For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass, and to commentary from the Wall Street Journal; 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 attack drones strike Russia energy sites. From AFP. Ukraine launched attack drones at oil facilities in western Russia early today, defense sources in Kyiv confirmed, in the latest aerial assault by Kyiv aiming to dent Russian military logistics. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine regains position near Chasiv Yar as Russia intensifies offensive. From Kyiv Post. Chasiv Yar, a city in the Donetsk region 17 kilometers (11 miles) west of Bakhmut and some 36 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the Ukrainian stronghold of Kramatorsk is now . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 23 UK puts its defense industry on ‘war footing’ and gives Ukraine $620 million in new military aid, by Vanessa Gera and Sylvia Hui | AP WARSAW — The UK prime minister said Tuesday the country is putting its defense industry on a “war footing” by increasinG defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade, and pledged to send arms worth 500 million pounds ($620 million) to Ukraine. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 23 Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote, by Mary Clare Jalonick, Stephen Groves and Farnoush Amiri | AP WASHINGTON — The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debatE over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars. The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote late Tuesday after the House had . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia to push Ukraine further back if Kyiv gets long range U.S. missiles, says Kremlin. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia will need to push Ukrainian forces further back and expand what it regards as a “buffer zone” if Kyiv takes delivery of advanced longer-range ATACM guided missile systems from the United States, the Kremlin said today. The White House last October said it had . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM EARLIER ON APRIL 23 Pentagon set to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine once bill clears Senate and Biden, by Lolita C. Baldor and Aamer Madhani | AP WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is poised to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Tuesday as the Senate moved ahead on long-awaited legislation to fund the weapons Kyiv desperately needs to stall gains being made by Russian forces in the war. READ MORE . . .
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Yermak: ‘I can tell you for sure—there will be more Patriots,’ by Chris York | The Kyiv Independent More Patriot air defense systems are on their way to Ukraine “for sure,” Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said today. Ukraine is facing a shortage of . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s population is nosediving. Can anything be done? by Kateryna Zakharchenko | Kyiv Post Over the past few years, Ukraine’s population has dropped by millions, Ukrainian Minister of Social Policy Oksana Zholnovych said Monday at the Demographic Future of Ukraine forum, where she delivered a report with strategies for . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 23 Top Swiss diplomat reiterates need for Russia’s involvement in resolving Ukraine issue. From Tass. GENEVA — A peace procesS in Ukraine is impossible without Russia, Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said Tuesday. READ MORE . . .
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World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Amnesty says, by Sylvia Hui | AP LONDON — The world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gazaand Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar, Amnesty International warned today in its annual report. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 17 Ukraine and Israel: moment of truth, by President Joe Biden | The Wall Street Journal If Congress passes military aid for Ukraine and Israel, we’d send military equipment from our own stockpiles, then use the money authorized by Congress to replenish those stockpiles—by buying from American suppliers—investing in America’s industrial base, buying American products made by American workers, supporting jobs in nearly 40 states, and strengthening our own national security. We’d help our friends while helping ourselves. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for an account from Politico.