For now, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Ukraine forces advance further after fall of Russian stronghold, by Pavel Polityuk and Tom Balmforth | Reuters * Ukrainian forces push further north, south and east – army commander * Ukraine’s capture of railway hub cuts supplies * Could be a decisive turning point in six-month war * Ukraine shuts down Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant | KYIV, KHARKIV — Ukrainian forces kept pushing north in the Kharkiv region and advancing to its south and east, Ukraine’s army chief said today, a day after their rapid advances made Russia abandon its main bastion in the area. . . . Ukraine’s chief commander, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said the country’s armed forces have regained control of more than 3,000 square km (1,158 square miles) since the beginning of this month. The retreat from the city of Izium marked Russian forces’ worst defeat since they were were pushed back from the capital Kyiv in March, as thousands of Russian soldiers left behind ammunition and equipment . . . READ MORE . . .
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Last reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant stopped, by Karl Ritter | AP KYIV — Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting rages in the area. The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia plant lost its outside source of power a week ago after all its power lines were disconnected as a result of shelling. It was . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine makes surprise advances in the east; Russian-held nuclear reactor powers down. Reported by Ayesha Rascoe and Elissa Nadworny | NPR Ukraine has retaken a number of villages in the country’s east. These gains come as the operator of the Russian-held nuclear power plant said it will power down the last working reactor there. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.
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