For, links to reports from Reuters, the Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine’s air defence shortages leave Kharkiv more exposed to Russian bombs, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters KHARKIV, Ukraine — As Russia has intensified its air campaign against Ukraine in the last month, hammering its energy infrastructure and urban areas, no major city has been harder hit than Kharkiv. Just 30 km (18 miles) from . . . READ MORE . . .
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Norway to transfer 22 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Norway will transfer a total of 22 F-16s to Ukraine, of which 12 are fully combat-capable, and another 10 that may or not still be airworthy, and some . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin says 2022 draft document could serve as starting point for future Ukraine peace talks. From AP. MOSCOW — A draft peace agreement that Russia and Ukraine negotiated in the early days of the war could serve as a starting point for talks to end the fighting, the Kremlin said today, reviving a proposal that Ukraine had rejected. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian soldiers who quit Putin’s war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge, by Erika Kinetz | AP ASTANA, Kazakhstan — The Associated Press spoke with five officers and one soldier who deserted the Russian military. All have criminal cases against them in Russia. Each is waiting for a welcome from the West that . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 11 Russia launches large-scale attack, destroys critical energy infrastructure. From the Kyiv Independent. Russian forces launched a massive aerial attack across Ukraine overnight on Thursday, targeting critical infrastructure in multiple regions. They damaged energy facilities in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, and Lviv oblasts, according to . . .READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine has adopted a new mobilization law to boost its military ranks. Reported by A Martínez and Joanna Kakissis | NPR After months of deliberations, Ukraine’s parliament adopted the law to mobilize hundreds of thousands of new soldiers. Russian troops are on the offensive, and Ukrainian soldiers are exhausted. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Where could Ukraine get more Patriot missile systems from? by Steve Brown | Kyiv Post The “Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target” (PATRIOT) surface-to-air guided air and missile defense system was advertised as . . . READ MORE . . .