For today, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Moscow Times, Tass, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a PECK entry are HERE. and HERE.) — MCM
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Tensions between Ukraine’s president and a top general have boiled over. Reported by Leila Fadel and Joanna Kakissis | NPR There is growing tension between Ukraine’s president and his military chief of staff. If that general loses his job, Ukrainian society could be divided at a crucial time. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Ukraine says destroyed Russian missile boat near occupied Crimea. From the Moscow Times. Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Directorate said today its special forces had destroyed a Russian warship off the coast of occupied Ukraine using a group of waterborne drones. It said the Ivanovets missile corvette was patrolling the Black Sea near Lake Donuzlav in Crimea. READ MORE . . .
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About 45 Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod Region recorded in 24-hour span, governor says. From Tass. MOSCOW — Around 45 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces attacked the Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours, with over 40 shells fired at the borderline region’s towns and villages, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. As a result, a man was injured and four houses, two infrastructure . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin vows to make military gains in Ukraine as he meets with his campaign staff, by Vladimir Isachenkov | AP MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin vowed Wednesday to push back Ukrainian forces to reduce the threat of attacks on Russian territory as he met with activists running his campaign ahead of the March presidential election. Asked . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelensky says aid deal demonstrates ‘strong EU unity.’ From AFP, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today hailed a deal reached by the European Union to supply Kyiv with 50 billion euros in aid that was initially blocked by Hungary. “It is . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 31 World Court dismisses much of Ukraine’s case against Russia, by Stephanie van den Berg | Reuters THE HAGUE — Judges at the top U.N. court on Wednesday found that Russia violated elements of a U.N. anti-terrorism treaty, but declined to rule on allegations brought by Kyiv that Moscow was responsible for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. READ MORE . . .