For today, links to ten reports from Reuters, Tass, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Independent, and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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NEWER Russia claims strikes on two Ukrainian Patriot systems that Kyiv says were decoys. From Reuters. Russia said today it struck two Patriot air defence launch systems, but Ukraine said Moscow had hit decoy targets designed to squander expensive enemy missiles. READ MORE . . .
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Iskander crew strike destroys two launchers of Patriot air defense system near Odessa. From Tass. MOSCOW — The crew of the Iskander complex destroyed two launchers of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems and a Giraffe radar in the Odessa region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. READ MORE . . .
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NATO leaders will vow to pour weapons into Ukraine for another year, but membership is off the table, by Lorne Cook | AP BRUSSELS — NATO leaders plan to pledge this week to keep pouring arms and ammunition into Ukraine at current levels for at least another year, hoping to reassure the war-ravaged country of their ongoing support and show Russian President Vladimir Putin that they will not walk away. READ MORE . . .
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Russian munitions depot ablaze from Ukraine drone strike. From AFP. An overnight Ukrainian drone attack set a Russian munitions depot ablaze in the region of Voronezh near the border between the two neighbors, local authorities said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Russia says captured another village in east Ukraine. From AFP. Russia said today its forces had captured another village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, the latest modest territorial gain for its advancing forces. The defense ministry said Russian troops had “liberated the village of Chigari.” READ MORE . . .
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U.S. mass media pretended not knowing about Kiev’s abuse in Donbass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Facts about the abuse committed by the Kiev regime in the Donbass were provided by the Russian side, but the U.S. mass media did everything not to see this truth, official spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said today regarding an article in The New York Times about . . . READ MORE . . .
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Up to 728,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded in Ukraine War — The Economist. Kyiv Post. The Economist estimates that between 462,000 and 728,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in the war against Ukraine. These figures are based on . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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From Cold War to Russia’s war against Ukraine: NATO at 75. From AFP. In April the NATO military alliance marked 75 years since the signing of its founding treaty in Washington — where its members gather for an anniversary summit this week. Here are some facts and figures . . . READ MORE . . .