For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Reuters, and Tass ; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Russia to raise maximum age for compulsory military service. From AFP. Russian lawmakers today backed legislation increasing the maximum age limit to 30 for compulsory military service, over a year into the Kremlin’s Ukraine offensive. The bill comes as . . . READ MORE . . .
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UN watchdog says land mines are planted around nuke plant occupied by Russia, by Felipe Dana | AP KYIV — The U.N. atomic watchdog says its staff at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant report seeing anti-personnel mines around the site as Kyiv pursues a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s entrenched forces after 17 months of war. “Having such explosives on the site . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine reports small advances against Russian forces. From Reuters. KYIV — The Ukrainian military today reported making small advances against Russian forces in parts of southern Ukraine and south of Bakhmut in the east. The counteroffensive launched early last month has been slower than widely expected, but . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says thwarted naval drone attack on Black Sea patrol vessel. From AFP. Russia said today it had repelled a drone attack overnight on a military patrol boat in the Black Sea, where tensions have been building after Moscow exited a deal protecting Ukrainian grain exports. An official said conventional weapons onboard were used to destroy . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. to send up to $400 million in military aid to Ukraine, officials say, by Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee | AP WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is sending up to $400 million in additional military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Monday. The package includes missiles for the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), Stingers, Javelins. howitzer artillery rounds and Stryker armored . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin rules out return to grain deal at present moment. From Tass. MOSCOW — Coming back to the grain deal is now impossible, since its conditions regarding Russia have not been met, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today. When asked . . . READ MORE . . .