For now, links to reports from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, the Moscow Times, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Cold and dark: Kyiv readies for ‘worst winter of our lives,’ by Yuras Karmanau and John Leicester | AP KYIV — When the power is out, as it so often is, the high-rise apartment overlooking Ukraine’s war-torn capital feels like a deathtrap. No lights, no water, no way to cook food. And the risk of not being able to escape from the 21st floor in time should a Russian missile strike. Even when electricity comes back, it’s never on for long. “Russian strikes are plunging Ukraine into the Stone Age,” says . . . READ MORE . . .
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How Russia is weaponizing the Ukrainian winter. Reported by Nathan Rott, Claire Harbage and Hanna Palamarenko | NPR IZIUM, Ukraine — Russia’s systematic and repeated attacks on Ukraine’s energy and heating infrastructure — the latest of which involved the heaviest missile strikes in a nearly nine-month war — have led to regular power outages in some of the country’s largest cities. In smaller towns like Izium . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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Visual investigation details captive Russian troops’ deaths by shooting. From the Moscow Times. The New York Times said Sunday it has verified footage showing captive Russian troops being killed by Ukrainian forces as experts remain divided on whether the grisly episode constitutes a war crime or an act of self-defense. At least four drone and cellphone videos . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s ‘General Armageddon’ under pressure to deliver on battlefield after retreat, by Andrew Osborn and Mark Trevelyan | Reuters * Top general argued for strategic but humiliating retreat * Russian forces left west bank of River Dnipro as a result * Russia war hawks rallied around General Sergei Surovikin * But he’s now under pressure to show battlefield results | LONDON — Russia’s leading war hawks rallied behind the humiliating decision for Moscow’s forces to retreat from the Ukrainian city of Kherson this month, but the commander who argued in favour of the move is now under growing pressure to prove it was worth it. Sergei Surovikin, nicknamed . . . READ MORE . . .
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IAEA inspectors will be given access to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant strictly within their mandate — Rosenergoatom. From Tass. MELITOPOL — Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency will be given access to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant after the shelling by Ukrainian troops strictly within their mandate, a top adviser at Russia’s Rosenergoatom nuclear power engineering company, said Sunday. He noted . . . READ MORE . . .
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Screams from Russia’s alleged torture basements still haunt Ukraine’s Kherson. Reported by Jason Beaubien | NPR KHERSON, Ukraine — Just talking in Ukrainian could get them arrested and even tortured, residents say. Displaying a Ukrainian flag was . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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The U.S. seized Russian oligarchs’ superyachts. Now, American taxpayers pay the price. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR speaks with Stephanie Baker, senior writer at Bloomberg News, about the complications involved in seizing and maintaining superyachts owned by sanctioned Russian billionaires. Click HERE to listen and read.
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