First, links to reports from National Public Radio, Reuters, Tass, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, commentary from Consortium News. — MCM.

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Shoring up NATO alliance tops Biden agenda on Europe trip. Reported by Asma Khalid | NPR  President Biden wanted Sweden to join NATO as a sign of western unity against Russia. But Turkey is standing in the way. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Poland moves troops to eastern border amid Wagner fears, From Reuters. WARSAW — Poland began moving over 1,000 troops to the east of the country on Saturday, the defence minister said, amid rising concern in the NATO-member that the presence of Wagner Group fighters in Belarus could lead to increased tension on its border. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision . . . READ MORE . . .

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Cruise missile shot down by air defense near Kerch, no casualties – Crimean governor. From Tass. SIMFEROPOL — A cruise missile has been shot down by air defense forces near Kerch, Governor of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov said tday. READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces destroy over 210 Ukrainian troops in south Donetsk, Zaporozhye areas. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces destroyed over 210 Ukrainian troops in the south Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said today. “The defending units of the battlegroup East, aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems held off . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says U.S. cluster bombs for Ukraine show ‘weakness.’ From AFP. Washington’s decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions is an “act of desperation” that will have no effect on Moscow’s campaign in Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. “It shows weakness against the backdrop . . . READ MORE . . .

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Prigozhin’s war, by Joe Lauria | Consortium News Two weeks since the bizarre events in Russia on the weekend of June 23-25 there remain different interpretations of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s 36-hour adventure on the road to Moscow and its aftermath. Was it a genuine mutiny or coup attempt? Was he working with Western or Ukrainian intelligence?  What is Prizgozhin‘s and the Wagner group’s future? Why did he do it? The drama . . . READ MORE . . .

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MAY BE CONTINUED

First, a link to a July 5 discussion of the extradition case of  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and its consequences for freedom of the press of his arrest and imprisonment. Then, a link to a conversation on July 3 about a UK High Court decision allowing his extradition to the United States, and its current appeal; he has been incarcerated for more than four years in a London prison.  — MCM

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Careerism and journalism. Covered by Consortium News. A panel discussion of the Julian Assange case, at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London on July 5. Chris Hedges, formerly of the New York Times and Matt Kennard, formerly of the Financial Times, discuss the implications of the case and what it’s like to work within the confines of establishment journalism. In it, Stella Assange gives her perspective on the international movement for the release of her imprisoned husband. Panelists answer questions from members of the audience. Click HERE to watch and listen.

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Assange appeal — The U.S.-UK deception. From Consortium News. “The Perfected Grounds of Appeal’ submitted by Julian Assange’s lawyers to the High Court of England and Wales reveals new evidence of deception by both Britain and the United States. Here, Emmy Butlin from the Julian Assange Defence Committee (at left) discusses the revelations with Cathy Vogan, executive producer of CN Live! Click HERE for video and transcript of the conversation.

First, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. Finally for today, commentary from the Berkshire Eagle. — MCM

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Six dead in Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine: Governor.  From AFP. Six people were killed today in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, after the city was shelled by Russian rockets, according to the regional governor. Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of the Donetsk region. . . READ MORE . . .

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Zelensky hails ‘brave’ Ukraine on 500th day of war. From AFP. President Volodymyr Zelensky today published on social media an undated video clip of a visit to Snake Island in the Black Sea — a symbol of Ukraine’s defiance against Russia. “Today we are on Snake Island, which will never be conquered by the occupiers, like the whole of Ukraine, because . . . READ MORE . . .

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Zelensky wins Erdogan’s NATO backing after securing U.S. cluster bombs.  From AFP. President Volodymyr Zelensky today secured Turkey’s crucial backing for Ukraine’s NATO aspirations after winning a U.S. pledge for cluster munitions that could inflict massive damage on Russian forces on the . . . READ MORE . . .

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The U.S. will provide cluster bombs to Ukraine and defends the delivery of the controversial weapon, by Zeke Miller, Lolita C. Baldor and Tara Copp | AP  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday defended what he said was a “difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, a move the administration said was key to the fight and buttressed by Ukraine’s promise to use the controversial bombs carefully. It comes on the eve of the NATO summit in Lithuania, where . . . READ MORE . . .

