First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, Agence France-PRESSE, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, links to reports from two overtly partisan sources. Last, via Consortium News, another link to the same analysis of a bill before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee that appeared in this blog yesterday; on some computer screens it may be more legible. — MCM
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Ukraine backers get behind probe of missile blast in Poland, by Vasilisa Stepanenko | AP PRZEWODOW, Poland — U.S. President Joe Biden and other Western backers of Ukraine today threw their weight behind an investigation into why and how a missile that Poland said was Russian-made came down in Polish farmland, killing two people, when Russia was . . READ MORE . . .
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Poland says missile that hit it was Ukrainian stray, easing concern of escalation, by Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk | Reuters * Biden says ‘unlikely’ missile fired from Russia * Moscow says missile was Ukrainian air defence S-300 | WARSAW — A missile that hit Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defences and not a Russian strike, Poland and NATO said on Wednesday, easing global concern that the war in Ukraine could spill across the border. Nevertheless . . . READ MORE . . .
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Missile wreckage in Polish photos identified as Ukraine’s S-300, Russia’s top brass says. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian defense experts have identified the missile wreckage in photos taken by Poland as elements of Ukraine’s S-300 missile system, Russia’s top brass said today. “Russian defense experts have . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin praises ‘measured’ U.S.response to Polish missile incident. From AFP. New Delhi — The Kremlin today praised Washington’s “measured” response after a missile landed in Poland and U.S. President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” that it had come from Russia. “In this instance . . . READ MORE . . .
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Turkey is friendly with both Russia and Ukraine. Now it wants them to talk peace. Reported by Fatma Tanis | NPR ISTANBUL — Turkey is pushing Russia and Ukraine to begin peace talks, hoping to build on recent successful diplomatic initiatives such as the critical grain deal that allows Ukraine to export food through a safe corridor in the war zone. “Out of the grain corridor, we can open a . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainians dance in Kherson’s streets at the end of Russia’s months-long occupation. Reported by Jason Beaubien | NPR KHERSON, Ukraine — Since Russian troops pulled out of Kherson last week, the city’s Liberty Square has taken on a carnival atmosphere. Residents now regularly . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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In video: Ukrainian servicemen busy playing role of happy Kherson residents for foreign media. From South Front. Agence France-Presse reports on the situation in the city of Kherson, which was recently left by Russian forces. The media show crowds of people with Ukrainian flags on the streets. However, the parades of happiness turned out to be staged. In the video published by AFP an allegedly enthusiastic Kherson resident declares . . . READ MORE . . .
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Updates from Ukraine: Russia attacks Poland and Ukraine, NATO should respond. Reported by Denys Davydof. Click HERE for illustrated video commentary from yesterday.
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Opening the floodgates for profiteers of war, by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies | Common Dreams / Consortium News The current “star” of U.S. military aid to Ukraine is Lockheed Martin’s HIMARS rocket system, the same weapon U.S. Marines used to help reduce much of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, to rubble in 2017. The U.S. has sent 38 HIMARS systems to Ukraine, but Senators Reed and Inhofe plan to “reorder” 700 of them, with 100,000 rockets, which could cost up to $4 billion. Another artillery weapon provided to Ukraine is . . . READ MORE . . .