First, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, links to commentary by writers for a Washington, D.C. thin tank and by an Australia-based observer. — MCM
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Russia launches more missile strikes, fighting rages in east Ukraine, by Dan Peleschuk and Max Hunder | Reuters * Russia again targets power infrastructure – Ukraine’s PM * Redeployed Russian forces challenge Ukraine in east * Ukraine seeks to restore power after Russian strikes on grid * NATO, Poland believe missile was Ukrainian stray * Top U.S. general does not see near-term Ukrainian war victory | KYIV — Russia launched more missile strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Thursday and its forces pressed attacks in eastern Ukraine, reinforced by troops pulled from Kherson city in the south which Kyiv recaptured last week. NATO and Poland concluded that a. . . READ MORE . . .
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Have China and India shifted stance on Russia war? by Foster Klug | AP NUSA DUA, Indonesia — China and India, after months of refusing to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine, did not stand in the way of the release this week of a statement by the world’s leading economies that strongly criticizes Moscow. There’s an eagerness by a world weary of war to see it as the beginning of a shift. Look close enough, however, and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s UN envoy says Poland, Ukraine sought to trigger Russia-NATO conflict over missile. From Tass. UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya on Wednesday said statements by Warsaw and Kiev sought to trigger a direct Russia-NATO conflict over the missile incident in Poland. He said: “These statements came from a person that couldn’t fail to have the information that it was Ukrainian missiles fired by an air defense system that flew over to Poland. That means it wasn’t just deliberate disinformation but a conscious attempt to prompt NATO, which is waging a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine, to . . . READ MORE . . .
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How a lightly-sourced AP story almost set off World War III, by Connor Echols | Responsible Statecraft At approximately 1 pm EST on Tuesday, reports emerged that a pair of rockets had slammed into a quiet farming town in Poland. The tragic blast killed two locals, marking the first time that the war in Ukraine bled over into NATO territory. Western officials now widely agree . . . READ MORE . . .
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Deep breaths: Article 5 will never be a flip switch for war, by Rajan Menon and Dan DePetris | Responsible Statecraft On Nov. 15, two Russian-made cruise missiles crossed into Poland, landing in the village of Przewodow, a village in the southeastern corner of the country, near the border with Ukraine, killing at least two people. Preliminary investigations, as reported by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, indicate . . . READ MORE . . .
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Journalistic responsibility vanishes when reporting on U.S.-targeted nations, by Caitlin Johnstone | caitlinjohnstone.com Two false news reports have gone viral in recent hours due to sloppy sourcing and journalistic malpractice. As usual they both featured bogus claims about US-targeted nations, in this case Russia and Iran. An article in Responsible Statecraft titled . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. empire views Ukrainians and Russians as lab rats for weapons testing, by Caitlin Johnstone | caitlinjohnstone.com “Ukraine has become a testing ground for state-of-the-art weapons and information systems, and new ways to use them, that Western political officials and military commanders predict could shape warfare for generations to come,” writes Lara Jakes in the New York Times. Jakes writes that “new advances in technology and training in Ukraine are being closely monitored for the ways they are changing the face of the fight.” These . . . READ MORE . . .
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