For today, links to reports from the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Associated Press, and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE. ASSANGE entry is HERE and HEINBERG entry is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER At least 32 Ukrainian POWs executed in Russian captivity during winter, UN says, by Elsa Court and news desk | The Kyiv Independent At least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs), recently captured by Russia, have been executed between Dec. 1, 2023, and Feb. 29, a report by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said Tuesday. Reports . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Russia attacks Ukraine with 13 drones. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine’s air force chief said today that Russia launched 13 Shahed drones at Ukraine overnight, 10 of which were downed in Kharkiv, Sumy and Kyiv regions. “Anti-aircraft. . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region wound 4. From AFP. Four people were wounded by Russian strikes on the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, officials said today, as Moscow said it had downed a barrage of Ukrainian rockets targeting its territory. The Kharkiv region borders Russia and has . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Russian troops move forward near Rabotino in Zaporozhye area. From Tass. MELITOPOL — Russian troops moved forward northeast of Novoprokopovka and northwest of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye area, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia public movement, said today. “There are . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian navy says a third of Russian warships in the Black Sea have been destroyed or disabled. From AP. KYIV — Ukraine has sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea in just over two years of war, the navy spokesman said today, a heavy blow to Moscow’s military capability. Ukraine’s Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine reportedly blasts Russian Buk missile system with HIMARS. From Kyiv Post. Ukrainian servicemen have reportedly destroyed a Russian Buk missile system using American HIMARS, according to a report from the Special Operations Forces. “A Buk missile system belonging to the enemy . . . READ MORE . . .