First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Agence France-Press, Reuters, the Kyiv Post, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent, and to commentary from the Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine’s air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes, by Hanna Arhirova | AP KYIV — Ukraine may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it’s set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes, a senior Ukrainian military officer said today. Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelensky denies Russian foothold in Ukraine’s Sumy region. From AFP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today denied Russian troops had captured a village in the northeastern Sumy region, where the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov previously claimed Moscow’s forces had advanced. READ MORE . . .
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Russia claims capture of southeast Ukraine village. From AFP. Russia today claimed the capture of a village in the south of the eastern Donetsk region. The defence ministry said its troops “continued to advance . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says it hit Russian air defence systems in occupied Crimea. From Reuters. Ukraine’s military said today it damaged three Russian surface-to-air defence systems overnight in missile attacks on the Moscow-occupied Crimea peninsula. Ukraine’s general staff said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine blows up one S-400 Division, two S-300s in Crimea. From Kyiv Post. Kyiv struck a Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile division in the Dzhankoy area and two S-300 anti-aircraft missile divisions overnight near Chornomorske and Yevpatoria in occupied Crimea, the Ukrainian military said today. READ MORE . . .
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Russia uses submarines to patrol Black Sea after naval losses, military says, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent Russia started using submarines to patrol the Black Sea after a number of ships were attacked by Ukraine, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces and the Navy, said today. READ MORE . . .
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Meeting on Ukraine first step, all parties required for solution — Swiss MFA. From Tass. BERN — The conference on Ukraine in the resort of Burgenstock is just a first step; a long-term peaceful process requires the involvement of all parties, said Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis. “If we are talking about a peace process . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian, Ukrainian ombudspersons visit 1,700 Russian, Ukrainian POWs. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova and her Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Lubinets have mutually visited more than 1,700 Russian and Ukrainian prisoners of war, as follows from . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia uses submarines to patrol Black Sea after naval losses, military says, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent Russia started using submarines to patrol the Black Sea after a number of ships were attacked by Ukraine, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces and the Navy, said today. READ MORE . . .
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First it was turtle tanks, now Russian buggies and motorbikes get cope cages. From Kyiv Post. The success and fear of first-person view drones during the war in Ukraine has led to the appearance of so-called “cope cages” on the tanks and armored personal carriers of both sides, aimed at . . . READ MORE . . .
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Why Scott Ritter’s passport seizure is long overdue, by Saahil Menon | Kyiv Post Moscow propagandists and Kremlin supporters in the West are having a field day with the disgraced former U.S. Marine and self-proclaimed Russophile’ travel problem on the way to St. Petersburg. Convicted pedophile . . . READ MORE . . .
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MAY BE CONTINUED