For today, links to five reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Zelenskiy calls for long-range weapons after drone attack on Kyiv. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine needs long-range weapons to protect its cities and troops on the frontline from Russian bombs and drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said today after a massive overnight drone and missile attack — Russia’s fifth drone attack on Kyiv in two weeks. Ukraine’s air defence systems destroyed all . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says captured two villages in East Ukraine. From AFP. Russia said today its forces had captured two frontline villages in Ukraine, Andriivka in the eastern Luhansk region and Pishchane in the northeast Kharkiv region. They are less than 20 kilometers from each other on a section where Moscow has made grinding advances in recent weeks. READ MORE . . .
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Russian Armed Forces liberate Rozovka in LPR, Peschanoye Nizhnee in the Kharkov region. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian military liberated Rozovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) and Peschanoye Nizhnee in the Kharkov region in the past 34 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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Most Ukrainian POWs haven’t seen Red Cross while in Russian captivity, ombudsman says, by Natalia Yermak | The Kyiv Independent Ukraine’s Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on Saturday that most Ukrainian prisoners of war who were released had never been visited by the Red Cross representatives while in Russian captivity. His post . . . READ MORE . . .
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A Ukrainian POW tells of daily Russian torture, by Kateryna Zakharchenko | Kyiv Post At the Taganrog “resort” in Russia — about 110 kilometers (70 miles) from Mariupol — Pietro says he survived four months of hell.“Someone is constantly being beaten somewhere. And you hear it all the time,. They beat me with beams, truncheons, with feet, with fists and anything else they could . . . READ MORE . . .