For now, links reports from Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Ukraine says downed 14 out of 19 Russian cruise missiles overnight. From AFP. Kyiv said today that Russia had launched more than a dozen cruise missiles at Ukraine overnight in Moscow’s latest aerial barrage that left two dead and several wounded. Officials in Kyiv say Russian forces stockpiled drones and missiles for attacks on Ukraine’s struggling energy grid over winter. READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Ukraine shells Russia’s Belgorod Region nearly 25 times over day. From Tass. BELGOROD — The Ukrainian armed forces fired almost 25 different munitions at Russia’s Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said today. “In the Krasnoyaruzsky district, the village of . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Official: Ukraine updating killer missile that sank Russia’s Moskva, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post Ukrainian militarytechnicians are working on “Long Neptune,” an updated version of the killer missile that sank the Russian navy cruiser Moskva, once the most powerful warship on the Black Sea, news reports said. Deputy Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. Ivan Havrylyuk said . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Germany hands over shells, drones, other equipment in latest delivery to Ukraine, by Nate Ostiller and news desk | The Kyiv Independent Germany today handed over its latest delivery of military aid to Ukraine, including vehicles, drones, artillery shells, and other equipment. The items included 11 reconnaissance drones, six border protection vehicles, eight . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine to make shells with U.S. firms as it seeks to develop defence sector. From Reuters. Kyiv has agreed with two American firms to jointly manufacture vital 155mm artillery shells in Ukraine, a Ukrainian minister said on Thursday, although production will not start for at least two years. Demand for . . . READ MORE . . .
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After failed test vote, prospects dim for new Ukraine aid in U.S. Congress, by Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan | Reuters WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate leaders vowed on Thursday to keep trying to reach an agreement to provide billions of dollars in new security aid to Ukraine, but faced uncertainty about doing so quickly after Republicans blocked a sweeping foreign security assistance bill. Senate Republicans voted unanimously . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN: Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities, worsening humanitarian conditions, by Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — Intensifying Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities are worsening humanitarian conditions across the war-torn country, where heavy snow and freezing temperatures have already arrived, U.N. officials said Wednesday. Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca told . . . READ MORE . . .
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