For today, links to reports from the Kyiv Post, Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Toll from Russian ‘double-tap’ strike on Odesa rises to 14. From Kyiv Post. At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured today in a Russian strike on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, which has come under repeated aerial attacks. As a result . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian missile attack kills two in Ukraine’s Odesa, governor says. From Reuters. — A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa today killed at least two people and wounded others, the regional governor said. “There are . . . READ MORE . . .
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Shelling of Russia’s Belgorod kills 1, injures 2. From the Moscow Times. At least one person was killed and two others were injured in an attack on the Russian city of Belgorod this afternoon, local authorities said, just shortly after pro-Kyiv militias warned of an imminent strike. Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said air defense systems shot . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN-backed human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia, by Jamey Keaten | AP GENEVA — U.N.-backed human rights experts said today they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by their Russian jailers, saying such practices could amount to war crimes. The Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia uses effective strategies on battlefield, Ukrainian expert admits. From Tass. NEW YORK — The strategy Russia is using to hit key targets in the Ukraine conflict zone has proved effective, Newsweek quoted Ivan Stupak, advisor to the Verkhovna Rada’s national security, defense and intelligence committee, as saying. “Russia has rolled out . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine wants to reopen airports during war. Will its ambitions take off? by Dominic Culverwell | The Kyiv Independent More than two years since Ukraine shut down its airports after the start of the full-scale invasion, Kyiv wants to resume air travel, even as Russia continues to launch drones and missiles across the country. This week, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister . . . READ MORE . . .