First, TeleSUR reports that Russian-Ukrainian online negotiations may resume Monday. Second, a link to the Associated Press report made available at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Third, a Reuters report made available at about 11:50 a.m. EDT. All three link to other detailed stories and may be updated. Fourth, in a review of States of Emergency, by Kees van del Pijl, Edward Curtin notes the author’s information about biological weapons research in Ukrainian laboratories carried out under an agreement with the U.S. Defense Department. (Note: the book will be published by Clarity Press, publisher of Curtin’s Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies.) Finally, a reporter interviews the Slovenia’s prime minister on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” —MCM
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Russian and Ukrainian delegations reportedly expected to resume online talks Monday; Russia is said to have destroyed a military base in northwestern Ukraine. From teleSUR Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday he is ready for negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I am ready for negotiations with him. I was ready over the last two years and I think that…without negotiations we cannot end this war.” Also Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of a Ukrainian military base in the Zhitomir region bordering Belarus. . . . Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that in the operation, the aviation used Kinzhal hypersonic missiles . . . Since last night, 62 military targets have been hit in Ukraine, including three command posts, a multiple rocket launcher, two weapons and ammunition depots, and 52 military equipment concentration points, Konashenkov summarized. READ MORE . . .
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Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition, by Cara Anna | The Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering about 400 people in Mariupol, and tearful evacuees from the devastated port city described how “battles took place over every street,” weeks into the siege. The fall of Mariupol would allow Russian forces in southern and eastern Ukraine to link up. But Western military analysts say that even if the surrounded city is taken, the troops battling a block at a time for control there may be too depleted to help secure Russian breakthroughs on other fronts. Three weeks into the invasion, Western governments and analysts see the conflict shifting to a war of attrition, with bogged down Russian forces launching long-range missiles . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy presses Israel for missile defense help, fighting rages in Mariupol, by Pavel Polityuk| Reuters * Mariupol city council says thousands taken by force to Russia * Zelenskiy says siege of Mariupol is a war crime * Appeals to Israel for help in video link with Knesset * Russia says it has fired hypersonic missiles * Turkish minister says Russia, Ukraine closer to ceasefire | LVIV, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian forces fought for control of the port city of Mariupol on Sunday, local authorities said, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to Israel for help in pushing back the Russian assault on his country. In the latest in a series of appeals he has made for help from abroad, Zelenskiy addressed the Israeli parliament by video link and questioned Israel’s reluctance . . . READ MORE . . .
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BOOK REVIEW: Edward Curtin recommends States of Emergency: Keeping the Global Populations in Check by Kees van del Pijl Curtin begins: ”This book is a brilliant and comprehensive analysis of the Covid-19 crisis and the worldwide states of siege instituted under its cover. Reading it, one cannot help but shake one’s head in outrage at the long-planned nature of the wealthy global elite’s seizure of power under the guise of a germ emergency and the revolutionary crisis it has created. I say this not only because I am predisposed to the author’s thesis, but because he buttresses his argument with overwhelming documentation that is meticulously sourced and noted. This is a work of genuine scholarship of the highest order, and to read it closely and with an open mind one can’t help but be convinced of its essential truth.” READ MORE . . .
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Despite risks, Slovenian PM went to Kyiv to show Ukraine it’s not alone. Prime Minister Janez Janša speaks with NPR’s Michel Martin of “All Things Considered” about his visit to Kyiv during the Russian invasion. Listen HERE when audio becomes available.