Ukraine, 3-27-23

First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, a link to commentary from Bloomberg Opinion. — MCM

   

Russian shelling of Ukraine city kills 2, wounds 29 people, by Karl Ritter | AP  KYIV — Two people were killed and 29 wounded today when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region, local officials said. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as “terrorism.” Russia has . . . READ MORE . . .

   

A steel plant ready for war shows hit to Ukraine’s economy, by Hanna Arhirova | AP  ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — The damage to Ukraine’s metal industry has crippled a lucrative sector and key employer needed to support an economy cratered by war. Efforts to restore production and get goods moving again to customers worldwide will be crucial to helping the country rebuild. A pillar of the economy before the war, . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Ukraine planning response as battle shifts to ‘post-apocalyptic’ Avdiivka, by Dan Peleschuk | Reuters  * NATO slams Putin for ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ rhetoric * EU urges Belarus not to host Russian nuclear weapons * Avdiivka becoming ‘post-apocalyptic’, city shuts down -official * Russia downs Ukrainian drone south of Moscow, 3 hurt -ministry | KYIV — Ukraine’s ground forces commander said on Monday Kyiv was planning its next move after Moscow shifted the focus of its offensive from a flagging assault on the eastern city of Bakhmut to another town further south, described as post-apocalyptic. The Ukrainian military aims . . . READ MORE . . .

   

2 dead, 28 wounded in shelling of Sloviansk: official. From AFP. Russian shelling of the eastern Ukraine town of Sloviansk today killed at least two people and wounded more than two dozen others, authorities said. Donetsk region governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said “administrative and office buildings, five high-rise buildings and seven private houses were damaged” in the attack. He also said another town in Donetsk region, Druzhkivka, . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Ukraine withdraws city workers from frontline town Avdivka. From AFP. A Ukrainian official in the battered frontline town of Avdiivka in the eastern Donetsk region said today municipal workers were being withdrawn, as Russian forces claim incremental gains nearby. “Avdiivka looks more and more like a scene from post-apocalyptic movies,” said the head of the town’s administration Vitalii Barabash. “Therefore, a difficult decision was made to evacuate … municipal workers, who . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Ukrainian troops fire chaotically in frontline zone, not ready to advance – DPR official. From Tass. MOSCOW — Ukraine’s armed forces are firing erratically in the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) frontline zone which indicates their lack of readiness to advance, Yan Gagin, an advisor to the DPR leader, said today. “The advance on Donetsk was announced, the advance on Crimea and Melitopol was announced but . . . READ MORE . . .

    

Ukraine’s survival ultimately could be decided by GOP, by Andreas Kluth | Bloomberg Opinion More than a year into Russia’s genocidal aggression against Ukraine, ask yourself two simple questions. How might events have unfolded if Donald Trump had still been US president, instead of Joe Biden? And, . . . READ MORE . . .

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