First, links to reports from the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, Reuters, Tass, National Public Radio, and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, links to commentary from the Kyiv Post and, via Popular Resistance, from Moon of Alabama. — MCM
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9 killed, including 3 dhildren, as Russian missile slams Into pizza restaurant in east Ukraine city. From AP. KYIV — A Russian missile attack that hit a crowded pizza restaurant in an eastern Ukrainian city killed at least nine people, including three children, authorities said today, as rescue workers continued searching in the destroyed building’s rubble. The Tuesday evening attack on Kramatorsk wounded another 56 people, the Ukraine Ministry of . . . READ MORE . . .
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Wagner camp under construction in Belarus – Reports. From the Moscow Times. Satellite images purporting to show the construction of a camp for exiled Wagner mercenaries after their failed revolt were shared online late Tuesday by independent Belarusian media. According to . . . READ MORE . . .
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Cheap Russian drone a menace to Ukrainian troops and equipment, by Max Hunder | Reuters DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — As Russia’s invasion enters its 17th month, Ukrainian forces say Moscow is ramping up its use of low-cost suicide drones that are capable of destroying equipment many times their value and not easy to defend against. The Lancet drone, an angular grey tube with . . . READ MORE . . .
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Most Americans support U.S. arming Ukraine, by Jonathan Landay | Reuters WASHINGTON — Solid majorities of Americans support providing weaponry to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia and believe that such aid demonstrates to China and other U.S. rivals a will to protect U.S. interests and allies, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey. The two-day poll that was concluded on Tuesday charted a sharp rise in backing for arming Ukraine, with . . . READ MORE . . .
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Situation along line of contact in LPR tense, but controllable – Lugansk leader. From Tass. MOSCOW — The situation along the line of contact in the Lugansk People’s Republic remains tense amid Ukrainian attacks but Russian forces are in control, Acting LPR head Leonid Pasechnik said today. He said the enemy has been making sporadic attempts to attack Russian defenses but . . . READ MORE . . .
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There’s instability in Russia’s military leadership. What does that mean for Putin? Leila Fadel of NPR speaks with former CIA operative John Sipher about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power after the Wagner Group’s aborted mutiny. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Russian generals supported Wagner mutiny but backed out – U.S. intelligence. From the Kyiv Post. Reports are appearing, in The New York Times and elsewhere, that senior Russian military officers may have known about chief of the Wagner mercenary force chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s plans in advance and may have indicated they would support him or may have actually helped plan it. U.S. Intelligence agencies . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin reveals Russia paid $1 bln to Wagner Group in past year. From the Moscow Times. Russia’s Wagner private military group received roughly $1 billion in funding from state coffers over the past year, President Vladimir Putin revealed Tuesday. His comments mark a departure from Moscow’s previous denials of any links between the Russian state and Wagner. Speaking after . . . READ MORE . . .
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Prigozhin’s farce is over and it is clear who has won, by Moon of Alabama | Moon of Alabama / Educate! The Prigozhin’s insurrection farce is over. In fact there was at no moment any danger for Russia. Click HERE for MOA articles, the later linking to a previous one.
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What’s the Future of Wagner PMC in the Failed Coup aftermath? by Steve Brown and Christopher Stewart | The Kyiv Post With the Wagner private military company failing in its “March on Moscow” last weekend, and its leader bound for apparent exile in Lukashenko’s Belarus, questions arise. On Monday, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin tried . . . READ MORE . . .
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Should we prepare for sudden Russian collapse? by Steve Brown | The Kyiv Post Ever since the failed 1991 coup against then Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, it has been a fear shared by much of the Russian public and some international commentators that history would one day repeat itself. The events back then . . . READ MORE . . .
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