For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent, and to commentary from Indian Punchline and, via Popular Resistance, MintPress News; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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Putin says Russia is planning a buffer zone to protect against Ukrainian cross-border attacks. From AP. Russia won’t relent in its invasion of Ukraine, with one of its forthcoming goals being to establish a buffer zone along the border to help protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids, Russian President Vladimir Putin said late Sunday. “In view of the current tragic . . . READ MORE . . .
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2 killed, 4 injured in air strike on Russia’s Belgorod. From the Moscow Times. Two people were killed and four others were injured in a Ukrainian air strike on a village in western Russia’s Belgorod region, authorities saidtoday. Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s Belgorod Region kills 11, injures 82 over week. From Tass. BELGOROD — A total of 11 civilians of Russia’s Belgorod Region have died and 82 have been injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling during the week of March 12-18 and 40 remain in the hospital, according to regional Health Minister Andrey Ikonnikov. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham arrives in Kyiv, by Elsa Court | The Kyiv Independent KYIV — Republican U.S. senator Lindsay Graham arrived in Kyiv, the U.S. Embassy said today. His visit comes as U.S. aid to Ukraine remains delayed. While the Senate . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 13 Failed IJC case against Russia backfires, by Kit Klarenberg | MintPress News / Popular Resistance As January became February, the International Court of Justice delivered a pair of legal body blows to Ukraine and its Western backers. First, on Jan. 31, it ruled on . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 10 ‘Novorossiya’ rising from ashes like phoenix, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline Vladimir Putin’s meeting on March 6 in Moscow with top officials of economic ministries and leaders of the southern and Azov sea regions — ‘Novorossiya’ historically — signifies . . . READ MORE . . .