For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, and National Public Radio, followed by a link to an op-ed column in the Sept. 5 Berkshire Eagle; other links are accessible by clicking on news organizations’ names or initials below.— MCM
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Russian missile attack kills policeman, injures 52 others in Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine, by Hanna Arhirova | AP KYIV — A Russian missile attack today on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown in central Ukraine killed one policeman and injured at least 52 others, emergency officials said, while another attack in the southern Kherson region killed three people. The strikes were among multiple Russian attacks across the country overnight, officials said. Meanwhile, . . . READ MORE . . .
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Cuba arrests 17 for trafficking young men to fight for Russia in Ukraine, by Nelson Acosta | Reuters HAVANA — Cuban authorities said they had arrested 17 people on charges related to a ring of human traffickers that allegedly lured young Cuban men to serve in the Russian military amid the Ukraine conflict. Cuba earlier this week revealed authorities were working to “neutralize and dismantle” the network, which it said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces destroy two Challenger tanks in Zaporozhye Region — acting governor. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces have destroyed two British-made Challenger tanks in the Zaporozhye Region with Kornet anti-tank missile systems, according to the region’s acting governor. “The Kornets coped with them easily,” he said. “Our . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine strains to safely operate nuclear power plants while under Russian invasion. Reported by Brian Mann | NPR KHMELNYTSKYI, Ukraine — The head of Ukraine’s nuclear energy utility, Energoatom, says his country is trying to do something never before attempted: operate a large network of atomic reactors in the midst of a full-scale war. “Never such case has happened before actually,” said Petro Kotin, said recently in a room deep inside the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant in . . . Click HERE to read more and listen.
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The U.S. will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine as part of an aid package. Reported by Leila Fadel | NPR The munitions are considered radioactive. The Kremlin cries foul while the U.S. says it’s not a big deal. What are these weapons and what does it mean that they are being used in this war? Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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The eastern influence game for lands of post-Putin Russia, by James Brooke | The Berkshire Eagle Ukraine already has several fighting units composed of ethnic and regional groups from the former Soviet Union: Georgians, Chechens, Belarusians, Buryats and Siberian’s. To counter future Chinese dominance, former CIA analyst Paul A. Goble says, Washington should identify Russia’s regions most likely to . . . READ MORE . . .