First, links to reports from Tass, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
– – –
Kremlin rules out peace negotiations if Kiev ignores new realities. From Tass. MOSCOW — There can be no talk about a peace process if Ukraine ignores new realities and the latest developments, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today. “All of Moscow’s demands are well known. The de facto situation and new realities are also . . . READ MORE . . .
– – –
NPR investigates Russia’s notorious 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade. Reported by Tim Mak | NPR The 53rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade has been blamed for hundreds of civilian deaths even before the invasion of Ukraine. The brigade’s former headquarters has been tracked to a liberated region of Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
– – –
Russian missile hits Ukrainian apartment building; 1 killed, by Karl Ritter | AP KYIV — A Russian missile struck an apartment building in the center of Kramatorsk today, killing at least one person and wounding three others in one of Ukraine’s major city strongholds in its eastern Donetsk region as it fights against Moscow’s invasion, officials said. Today’s victims were among at least six civilians killed and 30 wounded in 24 hours, Ukraine authorities said. Kramatorsk houses the local Ukrainian army headquarters. READ MORE . . .
– – –
Ukraine accuses Russian snipers of abusing child, gang raping mother, by Stefaniia Bern and Anthony Deutsch | Reuters * Soldiers assaulted family soon after invasion, prosecutors say * Ukraine accuses Russian army of widespread sexual assaults * President Vladimir Putin’s government denies atrocities | KYIV — Ukraine has accused two Russian soldiers of sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl and gang raping her mother at gunpoint in front of her father, as part of widespread allegations of abuse during the more than one-year-long invasion. According to Ukrainian prosecution files seen by Reuters, the incidents were among a spree of sex crimes Russian soldiers of the 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade committed in four . . . READ MORE . . .
– – –
Ukraine grain deal talks ongoing after Russian proposal: UN. From AFP. GENEVA — Consultations to prolong a vital Ukrainian grain exports deal are continuing, the UN said today, after a Russian proposal for just a 60-day extension cast doubt over its fate. “The United Nations will do everything possible to preserve the integrity of the agreement and ensure its continuity,” said . . . READ MORE . . .
– – –
MAY BE CONTINUED