fighting-age men from across the country began in late September, with a mass exodus to neighboring countries dominating headlines for several weeks. Among . . . READ MORE . . .
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War as presentation, by Patrick Lawrence | Consortium News In his long interviews with Oliver Stone five years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin observed that it is impossible to work with the Americans because everything is held hostage by their election cycles. So true. Domestic politics . . . READ MORE . . .
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