First, a link to a conversation between a trends specialist and a retired U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer and U.N. arms inspector on, among other things, some of the causes and potential consequences of the war. Then, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM

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Ignorance & fear causing nuclear Armageddon. Trends Journal publisher Gerald Celente and author Scott Ritter talk online.

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Ukraine: Rockets strike mayor’s office in occupied Donetsk, by Sabra Ayres | AP  KYIV — Pro-Kremlin officials today blamed Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck the mayor’s office in a key Ukrainian city controlled by the separatists. . . . Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said Russian rockets struck a city across from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, wounding six people. The attacks on both sides . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says its forces repelled Ukrainian advances in several regions. From Reuters. Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had repelled efforts by Ukrainian troops to advance in the Donetsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, inflicting what it described as significant losses against the enemy. The battlefield reports could not immediately be verified. Russia also said it was continuing air strikes on military and energy targets in Ukraine, using . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian refugees are finding home in a small city in southern Brazil. Reported by Jill Langlois | NPR  Numerous refugees from Ukraine are ending up not in Poland, nor Germany, but in a small city in southern Brazil. And many feel right at home there. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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