For now, links to reports from Agence France-Press, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, the Associated Press, and Reuters, and to commentary from ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.)– MCM
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Russian overnight attacks on Ukraine injure 11. From AFP. Ukraine said today that it downed 35 Russian drones across the country, including in the capital region, while a strike on an eastern town injured at least 11 nine people. Military authorities said the drone strikes . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrenergo: 2 energy substations damaged by Russian drone strikes in past day. From the Kyiv Independent. Two energy substations in southern and central Ukraine were damaged by Russian kamikaze drone attacks on Saturday, state electricity grid operator Ukrenergo said today. Consumers were not cut off from electricity and repairs are . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones. From AFP. Russia said on Saturday it had destroyed 47 Ukrainian drones over its southern regions overnight, mostly in the Rostov area bordering Ukraine. Kyiv has regularly . . . READ MORE . . .
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Foreign mercenaries unveiled near Avdeyevka — DPR head’s advisor. From Tass. DONETSK — Russian intelligence services have unveiled a group of mercenaries from Poland and Georgia in the area of the Tonenkoye and Orlovka settlements near Avdeyevka, according to an advisor to the DPR’s head. He said they are reportedly at work at this front sector near. . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 9 Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is ‘not unthinkable,’ by Vanessa Gera | AP WARSAW — Poland’s foreign minister said Friday the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and that he appreciates the French president for not ruling out that idea. Radek Sikorski said it in the Polish parliament Friday, reflecting . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 9 Pope says Ukraine should have ‘courage of the white flag’ of negotiations, by Philip Pullella | Reuters ROME — Pope Francis said in an interview in February that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of the “white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia. The interview was recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI, well . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 8 What we do and don’t know about the number of Ukrainian troops killed, by Andrea Januta | The Kyiv Independent President Volodymyr Zelensky announced recently that 31,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in the war against Russia, the first official release of military personnel losses in over a year. “Every person . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 8 The West’s reckoning? by Michael Brenner | ScheerPost Western leaders are experiencing two stunning events: defeat in Ukraine, genocide in Palestine. The first is humiliating, the other shameful. Yet,. . . READ MORE . . .
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