First, links to reports from the Kyiv Post, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, antiwar.com, Tass, and the Libertarian Institute; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, commentary from Respsonsible Statecraft. — MCM
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Russian missiles hit Odesa residential district, three killed, by Ugo Poletti | The Kyiv Post Early this morning Odesa was attacked by four Russian Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Black Sea. Three of the missiles were shot down by the Ukrainian air defense, while one hit a residential district of the city. So far . . . READ MORE . . .
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Deadly Russian missile strikes hit Ukraine. From AFP. Deadly Russian missile strikes hit southern and eastern Ukraine today as the Western-backed country’s air defenses fought back against Moscow’s intensified attacks. Russia fired four Kalibr missiles on the southern port city of Odesa from a warship in the Black Sea, Ukraine’s air force said, with air defenses shooting down three. One hit a food warehouse, killing three employees and wounding seven, the head of the region’s . . . READ MORE . . .
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Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons, by Lidia Kelly and Andrew Osborn | Reuters * Lukashenko says he already has Russian tactical nuclear weapons * Indicates delivery process is ongoing * Says their use can be swiftly agreed with Moscow | Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The deployment is Moscow’s . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. set to provide Ukraine with depleted uranium rounds for Abrams tanks, by Dave DeCamp | antiwar.com The Biden administration is expected to provide Ukraine with controversial depleted uranium ammunition for use with U.S.-made Abrams tanks, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Depleted uranium is a byproduct of enriched uranium and is extremely dense, making it a good material for penetrating armor. But . . . READ MORE . . .
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West keeps resisting fair inquiry into Nord Stream sabotage – Russian diplomat. From Tass. WASHINGTON — Western countries keep utterly resisting a transparent international investigation into the sabotage attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, Minister-Counselor of the Russian Embassy in the U.S. Andrey Ledenev said today. “It is also useful to . . . READ MORE . . .
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Pentagon personnel did not appropriately track weapons transferred to Ukraine, by Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute A report from the Department of Defense Inspector General found Pentagon employees in Poland failed to follow procedures to account for military equipment being transferred to Ukraine. In the shipments of weapons monitored by the office, Pentagon employees failed to properly track the weapons in three of five . . . READ MORE . . .
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Is the U.S. military more intent on ending Ukraine war than U.S. diplomats? by Branko Marcetic | Responsible Statecraft Throughout modern American History, hawkish military officials have often been frustrated by the caution of civilian leadership. This is reportedly not the case today. In a recent report about the growing U.S. willingness to cross Russian red lines by supplying Kyiv with ever more escalatory weapons, the Washington Post . . . READ MORE . . .
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