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

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Russia strikes south Ukraine city, presses attacks in east, by Cara Anna | The Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine — Russian missiles hit industrial facilities at a strategic city in southern Ukraine today as Moscow continued efforts to expand its gains in the country’s east. Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych said that the Russian missiles struck an industrial and infrastructure facility in the city, a key shipbuilding center in the estuary of the Southern Bug river. . . . Mykolaiv has faced regular Russian missile strikes in recent weeks. . . . The Russian military has declared a goal to cut off Ukraine’s entire Black Sea coast all the way to the Romanian border. If successful . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia preparing for next stage of offensive, Ukraine says, by Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder | Reuters * Russia shelling along the entire front line’ – Ukraine military * Russia regrouping for offensive toward Sloviansk, Kyiv says * Moscow orders steps to prevent Ukrainian strikes in east * Russia reinforcing positions in south – Britain | KYIV — Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step up military operations in “all operational areas”. Russian rockets and missiles have pounded cities in strikes that Kyiv says have killed dozens in recent days. “It is not only missile strikes from the air and sea,” Vadym Skibitskyi, a spokesman for Ukrainian military intelligence . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian missiles are blasting civilians in Ukraine. Reported by Jason Beaubien | National Public Radio KREMENCHUK, Ukraine —Despite regularly proclaiming that it does not attack civilian targets, Russia has obliterated apartment buildings across the country, bombed theaters and destroyed museums, in addition to blowing up shopping malls in Ukraine. United Nations human rights experts have counted almost 5,000 civilians killed and more than 6,000 injured since the start of the war in February. Just days . . . Click HERE to listen and read.

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Ukrainian villagers flee Russian-occupied Kherson on foot, bike and wheelchair. Reported by Emily Feng and Kateryna Malofieieva | NPR  ZELENODOLSK, Ukraine — More than 15 million Ukrainians have fled their homes since Russia invaded in late February, according to the United Nations. Many have fled abroad, while others have sought shelter in other parts of the country, escaping towns devastated by incessant bombardments or gripped by Russian military control. Each day . . . Click HERE to listen and read.

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