Links to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down for LEBANON, WEST BANK, GAZA, IRAN, CUBA and MEDIA, and for UKRAINE 6-2-26.) — MCM
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Ukrainian drones hit St. Petersburg oil terminal before city hosts Russian economic forum. From AP. Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, sending smoke billowing over the city where President Vladimir Putin was born as it hosts Russia’s leading event for attracting foreign capital.
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Zelenskiy says strikes on Russia let Ukraine negotiate as equals. From Reuters. Ukraine’s stepped-up strikes deep inside Russia enable Kyiv to negotiate the end of the war on an equal footing, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, just after one of the barrages struck an oil terminal and naval base hundreds of kilometers away. READ MORE . . .
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