For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Russians press Ukraine in the northeast to distract from more important battles in counteroffensive, by Samya Kullab | AP LYMAN, Ukraine — Here, along a small section of the 1,200-kilometer (745-mile) front line, Moscow’s army is staging a ferocious push designed to pin down Ukrainian forces, distract them from their grinding counteroffensive and minimize the number of troops Kyiv is able to send to more important battles in the south. The Kremlin tactic threatens . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian drone attack hits Danube port infrastructure, Ukraine says. From Reuters. Russian drones hit Danube River port infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine’s grain exports, injuring at least two people in the attack on southern parts of the Odesa region today, Ukrainian officials said. The Danube has become Ukraine’s main route for exporting grain since July, when Russia quit a U.N. and Turkey-brokered deal that had given safe passage to Kyiv’s exports of grains, oilseeds and vegetables oils via the Black Sea. . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian rmy has recruited 280,000 soldiers since January — Medvedev. From AFP. Russia’s former president and Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said today that Moscow had recruited some 280,000 people into the army since the start of the year. Russia has not announced another mobilization — seen as an unpopular measure — but . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian Aerospace Force delivered drone strike against fuel storages. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian Aerospace Force delivered a group drone strike against fuel storage facilities used to support Ukrainian army materiel, the Russian Defense Ministry said. “Tactical and army aviation, rocket troops and artillery of battlegroups of the Russian Federation Armed Forces engaged manpower and materiel of the adversary in . . . READ MORE . . .
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The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra is embarking on its second international tour. Scott Simon of NPR talks with conductor Keri Lynn Wilson of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra about its second international tour. Click HERE to listen and read.