For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Tass, Reuters, and National Public Radio and to commentary from Substack; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Russia attacks Ukrainian electrical power facilities, including major hydroelectric plant, by Hanna Arhirova and Jim Heintz | AP KYIV — Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages and killing at least five people, officials said today. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 60 drones and about 90 rockets . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER A series of blasts in Ukrainian cities. From Tass. MOSCOW — A series of blasts rocked several Ukrainian cities. An air raid alert was declared on the country’s entire territory. As Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko specified, the blasts largely damaged electric power generation, transmission and distribution facilities. Some Ukrainian cities are experiencing problems with water supply and communications. A day before, explosions occurred in Kiev — the city’s . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Ukraine to drop Ruswsia business blacklist after backlash, by Tom Balmforth and John O’Donnell | Reuters KYIV / BERLIN — Ukraine will scrap its “sponsors of war” blacklist, the centrepiece of its campaign to pressure companies doing business in Russia, today, after a backlash from countries from to Austria to China, two people familiar with the matter said. The end of the blacklist, which . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops advance on towns in eastern Ukraine, where some residents remain. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR Some Ukrainians are spending their days under the fire of advancing Russian troops. We meet some of the last residents of an eastern Ukrainian town. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM MARCH 21 The iron-clad piñata, by Seymour M. Hersh | seymourhersh.Substack.com President Biden’s foreign policy problems in the Middle East and Ukraine are daunting, especially in an election year, but the war between Russia and Ukraine could be nearing a military endgame, and not via negotiations. READ MORE . . .