First, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Tass, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Russia hit Ukraine with missiles Thursday morning, killing at least six people. Reported by Joanna Kakissis| NPRAt least six people have died after a barrage of Russian missiles hit targets across Ukraine early Thursday. They also knocked out power at Europe’s largest atomic power station. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Ukraine rebounds from Russian barrage, restores power supply, by Karl Ritter | AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s capital restored most of its power supply today, officials said, as the country again responded swiftly and defiantly to the latest Russian missile and drone barrage targeting critical infrastructure. The Kremlin’s forces struck Ukraine from afar amid months of a grinding battlefield stalemate on the front line in eastern areas. The apparent aim . . . READ MORE . . .
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Aircraft supplies to lead to NATO’s direct involvement in conflict – Russia’s UN mission. From Tass. UNITED NATIONS — Possible fighter jet supplies to Ukraine will lead to NATO’s direct involvement in the conflict, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky says. “There are a lot of indicators that the West is not willing really to accept the realities and they want . . . READ MORE . . .
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Why Bakhmut has taken center state in war. From AP. The six-month battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest fight of the war so far. Little known outside Ukraine before the Russian invasion, Bakhmut has become a symbol of the country’s fortitude and perseverance in the face of the Kremlin’s onslaught. Here is a look . . . READ MORE . . .
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Fake bombs and failed coup: Moldova smolders on border of Russia’s war, by Thomas Escritt | Reuters CHISINAU — A coup attempt, bomb hoaxes, internet hacks, fake conscription call-ups, mass protests: Moldova says it’s had them all in the past year. The small European country, a former Soviet republic, is a unique geopolitical cauldron. Moldova hosts . . . READ MORE . . .
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