For today, a link to a report from Reuters, followed by a link to commentary from Consortium News, via Popular Resistance; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below.. (Today’s GAZA entry is HERE.) — MCM

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Russia’s biggest drone strike in weeks hits critical Ukrainian infrastructure, by Olena Harmash | Reuters  KYIV — Russia launched a massive drone attack early today, hitting critical infrastructure in the west and south of Ukraine and destroying private houses and commercial buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, officials said. The air force said it shot down 24 “Shahed” drones out of 40 launched by Russia, the biggest drone attack in weeks to target Kharkiv in the northeast, Odesa and Kherson in the south and the region of Lviv on . . . READ MORE . . .

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John Kirby v. Russian military, by Scott Ritter | Consortium News / Popular Resistance  Russia has assumed an offensive posture; the initial reading from the battlefield is that it is enjoying greater success in the first few weeks of its attacks than Ukraine had for its five-month-long counteroffensive. To add . . . READ MORE . . .