For now, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. — MCM

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Hardened by 8 years of war, many Ukrainians are staying put. Reported by Emily Feng | National Public Radio Thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing towns and cities on the eastern front as Russian soldiers inch closer. But more Ukrainians say they’re staying. Many had already fled war eight years earlier. Click HERE to listen and read more.

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Anxiety grows for Ukraine’s grain farmers as harvest begins, by Hanna Arhirova | The Associated Press ZHURIVKA, Ukraine — Oleksandr Chubuk’s warehouse should be empty, awaiting the new harvest, with his supply of winter wheat already shipped abroad. Instead, his storage bins in central Ukraine are piled high with grain he cannot ship out because of the war with Russia. The green spikes of wheat are . . . READ MORE . . .

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Death and devastation as Russian rockets hit Ukraine apartment block, by Anna Voitenko and Max Hunder | Reuters * Ukraine says Russian forces gather in east * Blinken raises concern over China’s Russia alignment * Canada returns Russian gas turbine despite Ukraine objections * Zelenskiy fires several ambassadors, says new ones coming | CHASIV YAR/KYIV, Ukraine — At least 15 people were killed and two dozen more are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, local officials said today as rescuers picked their way through rubble. Ukraine also reported clashes with . . . READ MORE . . .

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Blinken Says ‘No Signs’ at G20 of Russia Engaging on Ukraine. From Agence France-Presse. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that Washington saw “no signs” of Russia engaging with G20 diplomats over its invasion of Ukraine after Moscow faced a barrage of criticism at talks in Indonesia. Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov stormed out of a meeting with G20 foreign ministers on the resort island of Bali on Friday after Washington and its allies condemned Moscow’s assault . . . READ MORE . . .

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