First, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, National Public Radio, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (The report was added in late afternoon.) Then, an AP translation into Spanish of its own report carried in English in this blog the other day, HERE. — MCM
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Ukraine’s situation at the front is getting tougher, Zelenskiy says, by Nick Starkov | Reuters LVIV , Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that the situation on the front lines in the east of the country was getting tougher and Russia was throwing more and more troops into battle. The Kremlin has been pushing for. . . READ MORE . . .
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‘Consensus’ with Zelensky that Western arms do not hit Russia. From AFP. BERLIN — Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky agrees that weapons supplied by the West will not be used to attack Russian territory, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said today. Russian president Vladimir Putin has compared the intervention of countries such as Germany with . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian armed forces destroy over 130 servicemen of Ukrainian army in a day – top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian armed forces have destroyed more than 130 servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions over the past 24 hours, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said today. Also, according to him, ten pieces of equipment . . . READ MORE . . .
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The EU is cutting off imports of Russian oil products. Reported by Ayesha Rascoe and Jackie Northam | NPR The European Union is cutting off imports of Russian oil products. It’s meant as a blow to Vladimir Putin’s economy but it will require new sources of vital diesel fuel for Europe. Click HERE to listen and read.
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How will EU ban and West’s price cap on Russian diesel work? by David McHugh | AP FRANKFURT, Germany — The 27-nation European Union is banning Russian refined oil products like diesel fuel and joining the U.S. and other allies in imposing a price cap on sales to non-Western countries. The bloc’s ban takes effect today following its embargo on coal and most oil from Russia. The move . . . READ MORE . . .
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En frontera Ucrania-Bielorrusia, guerra de nervios y drones, por Samya Kullab | AP FRONTERA CON BIELORRUSIA, Ucrania — Los drones de vigilancia vuelan varias veces por día desde posiciones ucranianas en lo profundo del bosque que se extiende sobre la frontera con Bielorrusia, un estrecho aliado de Rusia, buscando señales de peligro en la tierra y el cielo. En ese tramo de 1.000 kilómetros (650 millas) de ciénagas y bosques, las unidades ucranianas vigilan . . . READ MORE . . .