First, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

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Heating restored in freezing Kyiv, Mayor Klitschko says. From Reuters. KYIV — Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv after the latest Russian bombardment that targeted water and power infrastructure, the capital’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said today. “All sources of heat supply work normally.” Ukrainian officials said Russia fired more than 70 missiles on Friday in one of its heaviest barrages . . . READ MORE . . .

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One dead, several others injured in strikes on Russian region: Governor. From AFP. MOSCOW — Strikes on the Russian region of Belgorod that borders Ukraine killed one person and injured five others on Sunday, the regional governor said, two days after attacks by Moscow battered Ukraine’s energy grid. In the regional capital Belgorod, “there are four wounded (with injuries) of moderate . . . READ MORE . . .

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Pope slams conflict in Ukraine as world war. From Tass. MADRID — Pope Francis believes that the conflict in Ukraine is a “world war” and will not end soon, according to his interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC published today. “Now [Ukrainian President] Vladimir Zelensky is sending one of his religious advisers to me for the third time,” the pontiff reported, “I’m in touch, accepting, helping”. “I don’t see the end . . . READ MORE . . .

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Is Russia Receiving Weapons From North Korea? by James Beardsworth | The Moscow Times Washington claimed last month that Russia was buying weapons from North Korea and using those weapons in Ukraine. The allegations . . . READ MORE . . .

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