For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Tass, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. – MCM
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Russian ships damaged in Ukrainian strike on annexed Crimea. From AFP. A Ukrainian cruise missile and seaborne drone attack on a shipyard in annexed Crimea damaged two Russian warships that had been undergoing repairs, Russian and Ukrainian military officials said today. The overnight attack targeted a shipyard in the port city of Sevastopol, home to Russia’s Black Sea fleet, causing a blaze that injured at least 24 . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says it hit Russian naval targets in attack on Crimea, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters KYIV — Ukraine said it struck Russian naval targets and port infrastructure early today in the Crimean city of Sevastopol, in what appeared to the biggest attack of the war on the home of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The attack on Crimea, which was seized and annexed by Russia in 2014, was confirmed by Moscow. It highlighted . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian ships damaged in Ukraine’s attacks on shipyard in Sevastopol to re-enter duty. From Tass. MOSCOW — The two Russian naval ships damaged in Kiev’s attack on the Ordzhonikidze shipyard in Sevastopol will be fully restored and re-enter combat service in their fleets, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. It said earlier . . . READ MORE . . .
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North Korea’s Kim vows full support for Russia’s ‘just fight’ after viewing launch pads with Putin, by Kim Tong-Hyung and Dasha Litvinova | AP SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed support for Russia’s “just fight” during a summit with President Vladimir Putin today that the U.S. warned could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. After touring launch pads with Putin at a remote space base in Russia’s Far East, Kim . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin and Kim hold meeting at a remote spaceport in Russia’s Far East. Reported by Leila Fadel, Anthony Kuhn and Charles Maynes | NPR Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Russian city of Vladivostok — the same site as their last meeting in 2019, but under different circumstances. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.