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The White House defends the inclusion of cluster munitions in new Ukraine aid package. Reported by Erika Ryan, Ashley Brown and Daniel Estrin | NPR  White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby talks about how the United States plans to supply Ukraine with controversial cluster munitions. Click HERE to listen and read.

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EU strikes deal to boost ammunition production to aid Ukraine. From Reuters. BRUSSELS — The EU will devote 500 million euros to boosting the production of ammunition for Ukraine and to replenish the stocks of EU member countries, it announced on Friday. The European Council and European Parliament representatives struck a provisional . . . READ MORE . . .

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Zelensky to take part in first Ukraine-NATO Council meeting in Vilnius — Stoltenberg. From Tass. BRUSSELS — Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will take part in the first meeting of the Ukraine-NATO council, which will take place on the sidelines of the July 11-12 summit in Vilnius, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday. “I expect . . . READ MORE . . .

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Remembering Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina, killed by a Russian missile. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR  A young award-winning novelist who retrained as a war crimes researcher to document Russian atrocities and preserve Ukrainian culture has met a tragic end. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Ukraine’s wounded grain giant weathers war with Danube exports, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters  * Nibulon was Ukraine’s biggest pre-war grain exporter * Son became CEO when father died in Russian strike * Battered firm survives by focusing on Danube exports * Late father saved company with Danube move – son | KYIV — With the Black Sea export deal now hanging by a thread 16 months into a war that has devastated the grain exporting firm Oleksiy Vadatursky founded, that decision is one reason Nibulon is not bankrupt, said his son and successor Andriy. The Danube River has become the company’s main export route, channelling 190,000 tonnes of grain per month . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian Federation’s restive republics opening a second front for Putin, by James Brooke | The Berkshire Eagle With Russia’s Army cut in half by its invasion of Ukraine, several militants say the timing is right to break ties with Moscow. Several say their republics should have rebelled in the 1990s, when Chechnya fought two wars for independence. Several say their republics should have rebelled in the 1990s, when Chechnya . . . READ MORE . . .

For now, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Tass, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. Finally for today, a link to an interview on 9/11 Free Fall. — MCM

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U.S. is expected to announce that cluster munitions will be sent to Ukraine. Reported by Michel Martin and Greg Myre | NPR  The Biden administration says it plans to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. Both Russia and Ukraine are already using the controversial weapons, which pose a long-term risk to civilians. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Why the U.S. is willing to send Ukraine cluster munitions now, by Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor | AP  WASHINGTON — The United States has decided to send cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces entrenched along the front lines. The Biden administration is expected to announce today that it will send thousands of them as part of a new military aid package worth $800 million, according to . . . READ MORE . . .

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Biden Administration to give controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine. Reported by Tom Bowman | NPR  The White House will send cluster munitions to Ukraine. Officials say they’ll be effective against dug-in Russian troops, but the controversial munitions are also banned by more than 100 countries. Click HERE to listen and read.

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U.S. to select ‘lower dud’ cluster munitions for Ukraine — Pentagon. From Tass. WASHINGTON — The United States is poised to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions that pose the least threat to the civilian population, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said at a briefing on Thursday. When detonated, cluster munitions . . . READ MORE . . .

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The U.S. will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package: AP sources, by Nomaan Merchant, Lolita C. Baldor and Ellen Knickmeyer | AP  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine and is expected to announce toiday that the Pentagon will send thousands as part of a new military aid package worth up to $800 million for the war effort against Russia, according to people familiar with the decision. The decision . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine says it is advancing near eastern city of Bakhmut. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine said today its troops had advanced by more than a kilometre near the eastern city of Bakhmut in the past day of fighting against Russian forces. The comments signaled that . . . READ MORE . . .

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Kremlin says will ‘closely follow’ Zelensky-Erdogan talks. From AFP.  The Kremlin today described as “important” upcoming talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Turkey counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, describing their meeting in Istanbul. The two will meet in Istanbul. “We . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian refugees: How will economy recover with a diminished population? by Olena Harmash | Reuters With war dragging on, some of Ukraine’s millions of refugees are beginning to think about settling for good in the countries they find themselves in across Europe, posing a challenge to rebuilding the economy when . . . READ MORE . . .

