For today, links to eleven reports: from Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, Reuters, the Anadolu Agency, National Public Radio, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (LEBANON, SYRIA, WEST BANK and GAZA entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up. UKRAINE 3-2-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Russian missile hits training base — dead and wounded reported. From Kyiv Post. The State Bureau of Investigation has announced the opening of criminal proceedings into the deaths and injuries of Ukrainian servicemen following a Russian missile strike on a training ground in the Dnipropetrovsk region. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Russia hammers Ukrainian military airfields, UAV assembly workshops over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces struck Ukrainian military airfields and UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) assembly workshops over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 2 UK, France propose partial one-month Ukraine truce, Paris says. From Reuters. PARIS — France and Britain are proposing a partial one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine that would cover air, sea and energy infrastructure attacks but not include ground fighting, French President Emmanuel Macron and his foreign minister said. READ MORE . . .
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Discussions on ending Moscow-Kyiv war ‘must include’ Ukrainians, respect their rights: UN rights chief, by Beyza Binnur Dönmez | Anadolu Agency GENEVA — The UN human rights chief, Volker Turk, today stressed that any discussion to end the Moscow-Kyiv war “must include” Ukrainians. READ MORE . . .
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‘You cannot end a war unless both sides come to the table’: U.S. Secretary of State, by Muhammed Enes Calli | Anadolu Agency U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday of an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, “it’s 0% likely if we don’t get them to a negotiating table.” READ MORE . . .
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European leaders pledge to work together to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Reported by Lauren Frayer and Leila Fadel | NPR Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a warm welcome in London from Britain’s prime minster and other European leaders who pledged to work together to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Attacks on Ukraine’s draft officers on the rise, fueled by social tension and Russian interference, by Kateryna Hodunova | The Kyiv Independent Within a single week in February, several attacks against enlistment offices and personnel in Ukraine . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian army’s use of donkeys in Ukraine underscores a staggering equipment shortage, by Bashir Kitachayev | The Moscow Times Russian soldiers are being forced to use horses and donkeys to transport supplies to and from the front lines in Ukraine as high losses and insufficient production have created acute equipment shortages. And . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 2 After tense White House talks, European countries prepare ceasefire plan for Ukraine. Reported by Teri Schultz | NPR European countries to prepare their own ceasefire plan with Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Kremlin accuses Zelensky of rejecting peace after clash with Trump. From AFP. “He doesn’t want peace. Someone should make him want peace. If the Europeans do it, all kudos to them,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today. READ MORE . . .
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