For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Tass, and Reuters, followed by commentary from Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on the sources’ names or initials below. (Today’s GAZA entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine’s president rules out holding elections next spring and calls for unity in fighting Russia, by Illia Novikov and Hanna Arhirova | AP KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy late Monday ruled out holding a presidential vote in the spring and urged his countrymen to avoid political divides, saying they must concentrate all resources on fighting Russia.“Now, in wartime, when . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. House committee supports draft bill on transfer of Russian assets to Kiev. From Tass. WASHINGTON — The Foreign Affairs committee of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress has approved a bill to transfer a part of Russian assets frozen by the U.S. to the Kiev government. According to a live broadcast on YouTube, 40 members of the committee supported the move, while two voted . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Ukraine hails ‘historic step’ as EU takes Kyiv closer to membership amid war with Russia, by Gabriela Baczynska and Marine Strauss | Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised as a “historic step” a recommendation by the European Union executive today to invite Kyiv to begin membership talks as soon as it meets final conditions, even as it fights to repel Russia’s war. The Commission said the talks should formally be launched once Kyiv satisfies . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian command post in Zaporozhye area over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian army’s integrated command post in the Zaporozhye area over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today, in a more general statement. READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Is an End Game in Sight for Ukraine? by Tony Kevin | Consortium News There’s been talk in Western media the past week of an alleged “stalemate’” on the Ukrainian battlefront. However, the Oxford Dictionary definition of stalemate does not apply to Ukraine: “A situation in which further action or progress by opposing or competing parties seems impossible.” Russia has . . . READ MORE . . .