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The latest on the head of the Wagner group, who has returned to Russia. Reported by Charles Maynes | NPR  The head of the Wagner group Yevgeny Prigozhin is back in Russia, according to the leader of Belarus, who helped end the mercenary group’s uprising against Russia’s military leadership. Click HERE to listen and read.

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9/11, Russia, and how we got here. From AE911Truth. Andy Steele of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth and journalist Rick Sterling of Antiwar.com talk about the unfolding situation with Russia, the possibility of the hostilities escalating into a nuclear war, and “how the United States got itself into the mess that it’s now in because of its actions following 9/11.” Click HERE for a video of the hourlong conversation.

First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Finally for today, commentary from Consortium News and Indian Punchline. — MCM

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Russian cruise missile attack on Ukraine city of Lviv kills 4 people and injures dozens, by Mstyslav Chernov | AP  LVIV, Ukraine — Russia fired cruise missiles today at a western Ukraine city far from the front line of the war, killing at least four people in an apartment building in what officials said was the heaviest attack on civilian areas of Lviv since the Kremlin’s forces . . . READ MORE . . .

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Belarus leader Lukashenko says Prigozhin back in Russia, by Guy Faulconbridge | Reuters  * Lukashenko says Wagner boss Prigozhin no longer in Belarus * Terms of Wagner relocation to Belarus unresolved * Uncertainty surrounds deal that ended armed mutiny in Russia | MINSK — The mutinous head of Russia’s Wagner group is no longer in Belarus and it is not clear if his fighters will move there, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said today, raising questions . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of planning to attack Zaporizhzhia power plant. Reported by Scott Detrow, Greg Myre, Charles Maynes and Geoff Brumfiel | NPR  Ukraine and Russia each say the other is planning to sabotage the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. They’ve been trading accusations over the past year, but now they say an attack is imminent. Click HERE to listen and read.

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Kyiv says ‘tension’ around Zaporizhzhia plant ‘decreasing.’ From AFP. “Tension is gradually decreasing,” Nataliya Gumenyuk, a Ukrainian army spokeswoman said today, adding that this was thanks to the “powerful work” of Kyiv’s military and diplomatic efforts “with our foreign partners, who put pressure” on Russia. Fears for . . . READ MORE . . .

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To protect against Russian airstrikes, Ukraine’s defenders ‘shoot and scoot.’ Reported by Greg Myre | NPR   Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv, has several layers of air defense. Small Stinger crews form the front-line, partly because they’re so mobile, and also because their missiles are much cheaper than the alternatives. In the 1980s in Afghanistan, U.S.-provided Stingers were hugely effective in taking down Soviet helicopters and . . . Click HERE to listen and read.

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NATO contingent may be deployed to Ukraine after Vilnius summit — politician. From Tass. MELITOPOL — A NATO contingent may be deployed to Ukraine after the alliance’s summit due to be held in Vilnius on July 11-12, Vladimir Rogov, leader of the We Are Together With Russia movement, said today. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said earlier . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia, Ukraine differ in accounts of fighting near Bakhmut. From Reuters. Russia said on Wednesday its forces had struck three Ukrainian army groups near Bakhmut, but Kyiv said its forces, despite limited control in the long-contested city, had the Russians all but pinned down. Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, Hanna Maliar, also . . . READ MORE . . .

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NATO’s scorched earth in Ukraine, by Tony Kevin | Consortium News There is general acceptance in NATO that the Ukrainian summer offensives in Zaporizhie and again now in Bakhmut have failed to dent Russian defences, with horrific mortality in Ukrainian manpower and enormous destruction of Western-supplied equipment. The West seems content to let . . . READ MORE . . .

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Failed Russian coup through a U.S. looking glass, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline / Consortium News The Russian people are heads and shoulders above the American public when it comes to political erudition — a legacy of the extraordinary heights of social formation in the Soviet era. That is why the Orwellian media censorship that is happening in America today cannot work in the Russian society where people are literate enough to glean facts — unlike . . . READ MORE . . .

