For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Tass, the Kyiv Post, and National Public Radio, followed by commentary from ScheerPost; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a ROHR entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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4 killed as Russia, Ukraine exchange attacks. | From AFP. Russian shelling today killed two people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, while a drone attack by Kyiv in the Moscow-controlled east killed another two, officials said. As the war . . . READ MORE . . .
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The UK prime minister visits Kyiv to announce more support for Ukraine in in its war with Russia, by Samya Kullab | AP KYIV — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak traveled to Kyiv today to unveil a new support package for Ukraine, including an increase in military funding for its war with Russia. The 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) in military funding . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. stops arms supplies to Ukraine — White House. From Tass. WASHINGTON — The United States has halted its deliveries of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine due to the lack of budget funds for such programs, Coordinator for Strategic Communications of the White House’s National Security Council John Kirby has said. “We have issued the last drawdown package that . . . READ MORE . . .
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Pentagon flags tracking issues in weapons for Ukraine, denies evidence of misuse. From Kyiv Post. A recent Pentagon report reveals that over $1 billion worth of military equipment, including shoulder-fired missiles, kamikaze drones, and night-vision goggles, sent by the United States to Ukraine has not been adequately tracked by American officials. The findings . . . READ MORE . . .
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Why are nearly 40,000 U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine unaccounted for? A Martinez of NPR talks with retired Col. Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about a Pentagon report that thousands of U.S. weapons are missing in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM JAN. 8 U.S. policy as spectacle, by Patrick Lawrence | ScheerPost The Americans’ leadership cliques long ago took up the practice of obscuring what they mean and what they are doing. If these people are going to run an imperium their own citizens are not supposed to see, the last thing required is . . . READ MORE . . .