First, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. Then, a link to a Global Research article decrying commentary on CBC questioning the independence of a Canadian journalist reporting from Ukraine. — MCM
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Russia in deadly strike on Ukrainian city a day after grain talks breakthrough, by Max Hunder and Pavel Polityuk | Reuters * Russian missiles hit central Ukrainian city * Ukraine says at least 12 killed in strike * No immediate comment from Moscow * Ukraine says it repels assaults in the east | KYIV — Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia far behind the frontlines on Thursday in an attack which Ukrainian officials said had left at least 12 people dead, including a small child. The strike, which Ukraine said had also wounded dozens, came a day after a breakthrough in talks between Moscow and Kyiv to unblock Ukrainian grain exports and underscored how far the two countries remain from . . . READ MORE . . .
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In Ukraine war, a race to acquire smarter, deadlier drones, by Oleksandr Stashevskyi and Frank Bajak | The Associated Press KYIV — Drone camera footage defines much of the public’s view of the war in Ukraine: grenades quietly dropped on unwitting soldiers, eerie flights over silent, bombed-out cities, armor and outposts exploding into fireballs. Never in the history of warfare have drones been used as intensively as in Ukraine, where . . . READ MORE . . .
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Germany rushes to decouple itself from Russian gas. Reported by ROB SCHMITZ | National Public Radio Germany is scrambling to build infrastructure to replace its dependence on Russian gas. NPR’s Rob Schmitz reports that time is not on its side. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.
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Russian Lawmakers Hold Snap Summer Session as War, Economic Issues Loom, by Anastasia Tenisheva | The Moscow Times Russia’s lower house of parliament will gather for an “extraordinary” meeting Friday amid speculation that deputies could sign off on a major policy announcement or government reshuffle. The meeting comes as Russia faces mounting domestic and foreign policy problems, from the dragging war in Ukraine to the economic fallout of sanctions. But the suddenness of the decision to recall parliament . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘One-sided News on Ukraine’: Open Letter to CBC on Its Defamation of Eva Bartlett, by Karin Brothers | Global Research On the morning of July 6th, the CBC crossed the line from merely putting out its usual one-sided news on Ukraine to a defamatory attack on independent journalists who report live from the Donbass. While they named Americans John Mark Dougan and Patrick Lancaster, they reserved particular venom for the highly-respected Canadian Eva Bartlett. The National News anchor Ian Hanomansing featured Justin Ling, a writer who has written hit pieces on journalists whose accounts counter state propaganda. They suggested . . . READ MORE . . .
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