The video presentation linked below was originally published on or about May 17 of this year by Global Research, which republished it a few days ago. — MCM

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Pfizer’s ‘secret’ report on the Covid vaccine. Beyond manslaughter. The evidence is overwhelming. The vaccine should be immediately withdrawn worldwide, by Michel Chossudovsky | Global Research  The linked video interview with Prof. Michel Chossudovsky pertains to the Confidential Pfizer Report released as part of a Freedom of Information (FOI) procedure. The vaccine was launched in mid-December 2020. By the end of February 2021 . . . Click HERE to read the introduction and watch a 23-minuted video presentation. 

First, links to reports from Tass, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Finally for today, commentary from Consortium News and Global Research. — MCM

Special op to end in days if NATO stops shipping weapons to Ukraine — Medvedev.  From Tass. MOSCOW — The special military operation would end in several days if the U.S, and its vassals stop sending weapons to Ukraine, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said today. “If NATO, primarily . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says one killed, 41 Injured in east Ukraine attack. From AFP. Russia said today that one person was killed and another 41 were injured by a Ukrainian strike in the Russian-controlled town of Makiivka in the eastern Donetsk region. “Forty-one people, including two children, have been injured due to . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of planning nuclear attack Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, by Samya Kullab | AP  KYIV — Ukraine and Russia accused each other today of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants, but neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been a focus . . . READ MORE . . .

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‘Starve, stretch and strike’: Ukraine’s summer offensive strategy, by Pete Shmigel | The Kyiv Post Evidence of a Ukrainian military strategy of attrition against Russian forces has emerged in comments by a senior Ukrainian leader reflected in comments by a number of international military experts. Kyiv Post’s own analysis adds to that conclusion. Yesterday . . . READ MORE . . .

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What would happen if Ukraine joined NATO? From Reuters. BRUSSELS — Ukraine stepped up its efforts to join NATO after Russia invaded last year, arguing that the security assurances given by Moscow, Washington and London when it relinquished its nuclear arsenal to Russia in 1994 were clearly worthless. Russian President Vladimir Putin has cited NATO’s expansion towards Russia’s borders over the past two decades as . . . READ MORE . . .

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Biden’s 3 a.m. moment in Ukraine, by Scott Ritter | Consortium News In June, U.S President Joe Biden was confronted with the ultimate “3 a.m. phone call” moment. He could have made a phone call which could have helped reduce the threat of a nuclear crisis or worse, a nuclear war. While Russia and the world dodged a bullet regarding the Prigozhin revolt, the fact that . . . READ MORE . . .

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Moscow Maidan”, “attempted coup d’etat” against Putin? There never was a plan, by Michel Chossudovsky | Global Research While Yevgeny Prigozhin had flown from Rostov to Minsk in his Legacy 600 Embraer  Jet (in a deal allegedly negotiated between Putin and Belarus President Lukashenko), his whereabouts are currently unknown. Contradictory press reports . . . READ MORE . . .

First, links to reports from Reuters, the Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. Next, via Popular Resistance, commentary from Scheer Post. Finally for today, via the Greanville Post, an interview in late June from the New Atlas. — MCM

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Ukraine reports ‘particularly fruitful’ few days in counteroffensive, by Dan Peleschuk | Reuters KYIV — In Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces its troops are fulfilling their main tasks, Oleksiy Danilo, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said on Tuesday. His comments were Kyiv’s latest positive assessment of the month-old counterattack. Moscow has not acknowledged . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine makes further gains amid heavy fighting around Bakhmut, by Stefan Korshak | The Kyiv Post Ukrainian infantry has reclaimed lost ground around Bakhmut, the Donbas’ regional center, after a series of gritty, short-range attacks. According to news reports and official statements on . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says it foiled Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow as Kyiv’s counteroffensive grinds on. From AP. Russian air defenses on Tuesday foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow., officials said. Meanwhile, a Western analysis said that Russia has slowed Kyiv’s recently launched counteroffensive. READ MORE . . .

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Russia says it has repelled a drone attack on a Moscow airport. Reported by Rob Schmitz and Greg Myre | NPR  Ukraine’s big offensive against entrenched Russian forces is nearly a month old and is moving slowly. Ukraine says it’s too early to reach any conclusions about how it will end. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Putin says Russia will resist ‘sanctions and provocations’. From AFP. President Vladimir Putin told Iranian, Chinese and other leaders on Tuesday that Russia would continue to counter sanctions imposed by Western countries over Moscow’s large-scale military operation in Ukraine. “Russia is confidently resisting and will . . . READ MORE . . .

