For today, a link to commentary from this weekend’s Berkshire Eagle, followed by links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Tass; other articles are accessible by clicking on their sources’ names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Ukrainian marines cross the Dnipro in an echo of the epic WWII battle, by James Brooke | The Berkshire Eagle For generations of Soviets, “crossing the Dnieper” evoked the epic 1943 battle that pitted 3 million Soviet soldiers against 1 million Nazi defenders. By the end of a four-month-long amphibious assault, more than 1 million Soviet soldiers were killed, wounded or missing. But by surmounting Ukraine’s water wall, they broke the back of Nazi power in Eastern Europe. Eighty years later this month, Ukrainian soldiers . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kyiv says Russian forces shot surrendering Ukrainian soldiers. If confirmed, it would be a war crime, by Felipe Dana and Joanna Kozlowska | AP KYIV — Ukrainian officials today accused Russian forces of killing surrendering Ukrainian soldiers, a war crime if confirmed, after grainy footage on social media appeared to show two uniformed men being shot at close range after emerging from a dugout. The video shows the servicemen . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russians ease attacks in eastern Ukraine, shattered town may still be held by Kyiv. From Reuters. Russian forces eased attacks on the beleaguered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday and unofficial reports from the region suggested they had failed to capture the devastated town of Maryinka to the southwest. Russia’s military has focused . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says it hit air defence HQ in Ukraine’s Dnipro. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russian forces hit a fortified commander post of Ukraine’s “East” air defence and alerting centre in the central city of Dnipro, the Russian defence ministry said today. It said that it inflicted combined strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery. Reuters was not immediately able . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces repel Ukraine’s attack in Zaporohye area — defense ministry. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces repelled Ukraine’s attack near the settlement of Verbovoye and hit Ukrainian manpower near Rabotino, eliminating up 20 soldiers, the Russian defense ministry said today. “In the Zaporozhye area, Russian aircraft, artillery and mortar systems . . . READ MORE . . .