More military aid going to the Ukraine….
Flood victims stuck…..
The Ukraine push continues….
Belarus is about to get tactical nukes as insurance one would think against the Ukraine attacking that country….
Wagner Group leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin keeps dissing the top Russian military bosses and is still in one piece….
Iran keeps Russia supplied with drone they can shot at the Ukraine…..
Kyiv comes under rocket attack again with the Ukraine intercepting the incoming rocket attempts…..
Ukrainian officials said at least 11 people were killed and 28 injured on Tuesday in a strike that hit buildings in Kryvyi Rih, a city already reeling from the Kakhovka dam disaster.
Here’s what we’re covering:
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The authorities end search and rescue operations after a deadly attack in Kryvyi Rih.
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U.N.’s atomic watchdog says he will cross the front line to check the safety of the Ukrainian nuclear plant.
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Biden will meet the NATO leader at the White House today.
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Fighting is complicated by storms in the early stages of Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
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International aid teams still cannot reach flood-hit areas under Russia’s control.
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New Zealand’s public broadcaster investigates ‘pro-Kremlin’ changes to some articles.
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The latest U.S. aid package for Ukraine will include more armored fighting vehicles…..
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Putin addresses the war in an unusual talk with Russian journalists.
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Allies announce additional $441 million security aid to Ukraine.
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U.S. lawmakers ask White House to punish South Africa for supporting Russia.
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U.N.’s atomic watchdog says he will cross the front line to check the safety of the Ukrainian nuclear plant.
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NATO leader says Western aid is making a difference early in Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
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New Zealand’s public broadcaster investigates ‘pro-Kremlin’ changes to some articles.
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Russians open counterattack in a southern village that Ukraine said it had recaptured.
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Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
- The Russian strike in Kryvyi Rih also injured 28 people, 12 of whom were hospitalized, some in critical condition, Vilkul said. The mayor said rescue operations were continuing as of 1 p.m. local time. He also announced a day of mourning on Wednesday.
- Some 6,000 people were without power early Tuesday as a result of the strike against Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine’s government said. Workers were trapped in three mines as a result of the power outage caused by the strike but were later rescued, the government said.
- Russia directed cruise missiles at Kyiv overnight, the city’s military administration said. No one was killed or injured, and Ukrainian air defenses managed to destroy all the missiles, the administration said. “Another night of Russian missiles, another morning of shattered homes,” tweeted U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget A. Brink.
- Biden is expected to discuss the upcoming NATO summit with Stoltenberg. The pair also will discuss NATO allies’ “support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s brutal war of aggression,” according to the White House. The meeting was scheduled for Monday but was delayed when Biden had lingering pain from a root canal.
- Belarus’s president said that “everything is ready” for the delivery of tactical nuclear weapons from Russia.In comments to the state-run news agency BelTA published Tuesday, Alexander Lukashenko said that in a few days, “we will have what we asked for. And even a little bit more.” He did not give further details. Allies Russia and Belarus signed an agreement last month for the transfer of nuclear warheads to Belarusian territory, drawing international condemnation. On Friday, Putin announced that the deployment would happennext month.
- The author of “Eat, Pray, Love” said she is halting the publication of her new book, set in Siberia, after receiving backlash from Ukrainians. Elizabeth Gilbert’s“The Snow Forest” was scheduled for release in February. But in a video Monday, Gilbert said she was “removing the book from its publication schedule” after receiving a “massive outpouring of reactions and responses from my Ukrainian readers, expressing anger, sorrow, disappointment and pain about the fact that I would choose to release a book into the world right now, any book, no matter what the subject of it is, that is set in Russia.” Suzanne Nossel, the chief executive of the free-speech advocacy group PEN America, lamented the decision. “The idea that, in wartime, creativity and artistic expression should be preemptively shut down to avoid somehow compounding harms caused by military aggression is wrongheaded,” she said.
- Russia probably is working to ensure its long-term supply of attack drones, Britain’s Defense Ministry said. U.S. officials say Iran has been supplying Russia with dronesfor its operations in Ukraine. Now, the ministry said, Russia has probably started taking larger consignments of Iranian drones by ship via the Caspian Sea, having previously taken small deliveries by air. Russia also is setting up domestic production of the drones, “almost certainly with Iranian assistance,” the ministry said. The drones are “a relatively cheap” way for Russia to strike deep into Ukrainian territory, it added.
- Ukraine said it liberated seven villages in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions over the past week, according to a statement shared by Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar on Telegram, in what may be the country’s first gains in its long-anticipated counteroffensive. The Washington Post could not confirm whether Russian troops remain in either area.
Criticizing the army is a crime in Russia — but not for mercenary boss Prigozhin: Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group mercenary force, is flouting two political taboos in Russia: speaking ill of the establishment and displaying political ambitions that could be seen as a challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin…..