First, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, Tass, Reuters, National Public Radio, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Putin met with Wagner chief in Moscow after failed mutiny, says Kremlin. From AFP. The Kremlin said today that President Vladimir Putin had met with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 29 in the Kremlin, days after the mercenary group attempted to topple Russia’s military leadership. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added that Putin also “listened to accounts given by [Wagner] commanders”. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine attempts attack on Russian territory, all missiles destroyed. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Kiev regime made an attempt on Sunday to deliver several missile strikes on Russian territory, with all the missiles downed or deflected, no casualties and minimal damage, the Main Staff of Russia’s Aerospace Forces says. According to preliminary data, the Ukrainian military delivered strikes by Soviet-made S-200 surface-to-air missiles reequipped for attacking ground targets. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian forces advance in south, hold ‘initiative,’ says Zelenskiy. From Reuters. Ukrainian troops pressed on with their campaign to recapture Russian-held areas in the southeast as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a broadcast that his country’s forces had “taken the initiative” after an earlier slowdown. The Ukrainian military said today its troops have so far retaken 169 square kilometres (more than 65 square miles) on the southern front and 24 sq km around the eastern city of Bakhmut since its counteroffensive began last month. READ MORE . . .
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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling weighs in on the U.S. sending cluster munitions to Ukraine. Ayesha Rascoe of NPR speaks with retired Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling how cluster munitions work and what he thinks of the Biden administration’s controversial decision to send them to Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and read.
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How many Russians have died in Ukraine? Data shows what Moscow hides. By Erka Kinetz | AP BRUSSELS — Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead. Two independent Russian media outlets, Mediazona and Meduza, working with a data scientist from Germany’s Tübingen University, used . . . READ MORE . . .
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