For today, links to report from Reuters, the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM

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Moscow says Russia, China agree that Russia must be present in Ukraine talks. From Reuters.  Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, said it was impossible to discuss a Ukraine settlement without Moscow’s participation, the Russian foreign ministry said today. Li’s European tour will also include Poland, Ukraine and . . . READ MORE . . .

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Death toll rises from Russian drone strike on Ukrainian port city, as China’s envoy tours Moscow, by Susie Blann | AP  KYIV — The death toll rose to 10 today from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa the previous day. Russia’s defense ministry said 38 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight into today over the Crimean peninsula. And in Moscow, China’s special envoy on Ukraine. . . READ MORE . . .