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In the event, the authorities' demands are not met within one week.

All measures necessary to restore constitutional order in the Republic of Niger.

Such measures may include the use of force.

Fear is growing. Last week's coup in Niger could lead to a regional military conflict.

Echoes, a block of 15 West African nations, is threatening to use force to expel Niger's new

military rulers. But Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea have warned against any military

intervention in Niger. We'll get the latest. We'll also remember Juan Ramos,

founder and leader of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Young Lords.

And we'll look at the life and legacy of the groundbreaking Irish singer and political

activist, Shenato Conner, who's died at the age of 56.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now. Democracy Now.org, the Warren Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

In Ukraine, Russian missiles struck a residential high rise in the city of Krivyri

on Monday, killing at least six people, including a 10-year-old girl and her mother.

Dozens more were injured in the attack. One resident said she raced to the scene of the blast

after receiving a panic call from a friend who lived nearby.

I only heard help. So we jumped into our car and drove here.

What we saw was pure horror, committed by the Russian. I don't want to say the word here.

They hit a residential building and her block is just next to it. So everything in her apartment

was ruined. She survived and is alive. Thank God.

Krivyri is the birthplace of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky.

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