For today, links to eleven reports from the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, Reuters, Tass, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Defense Secretary Austin says the U.S. will provide $2.3 billion more in military aid to Ukraine, by Tara Copp | AP WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said today the U.S. will soon announce an additional $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, to include anti-tank weapons, interceptors and munitions for Patriot and other air defense systems. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov met with Austin . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says strikes destroy several Ukrainian fighter jets. From the Moscow Times. Russia’s Defense Ministry said today its missile strike on the Myrhorod airfield in central Ukraine destroyed five active Su-27 multipurpose fighter jets and damaged two under repair. Ukraine’s former Air Force speaker Yuriy Ihnat confirmed the strike but accused the Russian military of exaggerating the extent of the damage. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Russian forces strike nine Ukrainian Su-27, MiG-29 fighter jets over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces struck nine Ukrainian Su-27 and MiG-29 fighter jets over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a general statement. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s air force says it destroyed Russian ammunition depot in Crimea. From Reuters. Ukraine’s air force commander, Mykola Oleshchuk, said today the military had carried out a “destructive strike” on a Russian ammunition depot in Moscow-occupied Crimea on Monday. “Once again . . . READ MORE . . .
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Hungary’s Orban, in Kyiv, proposes ceasefire to speed up peace talks, by Anastasiia Malenko and Anita Komuves | Reuters KYIV — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy today to consider a ceasefire to accelerate an end to the war with Russia and also said he wanted a big cooperation agreement with Kyiv. Orban, an outspoken critic of Western military aid to Ukraine, held talks with Zelenskiy during . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP, and HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass.
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Lukashenko sounds alarm on Ukrainian troop movements near Belarusian border. From Tass. MINSK — Opponents of Belarus and Russia are trying to pull both countries into a conflict and escalate the situation to such an extent that “the entire world will shudder,” Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Monday. “They are itching,” he said, “to get us involved . . . READ MORE . . .