For now, links to reports from Tass, Reuters, the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via the Greanville Post, commentary first published last December by the Real News Network. — MCM
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UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine today. From Tass. UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council will hold a meeting today, at 10 p.m. Moscow time, on the situation in Ukraine, which will be attended by top diplomats from a number of countries, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said on Sunday. The meeting was requested by the British mission. . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia halts grain deal, says no link to bridge attack it blames on Ukraine, by Guy Faulconbridge | Reuters * Russia halts grain deal * Putin’s prestige project damaged again * Two parents dead, girl injured * Russia blames Ukrainian security forces * Ukrainian media says Ukraine organised attack | MOSCOW — Russia said on today that it had halted participation in a landmark UN-brokered deal which allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported through the Black Sea, just hours after Moscow said Ukraine had attacked the Crimean Bridge. Two people were killed and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia blames Ukraine for attack on key Crimea military supply bridge that kills 2. From AP. Traffic on a key military supply bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland came to a standstill today after one of its sections was blown up, killing two people and wounding their daughter. Russian officials blamed the attack on Ukraine, but Kyiv officials didn’t openly admit it. The strike on the 19-kilometer bridge was carried out by two Ukrainian sea drones, according to . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It’s a blow to global food security, by Courtney Bonnell | AP LONDON — Russia halted an unprecedented wartime deal on today that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov . . . READ MORE . . .
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Explosions reported on key bridge linking annexed Crimea and Russia’s mainland. Reported by Charles Maynes and Steve Inskeep | NPR At least two people have died and another was injured after what Russian authorities are calling an “emergency” on a key bridge linking the Russian mainland to annexed Crimea. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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How the war machine took over the Democratic Party. Chris Hedges of The Real News Network talks with former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio in a half-hour conversation first featured by Scheer Post last Dec. 16 and republished Saturday by the Greanville Post. Click HERE to watch and listen.
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