For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Post, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, and National Public Radio and to commentary from the Berkshire Eagle; others are accessible by clicking on on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Kyiv endures a third bombardment in 5 days as Russia steps up targeting of Ukrainian cities, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Russia launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days today, part of an apparent escalation of aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities as the war stretches into its third year with the front line largely stationary. Seven people . . . READ MORE . . .
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7 wounded in Russian missile attack on Kyiv, by Stanislav Doshchitsyn and Sergei Supinsky | AFP Kyiv’s mayor said seven people including a teenage girl were wounded today after Ukrainian air defense systems downed two Russian ballistic missiles over the capital, sending metal debris crashing to the ground. Emergency workers in hard helmets cleared concrete and bent metal from one building ripped open . . . READ MORE . . .
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Security Service of Ukraine Target of Ballistic Attack on Kyiv – SBU, by Alisa Orlova | Kyiv Post Sources within the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have confirmed that two ballistic missiles were launched from Russian-occupied Crimea toward Kyiv today and were aimed at the SBU offices. Today Ukraine is observing the Day of the Security Service of Ukraine. READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops break through Ukrainian defenses northwest of Verbovoye in Zaporozhye area. From Tass. MELITOPOL — Russian troops broke through Ukrainian army defenses northwest of Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye area and advanced by 2 km, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia public movement, said today. “Our troops . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast’s Vovchansk kills elderly man, by Kateryna Denisova and news desk | The Kyiv Independent Russia attacked the city of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast today, killing a civilian, Gov. Oleh Syniehubov reported. Settlements in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv Oblast are subjected . . . READ MORE . . .
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Latvia prepares for Russian aggression amid concern war will spread beyond Ukraine. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Latvia’s Foreign Minister Krišjanis Karinš about the threat amid waning U.S. enthusiasm for supporting Ukraine. Lithuania and Estonia officials are also in Washington, D.C. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM MARCH 23 Meet the rebel units taking the fight inside Russia amid war in Ukraine, by James Brooke | The Berkshire Eagle Ten days ago, armed units of three Russian exile groups crossed into Russia from Ukraine. Since then, in a 75-mile arc in Belgorod region, rebels have taken over or are fighting for six border towns. Incursions reportedly . . . READ MORE . . .