For today, links to reports from the Kyiv Post, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Tass, and to commentary from the Berkshire Eagle; other articles are accessible by clicking on its name below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Continued attacks in Kharkiv. From Kyiv Post. Explosions rocked Kharkiv city this afternoon in Russian dronea and glide bomb attacks. Mayor Igor Tereskhov said . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Ukraine to lose war if U.S. Congress withholds aid: Zelensky. From AFP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that Kyiv will lose the war against Russia if the U.S. Congress does not approve military aid to battle Moscow’s invasion. Republicans in Congress . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Drones attack the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to plant officers. From AP. KYIV — Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked today by Ukrainian military drones. Later today, Russian state-owned nuclear agency Rosatom said three people were wounded in . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says Ukraine strikes dome above shutdown reactor at nuclear plant. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Ukraine struck the dome above a shutdown reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear station today, though radiation levels were normal and there was no serious damage, the plant’s Russian-installed administration said. The nuclear plant was taken by Russian forces shortly after . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says situation ‘difficult’ around Chasiv Yar. From AFP. The situation around eastern Ukraine’s frontline city of Chasiv Yar is “difficult and tense,” the army said today, adding that the Russian invaders were now “in retreat.” Russian forces . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces destroy warehouse with drone boats handed over to Kiev by NATO countries. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian armed forces destroyed a warehouse with drone boats handed over to Kiev by NATO countries, as well as two S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and a P-18 surveillance and targeting radar, the Russian Defense Ministry said. In addition . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 2 Ukraine’s attacks on oil refineries generate political heat — and not just in Russia, by James Brooke | The Berkshire Eagle Using bombs where Western sanctions failed, Ukraine’s campaign against Russia’s oil industry has four objectives. First, it seeks to deprive Russia’s war machine of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel — the lifeblood of . . . READ MORE . . .