For todau, links to reports from Tass, Reuters, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Associated Press, and the Moscow Times, and to commentary via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine strikes Belgorod Region with drones, makes another attempt to infiltrate Russia. From Tass. MOSCOW — Two people were killed and at least 10 others wounded as Ukrainian forces attacked Belgorod and the Belgorod Region today, local officials said. The Russian Defense Ministry, too, said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian drone strikes disrupt TV signal in northeast Ukraine. From Reuters. KYIV — The northeastern Ukrainian border region of Sumy said parts of its territory had lost television and radio signal today after Russia launched a mass overnight drone attack that damaged communications infrastructure. The attack with 36 drones . . . READ MORE . . .
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Day 3 of Russian rebel insurgency in Belgorod and Kursk, by Leo Chiu | Kyiv Post Fighting between pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters and Russian forces has resumed in Russia’s Belgorod region. The fighting started on Tuesday in what the Russian Volunteer Corps, Freedom of . . . READ MORE . . .
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Medvedev slams ‘brain-dead’ Zelensky formula, proposes abolishing Ukraine. From Tass. MOSCOW — Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev sees Kiev’s much-hyped “peace formula” as unviable, proposing a drastically different way out. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s “peace formula” . . . READ MORE . . .
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Syrskyi: Ukraine begins rotation of troops who have been fighting ‘for a long time,’ by Chris York | The Independent Ukraine has begun rotating troops who have been serving at the front “for a long time” despite the increasingly difficult situation faced by the country’s Armed Forces, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said today. He said Ukrainian troops continued to hold . . . READ MORE . . . .
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Kremlin says Putin didn’t threaten to use nuclear weapons, U.S. took him out of context. From Reuters. MOSCOW — The Kremlin said today that comments on nuclear weapons that Russian President Vladimir Putin made in an interview with state media did not constitute a threat to use them, and accused the U.S. of deliberately taking the remarks out of context. Putin said in the interview published on Wednesday . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 13 Russia warns Ukraine war could spin out of control due to action of one or two NATO countries. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia warned on Wednesday that the war in Ukraine could spin out of control and expand geographically due to the ill-considered actions of one or two member states from the NATO military alliance. The conflict has triggered the deepest crisis in . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 13 Putin warns again that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is threatened. From AP. President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days before an election. The Russian leader has repeatedly talked about his readiness . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says 6K foreign fighters killed in Ukraine. From the Moscow Times. Russia said today its forces have killed nearly 6,000 foreign volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine since Moscow’s full-scale invasion over two years ago. According to the Defense Ministry, 13,387 “foreign mercenaries” from dozens of countries have fought in Ukraine . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia bans entry to 227 U.S. citizens involved in Washington’s Russophobic agenda – MFA. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia has banned entry to another 227 Americans involved in fostering and implementing the Russophobic policy of the current U.S. administration, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced. “In the context . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 12 The debate over Israel as ‘U.S. aircraft carrier,’ by Diana Johnstone | Special to Consortium News Inside one administration after another, former Dick Cheney aide Victoria Nuland has advanced the neocon agenda, notably by managing the Ukrainian disaster. The Project for a New American Century . . . READ MORE . . .