First, links to reports from the Associated Press, teleSUR, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Popular Resistance, links to two articles on Ukraine’s Azov Battalion and news media treatment of it. — MCM
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Crimea bridge blast damages key Russian supply route; 3 dead, by Adam Schreck and Vasila Stepanenko | AP KHARKIV — An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia today, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Russian authorities said a truck bomb caused the blast and that three people were killed. . . . Moscow didn’t apportion blame. . . . Kyiv stopped short of claiming responsibility. The bombing . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia opens criminal iInvestigation of Crimea bridge explosion. From teleSUR. The Russian government today opened a criminal investigation into the explosion of a cargo truck that caused a fire and the collapse of two sections of the bridge road linking the Crimean peninsula with the rest of Russian territory. In the Kremlin it was noted that an Investigative Committee is establishing all the circumstances of the incident and the persons involved . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia names air force general to lead its forces in Ukraine. From Reuters. * This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. | MOSCOW — Russia’s Defence Ministry today named Air Force General Sergei Surovikin as the overall commander of Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, Moscow’s third senior military appointment in the space of a week. The change follows the reported sacking earlier this week of the commanders of two of Russia’s five military regions, as . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia is firm about its measures in regard to Donbass, Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia is firm about its righteousness and feasibility of steps taken in regard to the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR respectively) as well the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said today. “We are absolutely sure in the rightful cause and the steps that we take,” Lavrov said. . . . “Our evaluations and arguments, which we will continue sharing with international partners, are quite obvious and many of our partners share them. . . . People residing in the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions were deprived of any prospects for their self-identification within Ukraine as a result of the Kiev’s launched military . . .READ MORE . . .
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‘Now, all of you are Azov’: ‘Openly Neo-Nazi’ Ukrainian Delegation Meets Congress, Tours U.S.,* by Moss Robeson | The Grayzone / Educate! This September, a delegation of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi-led Azov movement arrived in the United States, at a time when myth making about the far-right network’s “depoliticization” had reached a fever pitch. By this time, the New York Times had ceased referring to Azov as “openly neo-Nazi,” and was . . . READ MORE . . .
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Media hide fascist ideology of Ukrainian militia who visit Congress, by Moon of Alabama | Educate! “Western” media continue to denazify Ukraine by pretending that the Nazi formations in that country, which they had long decried, are now a harmless collection of celebrities. One could follow those changes along various pieces in the New York Times: Mar 15 2019: “On his flak jacket was a symbol commonly used by the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization.” Feb 11 2020: . . . READ MORE . . .
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* This article was originally published by Moss Robeson’s Ukes, Kooks and Spooks blog and lightly edited by The Grayzone. Read part one of Robeson’s series on Azov’s U.S. tour here.