First, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Popular Resistance and People’s Dispatch, a link to commentary published Monday by Indian Punchline. — MCM
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Ukraine says it advances in south, stops Russian attack in east. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine’s armed forces have halted a Russian offensive towards the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman in the east of the country, and are advancing in the south, a senior Ukrainian defence official said today. “We . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says downed 13 cruise missiles overnight. From AFP. Ukraine said today it had downed an entire barrage of 13 cruise missiles fired by Russian forces overnight, targeting an airfield in the west of the country. “This time, the attack was aimed at a military airfield in the Khmelnytskyi region,” the Ukrainian air force . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kiev’s counteroffensive ‘not meeting expectations’ of Western states – CNN. From Tass. NEW YORK — The Ukrainian counteroffensive does not meet the expectations of Western states, CNN reported Thursday, citing two Western officials and a high-ranking Pentagon representative. At the same time, Ukrainian forces are proving “vulnerable” to minefields, the report says. READ MORE . . .
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Russian sources claim defenses holding well in south, reports of Moscow successes in northeast, by Stefan Korshak | The Kyiv Post Russian defenses are holding across the southern sector and in the northeastern Kharkiv sector Moscow’s troops have gained ground, multiple Kremlin information platforms said today. Ukrainian and independent news sources . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian mercenary boss says Kremlin’s grounds for Ukraine war were lies. From the Kyiv Post. Evegeniy Prigozhin, head of the notorious Wagner mercenary group, appeared to fling down a direct political and, possibly, military challenge to the Kremlin today. In another video he declared that Russia’s grounds for invading Ukraine were false and accused the country’s senior leaders of systematically lying to President Vladimir Putin . . . READ MORE . . .
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Biden walks back on Ukraine’s NATO accession, by M. K. Bhadrahumar | Indian Punchline In one of the great turnarounds of history in modern times, Moscow eventually prevailed in the battlefields decisively and irreversibly. Against such a historical backdrop, President Biden’s remark on Saturday that the U.S. . . . READ MORE . . .
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