For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Moscow Times, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Russia strikes Kyiv in daylight after hitting Ukrainian capital with a more common nighttime barrage, by Hanna Arhirova | AP KYIV — Explosions rattled Kyiv during daylight today as Russian ballistic missiles took aim at the Ukrainian capital, hours after a more common nighttime barrage of the city by drones and cruise missiles. Debris from missiles intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses fell in Kyiv’s . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia hits Ukrainian military facility and Odesa port in air strikes, by Valentyn Ogirenko and Gleb Garanich | Reuters KYIV — Russia put five aircraft out of action in an attack on a military target in western Ukraine and caused a fire at the Black Sea port of Odesa in heavy air strikes early today, Ukrainian officials said. The attacks there and in the capital city today were part of a new wave of increasingly frequent and intense air strikes launched by Moscow this month as Kyiv prepares . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says downed all 11 Iskander missiles launched by Russia. From AFP. Ukraine said it had downed all the Russian missiles fired on the country today in a second wave of attacks. “A total . . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia Issues arrest warrant for U.S. senator Lindsey Graham. From the Moscow Times. Russia has issued an arrest warrant for United Statee senator Lindsey Graham for “Russophobic statements,” Russian media reported today. Russian officials and state-conotrolled media have slammed Graham for comments he made Friday in Kyiv with . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘Clumsy excuses’: Russian Foreign Ministry on claim Graham’s words taken out of context. From Tass. MOSCOW — Reports by Reuters that remarks by U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican, South Carolina) made during a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may have been taken out of context represent “clumsy, shameful excuses,” a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry . . . READ MORE . . .