For now, links to reports from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Mercenary chief Prigozhin is presumed to have died in a plane crash seen as the Kremlin’s revenge. From AP. Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead in a plane crash— widely seen today as an assassination to avenge a mutiny that challenged President Vladimir Putin’s authority. The founder of the Wagner military company and six other passengers . . . READ MORE . . .
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Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin reported killed in plane crash. Reported by Steve Inskeep and Charles Maynes | NPR Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin led a brief uprising against Russia’s military in June. A plane crashed in Russia Wednesday, and he may be among the people who died. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Ukraine says it launched ‘special operation’ in Russian-occupied Crimea. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine’s navy and military intelligence carried out a “special operation” overnight in which units landed on Russian-occupied Crimea, the defence ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) said today. Brief and dark video footage posted alongside the statement . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops wipe out two Ukrainian army sites, two ammo depots in DPR. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops struck Ukrainian army units near Grigorovka and Umanskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), destroying two enemy deployment sites and tw ammunition depots over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Southern Battlegroup Spokesman Vadim Astafyev said today. Also, the following . . . READ MORE . . .
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Despite dangers and hardship of war, Ukrainians enjoy Black Sea beaches this summer. Reported by Brian Mann | NPR This summer Ukrainians are thumbing their noses at Putin by sunbathing and swimming on Black Sea beaches that have reopened despite the dangers of war. Click HERE to listen and read.
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