For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, the Moscow Times, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass, and to commentary from CraigMurray.org.uk and Medium, both via Consortium News; other articles or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (SYRIA, GAZA and MEDIA entries are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up. UKRAINE 3-14-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Russia and Ukraine launch aerial attacks amid proposed ceasefire talks. From AP. KYIV — Russia and Ukraine traded heavy aerial blows overnight Saturday, with both sides reporting more than 100 enemy drones over their respective territories. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP.
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At Trump’s request, Putin says he will let Ukrainian troops in Kursk live if they surrender. From Reuters. WASHINGTON / MOSCOW — U.S. President Donald Trump urged Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Friday to spare Ukrainian troops that Russia is pushing out of its Kursk region, an appeal Putin said he would honour if they surrendered. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Moscow Times.
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Starmer to host coalition call, says Putin ‘not serious about peace.’ From AFP. UK premier Keir Starmer will prod fellow leaders today to sign up to a coalition willing to protect any eventual ceasefire in Ukraine. He is expected to tell some 25 fellow leaders during a virtual summit that . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Russian forces hit energy facilities that support Ukraine’s military-industrial complex. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian servicemen have hit Ukrainian military airfield infrastructure and energy facilities that provide work of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, the Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 12 Putin is no Hitler, by Craig Murray | CraigMurray.org.uk / Consortium News There is a logical fallacy that dominates European neoliberal “thinking” at the moment. It goes like this: “Hitler had . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 13 Ukraine & revolution, by John Wight | Medium / Consortium News The real enemy of any government or regime, in the last analysis, is its own people. They are who rulers fear most. READ MORE . . .
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