For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and Reuters, and to commentary from 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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Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water. From AP. KYIV — Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a regional capital, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday, while civilian casualties rose sharply in the country’s embattled east. READ MORE . . .
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Russian attacks Friday killed at least 12 civilians, injured 50. From Kyiv Post. At least 12 civilians were killed and 50 injured in Russian attacks over the course of Friday regional governors said. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine vies for NATO membership ahead of the group’s meeting in Washington, D.C. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR As NATO leaders prepare to meet in Washington next week, Ukrainian leaders say they have made huge sacrifices to defend the ideals of the alliance and want a clear path to membership. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Russia says captured village in east Ukraine. From AFP. Russia said today its forces had captured a village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, as Moscow continues to advance slowly across the battlefield. Russia’s Defence Ministry said itstroops “liberated the village of Sokil” . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Tass.
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Time running out in Toretsk for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s advance, by Anna Voitenko and Alina Smutko | Reuters TORETSK, Ukraine — In the devastated eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk, time is running out for anyone wanting to leave. Russian forces advance slowly but surely, pummelling the town night and day with rockets, artillery fire and air attacks, part of a broad advance in the Donetsk region that . . . READ MORE . … .
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Ukraine’s airfields under fire as Russia braces for F-16s, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent As Kyiv gets ready to receive the first batch of Western F-16 fighter jets, Ukraine’s airfields face an uptick in Russian strikes. Over the past week . . . READ MORE . . .