For now, links to reports from Reuters, Tass, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (Today’s GAZA entry is HERE.) — MCM

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Ukraine war not in ‘stalemate’, more air defense help needed, Zelenskiy says. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denied on Saturday that the war with Russia had reached a “stalemate”, and said more work with allies was needed to strengthen air defences. His comments came days after Ukraine’s Commander-in-chief, General Valery Zaluzhnyi, said in an article the conflict . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian tank, drone control center near Kupyansk. From Tass. MOSCOW — The units of Russia’s Battlegroup West have eliminated a drone control center and a tank of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Kupyansk area, Battlegroup spokesman Sergey Zybinsky said in a statement that included other details but was unspecific on time elements. READ MORE . . .

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A Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in Crimea damages a Russian ship. From AP. The Russian military said a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in annexed Crimea had damaged a Russian ship. The Russian Defense Ministry said late Saturday that Ukrainian forces fired 15 cruise missiles at the Zaliv shipyard in Kerch, a city in the east of the Crimean Peninsula. The ministry said air defenses . . . READ MORE . . .

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