For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, National Public Radio, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, and Kyiv Post, and to commentary from ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine aims drones at an oil refinery and a drone factory in its deepest strike yet inside Russia, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Ukrainian drones attacked one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries and a drone factory in the Russian province of Tatarstan, officials said today, in what appeared to be Kyiv’s deepest strike inside Russian territory since the war began. The near the cities of . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine invites citizens to register war-time damage. From Reuters. THE HAGUE — Ukrainians can begin filing claims for damages they have suffered in Russia’s invasion at a newly-established register based in The Hague, Ukrainian Foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba announced today. Initially, the register . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says seized 400 sq km of Ukrainian land. From AFP. Russia said today its forces had captured 400 square kilometers (150 square miles) of Ukrainian territory this year. Moscow secured its first territorial gains in almost a year in recent months, as . . . READ MORE . . .
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Orthodox Church leaders called on to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Michel Martin of NPR talks with attorney Lena Zezulin about growing calls for Russian Orthodox Church outposts abroad to break from the Moscow-based church and its support of the war in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Seven Russian border area residents killed, over 40 injured in week’s shelling by Ukraine. From Tass. MOSCOW — Seven residents of frontline population centers were killed and over 40 injured over the past week due to shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces, Rodion Miroshnik, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s special envoy for the crimes of the Kiev regime, said. READ MORE . . .
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U.S. needs Ukraine as anti-Russian territory — top security official. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia’s goal of demilitarizing Ukraine is still on the agenda as the United States and NATO involved in the conflict see the country as anti-Russian territory under their control, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said today. “The United States and NATO nurture . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian attack kills elderly man in Kherson Oblast, by Elsa Court and news desk | The Kyiv Independent A Russian attack on the village of Tokarivka in Kherson Oblast killed a 79-year-old man in Kherson Oblast, the Kherson Regional Military Administration said today. Tokarivka is located . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia deploys S-300 and Pantsir-S1 missile systems to protect Kerch Bridge from Ukrainian attacks, partisans say, by Julia Struck and Kateryna Zakharchenko | Kyiv Post The Atesh guerrilla movement, via Telegram, reported Russia’s deployment of S-300 air-defense missile systems and Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft artillery systems to safeguard the Kerch Bridge against potential Ukrainian attacks. “Our agents . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MARCH 29 Imperium: Decline on the way to fall, by Patrick Lawrence | Original to ScheerPost On the eastern flank of the Atlantic world the imperium’s managers have lost a war they were confident they would win when they started it with the coup they arranged in Kiev a decade ago. The West’s . . . READ MORE . . .