For now, links to seven reports from Tass, Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent, others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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EC announces expropriation of first €1.5 bln worth of proceeds from Russian assets. From Tass. BRUSSELS — The EU has expropriated and transferred a €1.5 bln tranche for Ukraine to the European Commission using proceeds from the reinvestment of frozen Russian assets, the European Commission said. The next tranche . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin says it will weigh how to retaliate over EU transfer of frozen asset proceeds to Ukraine. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia will carefully consider how to respond to the European Union’s transfer to Ukraine of 1.5 billion euros ($1.63 billion) taken from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today. READ MORE . . .
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Agreement with Russia is ‘deal with the devil,’ adviser to Ukrainian president says, by Andrew Meldrum and Samya Kullab | AP KYIV — Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as pressure mounts on the country to seek an end to more than two years of fighting. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says missile forces hit Russian air base in Crimea. From Reuters. Ukraine said today its missile forces carried out a strike on a Russian military airfield in Crimea that has been used for long-range attacks against it, the latest in a series of blows to the Russian military on the occupied peninsula. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.
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Russia says its battlegroup North eliminated up to 235 Ukrainian troops. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian battlegroup North struck three enemy brigades and repelled six counterattacks over the past day, causing Ukraine to lose up to 235 troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said today in its daily bulletin of combat actions in the special military operation. READ MORE . . .
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Land on fire: Russia’s offensive in Donetsk Oblast brings destruction to new towns, text and photos by George Ivanchenko | The Kyiv Independent Since February, Russian forces have steadily advanced across multiple sectors of the front in Donetsk Oblast. They have . . . READ MORE . . .
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