For today, links to reports from the Kyiv Independent, the Kyiv Post, Reuters, the Moscow Times, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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CNN: Russia producing 3 times more shells than U.S., Europe can provide to Ukraine, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent Russia is set to produce nearly three times as many artillery munitions as the U.S. and Europe this year, CNN reported today, citing NATO intelligence estimates and unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Russia . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘First Oscar in Ukrainian history’ – Academy Award for ‘20 Days in Mariupol,’ by Stash Luczkiw | The Kyiv Post The Ukrainian documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” won an Oscar for best documentary film on Sunday night in Los Angeles, Calif. The film was shot during the Russian siege of Mariupol in the first weeks after . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine downs 15 of 25 Russian drones targeting Odesa, infrastructure hit. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukrainian air defences shot down 15 out of 25 Russian drones launched in an overnight attack on the southern Odesa region, but an infrastructure facility was hit, the military and regional officials said today. The military said in a statement . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian shelling of western Russian village kills 1. From the Moscow Times. A man was killed in Ukrainian shelling of a Kursk region village in western Russia, authorities said today. The region’s governor, Roman Starovoit, said the village of Goncharovka in the Suzhdansky district . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 10 Russia says downed Ukrainian drone over Leningrad region. From the Moscow Times. Authorities in northwestern Russia’s Leningrad region said Sunday that air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone flying in the area, as airspace over that region and the city of St. Petersburg was closed “to ensure safety.” Regional governor . . . READ MORE . . .
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HUR confirms head of Russia’s Navy dismissed after losing a string of warships, by Kateryna Zakharchenko | Kyiv Post Kyiv Post sources in Ukraine’s military intelligence service (HUR) have confirmed the that Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, has been forced to resign, an outcome that had been planned for a long time. “The final straw was the destruction of the Sergey Kotov,” the source . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin declines to comment on naval chief sacking reports. From AFP. The Kremlin said today that it would not comment on reports that it had sacked the commander-in-chief of the Russian navy after having lost several warships to Ukrainian attacks in the Black Sea. Russian media . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelensky criticizes Pope Francis’s white flag call as ‘virtual mediation.’ From Tass. MOSCOW — Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has dismissed Pope Francis’s proposal for peace in Ukraine as “virtual mediation.” Zelensky thanked Ukrainian religious figures . . . READ MORE . . .