For today, links to reports from the Kyiv Post, the Moscow Times, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, and National Public Radio, and to two pieces of commentary via or from Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.)— MCM
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Railway station destroyed after Russian attack in Kostyantynivka. From Kyiv Post. The Kostyantynivka railway station along with more than a dozen houses and shops were damaged this morning in Russian shelling. Radio Svoboda reported that police said one person was injured in the Donetsk region industrial city, allegedly targeted by Russian military with S-300 missiles . . . READ MORE . . .
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In a Russian city near the Ukrainian border, life teeters between war and normalcy. From the Moscow Times. VORONEZH, Russia — In this city of about 1 million near the border with Ukraine, Moscow’s war on Kyiv has quietly seeped into everyday life over the past two years. A month before the Feb. 17 drone crash, Voronezh experienced its largest drone attack. Wreckage from . . . READ MORE . . .
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Man killed in Nikopol after Russian drone drops explosives on truck, by Dominic Culverwell | The Kyiv Independent A 57-year-old man was killed when a Russian drone dropped explosives directly on a truck in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing a 57-year-old man, the regional governor said today. It was part of a wave of drones overnight over eight oblasts. READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces repel seven counterattacks in Avdeyevka area, moving to better positions. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces repelled seven enemy counterattacks in the Avdeyevka area in the past day, moving to more advantageous positions, according to a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine is relying on the U.S. to address its weapons shortage. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR talks with retired General Ben Hodges, a former commander of the US Army in Europe, about how shortages of weapons are affecting Ukraine’s war effort. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM FEB. 19 Mea culpa on Ukraine, by Craig Murray | CraigMurray.org.uk / Consortium News The genocide in Gaza — or more precisely the major NATO powers’ active and practical support for the genocide in Gaza — has forced me to re-evaluate my views on Ukraine in a manner more sympathetic to the Russian narrative. In particular, I . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 24, 2022 Why Putin went to war, by Joe Lauria | Special to Consortium News Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a TV address Thursday morning [Feb. 24, 2022] that the goal of Russia’s military operation was not to take control of Ukraine, but to “demilitarize” and “de-Nazify” the country. Moments after he spoke . . . READ MORE . . .