For today, links to seven reports: from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Tass, the Associated Press, and the Kyiv Independent, and to commentary from the Kyiv Post and Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Russian military says it has captured town in eastern Ukraine. From AFP. The Russian army said today it had captured a town in eastern Ukraine, where Moscow’s forces are advancing on the strategic city of Pokrovsk. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces have “liberated the locality of Novohrodivka” in the Donetsk region, some 20 kilometers from . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Tass.
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Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of overnight air attacks on border regions. From Reuters. Ukraine and Russia accused each other of overnight air attacks on their border regions, with Ukrainian officials saying that two people died and four were injured in the Sumy region, and Russia saying three civilians were injured in Belgorod. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP.
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FROM SEPT. 7 U.S. and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire, by Jill Lawless | AP LONDON — The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies said Saturday that Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding 2 1/2-year war, as they urged Kyiv’s allies not to be held back by Russian threats of escalation. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 7 Howitzers, missiles, armor — what Ukraine was promised in Ramstein, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent As the allies gathered at the Ramstein Air Base for the 24th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group . . . READ MORE . . .
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Trench versus trench, drone versus drone, by Jeffrey S. Kargel | Kyiv Post As Russia’s war against Ukraine has progressed, almost every aspect of war tactics by modern militaries has been completely disrupted by air-borne, sea-based, and increasingly surface-based drones. Both Ukraine and Russia – and by extension . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 4 Conditioning Americans for war with Russia, by Ray McGovern | Special to Consortium News / Popular Resistance As the drums beat louder and louder about alleged threats from Russia, the Biden administration today blew perilous new life into the debunked and disgraced Russiagate disinformation operation. Russiagate seems . . . READ MORE . . .