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Putin says Russia is ‘united as never before’ at meeting of Russia- and China-led security group, by Ashok Sharma and Krutika Pathi | AP  NEW DELHI  — President Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that the Russian people were “united as never before,” as he . . . READ MORE . . .

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Senior NATO admiral says Ukraine won’t be given fighter jets for this counteroffensive. From Tass. MOSCOW — Ukraine won’t be given fighter jets until its counteroffensive has finished, Rob Bauer, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, said Monday. Nor, he said, will training the pilots or training the technicians be available before . . . READ MORE . . .

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They lied about Afghanistan and Iraq; they are lying about Ukraine, by Chris Hedges | Scheer Post / Educate! The playbook does not change. The results are also the same. The . . . READ MORE . . .

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Garland Nixon & America’s war on the world. Brian Berletic ofThe New Atlas talks with Garland Nixon four days or so ago about about Washington’s growing confrontation with Russia and China, the political climate back in the United States  and more. Click HERE to watch and listen.

First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Popular Resistance, a link to commentary from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. — MCM

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Russia launches the first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days and all are shot down. From AP. KYIV — After a relative lull, Russia launched a drone attack early Sunday on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, officials said. It was the first such attack of the war in 12 days. All of the Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones were detected and shot down, according to . . . READ MORE . . .

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NATO readies military plans to defend against bruised but unbowed Russia, by Lorne Cook | AP  Russia’s armed forces are bruised but by no means beaten in the war in Ukraine, a top NATO military officer said today, as he laid out the biggest revamp to the organization’s military plans since the Cold War should . . . READ MORE . . .

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Moscow says 700,000 children from Ukraine conflict zones now in Russia. From Reuters. MOSCOW – Russia has brought some 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Mr Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, said Sunday. “In recent years . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia’s Medvedev says standoff with West to last decades, Ukraine conflict ‘permanent’, by Andrew Osborn | Reuters * Ex-president pessimistic West and Russia can agree * Says tensions higher than 1962 Cuban missile crisis * Warns of risks of nuclear war, but says talks better * Says Moscow cannot accept Ukraine as a NATO member LONDON — Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president, has warned that Moscow’s confrontation with the West will last decades and that its conflict with Ukraine could be . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine says recaptured 37 sq. km from Russia last week. From AFP. “Over the past week … the area liberated [in the east] was increased by nine square kilometres,” Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar said, adding that Ukrainian forces had wrested another 28 sqaure kilometres in the south. Ukrainian forces are coming up against . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces destroy all Leopard tanks supplied to Kiev by Poland, Portugal — Shoigu. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces wiped out 16 German-made Leopard tanks or actually 100% of this armor supplied to the Kiev regime by Poland and Portugal, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said today in a briefing. “In the south Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions alone . . . READ MORE . . .

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Putin projects calm; CIA director calls mutiny ‘vivid example’ of leader’s damage. Reported by Scott Detrow and Greg Myre | NPR Ukraine presses on with its offensive in the east while it watches the aftermath of the Russian mutiny last weekend. Click HERE to listen and read.

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How military industrial complex sets media narrative on Ukraine, by Bryce Greene | Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting / Educate!  Wealthy donors have long funded think tanks with official-sounding names that produce research that reflects the interests of those funders (Extra!, 7/13). The weapons industry is a major contributor to these idea factories; a recent report from the Quincy Institute (6/1/23) demonstrates just how much influence war profiteers have on the national discourse. The Quincy Institute . . . READ MORE . . .

A link to an essay from ScheerPost. (This is today’s second entry.) — MCM

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Ellsberg & ‘the process of awakening,’ by Patrick Lawrence | ScheerPost / Consortium News Daniel Elsberg had to give up the eager Marine and the accomplished RAND war planner. This meant giving up altogether a worldview. It left him in August 1969 weeping on a men’s room floor in Haverford, Pennsylvania. His first wakeful act was to rip the veil from the pointless savagery of the Vietnam . . . READ MORE . . .