First, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Tass, and Reuters; to access others, click on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Massive military aid package to Ukraine signals U.S. is in war for the long-haul. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR To mark six months of the war in Ukraine, President Biden announced the largest single military aid package for Ukraine yet: $3 billion. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Cities near Ukrainian nuclear plant shelled. | From AP KYIV — Russian rocket and artillery strikes hit areas across the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said today, as fears persisted that fighting in the vicinity could damage the plant and cause a radiation leak. Russian forces took control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant soon after the war began and hold adjacent territory along the left bank of the wide river. Ukraine controls the right bank . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia disseminates proof of Ukrainian shelling of Zaporozhye NPP in UN Security Council letter. From Tass. UNITED NATIONS — Russia sent a letter with evidence of the Ukrainian shelling of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on August 25 to members of the UN Security Council, the Russian mission to the UN tweeted Saturday. . . . Russia also sent evidence of Ukrainian shelling of the nuclear power plant on August 27. “Three shells landed nearby the specialized b.2, where the storage facility of the nuclear fuel as well as hard radioactive waste . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s readiness for capitulation, denazification a precondition for talks — Russian lawmaker. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia is ready to discuss the negotiations option with Ukraine, if it capitulates, qualitatively reduces its armed forces and gets denazified, says head of the Russian State Duma Committee on international affairs, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party Leonid Slutsky. “We are ready to consider a negotiations process, if . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine on edge as shellfire resounds around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, by Max Hunder | Reuters * Moscow, Kyiv trade blame for shelling near Russia-held plant * Russian shells strike towns across river from plant — mayor * IAEA awaiting clearance to visit Zaporizhzhia plant * Ukrainian forces target bridges to Russian-occupied Kherson * Russian forces struggle to break through in Bakhmut | KYIV — Shellfire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine fuelled fears of major disaster as both sides kept blaming the other, while Russian forces targeted towns on the far side of the river from Europe’s largest atomic plant. Despite the danger, officials from the United Nations nuclear watchdog were still waiting for clearance to visit the plant on the southern front line . . . READ MORE . . .
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