For today, links to 14 reports: from the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Bloomberg, Tass, and Middle East Eye and to commentary from the Ron Paul Institute via Antiwar.com; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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U.S. Defense Secretary Austin confirms North Korea has sent troops to Russia, by Hyung-Jin Kim | AP SEOUL — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said there is evidence that North Korea has sent troops to Russia on Monday, and South Korea’s spy chief told lawmakers that 3,000 North Korean troops are in the country receiving training on drones and other equipment before being deployed to battlefields in Ukraine. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent.
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North Korea sent 1,500 more troops to Russia, South Korea’s spy agency tells lawmakers. From AFP. North Korea sent an additional 1,500 troops to Russia, South Korea’s intelligence agency told lawmakers today, with around 10,000 soldiers total expected to be deployed by December. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.
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FROM OCT. 22 South Korea warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North’s troops in Russia, by Hyung-Jin Kim | AP SEOUL — South Korea warned Tuesday it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia, as both North Korea and Russia denied the movements. NATO’s secretary general said that would mark a “significant escalation.” READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops liberate Serebryanka, Nikolayevka communities in Donetsk area over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces liberated the settlements of Serebryanka and Nikolayevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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BRICS leaders must tell Putin to end Ukraine war: EU. From AFP. The European Union today urged leaders attending the BRICS summit in Russia to tell President Vladimir Putin to “immediately end the war” in Ukraine. Putin is hosting around 20 world leaders, including . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 22 Russia summons German ambassador over NATO Baltic Sea command center. From AFP. Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday said it summoned Germany’s ambassador to protest a new NATO naval command center along the Baltic Sea coast, inaugurated by Germany on Monday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 22 Ukraine’s population has fallen by 10 million since Russia’s invasion, UN says, by Thomas Escritt | Reuters Ukraine’s population has declined by 10 million, or around a quarter, since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion as a result of refugees leaving, collapsing fertility and war deaths, the United Nations said on Tuesday. READ MORE . . .
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What lies behind Turkey’s ties with Russia and bid to join BRICS? by Huseyin Hayatsever and Jonathan Spicer | Reuters ANKARA — Here are some of the issues underpinning ties between Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, who were set to meet today in Russia on the sidelines of the summit of the BRICS grouping which NATO-member Turkey has voiced interest in joining. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for two paragraphs of Oct. 21 report from Bloomberg, an Oct. 23 report from Tass, and a June 8 report from Middle East Eye.
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FROM OCT. 21 Why should we fight wars for Ukraine and Israel? by Ron Paul | Ron Paul Institute / Antiwar.com When you take on the role of the world’s policeman, don’t be surprised when countries who cannot fight their own wars call “911.” That is happening to the United States on two fronts and it is bankrupting our country, depleting the military that should serve our own national interest, and . . . READ MORE . . .