Below begin summaries by Reuters and the Associated Press of events of and related to the war in Ukraine, both linked to other stories. For weeks now, such news items have begun now-daily entries in this blog because they contain part of the overall truth about the war — especially day-to-day events, many of the details fed to the news media by official sources in the form of news releases, some encountered directly by reporters and correspondents — and form a part of how mass perception of the war and its causes is formed by millions around the world. News stories from Reuters, AP and some other news outlets are freely accessible online because they haven’t erected paywalls; other news organizations have. For the time being, these glimpses of the war and related developments have all but taken over a blog that was started four years ago to call attention to myriad falsehoods, fostered by government and embraced by media of all stripes across the board (including most “alternative” media), about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001; “9/11” served as a launching pad to start a series of other wars that were and are covered in a much different way from this one. — MCM
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Russian general says Moscow aims to control all of southern Ukraine, by Pavel Polityuk | Reuters * Ukraine says comments show Russia is seeking occupation * Moscow has previously said it aims to liberate Ukrainians * EU official sees decisive couple of weeks | KYIV/MARIUPOL — Moscow wants to take full control over southern Ukraine, a Russian general said today, a statement Ukraine said gave the lie to Russia’s previous assertions that it had no territorial ambitions. Rustam Minnekayev, deputy commander of Russia’s central military district . . . READ MORE . . .
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Possible mass graves near Mariupol as Russia attacks in east, by David Keyton and Yesica Fisch | The Associated Press KYIV — Satellite photos of what appeared to be rows upon rows of freshly dug mass graves on the outskirts of Mariupol brought the horrors of the war increasingly into focus, as Russia pounded away today at Ukrainian holdouts in the city’s steel mill and other targets in a drive to seize the country’s industrial east. “Every day they drop several bombs on Azovstal,” Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol’s mayor, said of the . . . READ MORE . . .
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