For today, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press and Reuters others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and an ASSANGE entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Russia is practicing nuclear drills near the border with Ukraine. Reported by Charles Maynes and A Martinez | NPR Russia is carrying out drills with tactical battlefield nuclear weapons near the border with Ukraine. European leaders stated recently that they may be open to a more direct role in the conflict. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Russian missiles kill 7 in Ukraine’s second-largest city where Moscow’s troops are pressing, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Russian missiles slammed into Ukraine’s second-largest city in the northeast of the country and killed at least seven civilians early today, officials said, as Kyiv’s army labored to hold off an intense cross-border offensive by the Kremlin’s larger and better-equipped forces. READ MORE . . .
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Seven dead in Russian strikes on Kharkiv as Kyiv pleads for weapons, by Max Hunder and Anastasiia Malenko | Reuters KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russia pounded Kharkiv with missiles today, killing seven people inside a printing house, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy chided Ukraine’s western allies for not providing enough military support to rebuff Russian attacks. READ MORE with subscription . . .
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Syrskyi: Russia ‘completely bogged down’ in Vovchansk street fighting, deploys reserves, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent “Completely bogged down” in street battles for the town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast, Russian troops have suffered “very heavy losses,” Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said today. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine counterattacks recapture lost ground in Kharkiv sector, U.S.-made Strykers in action, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Official and open-source reports said Wednesday that Ukrainian troops counterattacking in the northern Kharkiv sector recovered lost ground and captured Russian prisoners of war, but bitter fighting in the town of Vovchansk . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia claims capture of village in east Ukraine’s Donetsk Regrion. From AFP. Russia said today it had captured the village of Andriivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Kyiv’s forces are suffering manpower and ammunition shortages and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia downs Ukrainian drone in Republic of Tatarstan. From the Moscow Times. Russian air defense systems today shot down a Ukrainian drone flying over the republic of Tatarstan, more than 1,000 kilometers northeast of Russia’s border with Ukraine. The Defense Ministry said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Woman killed in drone strike on Russia’s Belgorod Region. From the Moscow Times. A woman was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on southwestern Russia’s Belgorod region, local authorities said today. Photos showed . . . READ MORE . . .