Today’s post begins with an Associated Press story updated by the news service before 8 a.m. EDT. Next, the British newspaper the Daily Mail reports on a Fox News interview with Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and on an ABC News interview with Pentagon press secretary John Kirby; the article also reports that American filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed in Ukraine. — MCM

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Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35, by Yuras Karmanau LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base close to Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people. The strike followed Russian threats to target foreign weapon shipments that are helping Ukrainian fighters defend their country against Russia’s grinding invasion. More than 30 Russian cruise missiles targeted the sprawling training facility that is less than 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the closest border point with Poland, according to the governor of Ukraine’s western Lviv region. Poland is a key location for routing Western military aid to Ukraine. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, Lviv had largely been spared the scale of destruction unfolding further east and become a destination for residents escaping bombarded cities and for many of the nearly 2.6 million refugees who have fled the country. READ MORE . . .

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Russia showing signs of interest in Ukraine talks, says U.S. official, by Andrea Blanco | The Daily Mail, Russia is showing signs of a willingness to engage in substantive negotiations over Ukraine, even as Moscow currently is intent on “destroying” its neighbor, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Sunday, Sherman, in an interview with Fox News Sunday, said the U.S. is putting “enormous pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a cease-fire in its weeks-old invasion of Ukraine and to allow the creation of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to escape. ‘That pressure is beginning to have . . . READ MORE . . .

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