First, links to reports from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Tass, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Popular Resistance, a link to a political scientist’s view of the Russian-supervised September referenda in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson. Finally, a link to an analyst’s interpretation of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s views as expressed in an interview with the weekly Der Spiegel. — MCM
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Ukraine reports new barrage of widespread Russian strikes, by Jamey Keaten | AP KYIV — Ukrainian officials today reported a new barrage of Russian missile strikes across the country, an attack that was anticipated as Russia seeks to disable Ukraine’s energy supplies and infrastructure with the approach of winter. Media reports referred . . . READ MORE . . .
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A price cap on Russian oil exports agreed to by the G7 goes into effect today. Reported by Jackie Northam | NPR The restrictions come a day after the members of OPEC Plus — which includes Russia — met and agreed to maintain current oil production targets while they wait and see the effect of the sanctions. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Russian air defenses down two Mi-8 military helicopters in Ukraine operation – top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters in the Donetsk People’s Republic in the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported today. Also, . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia renews missile attacks on Ukraine as G7 pressures Moscow with oil price cap, by Pavel Polityuk | Reuters * Air alerts sound across Ukraine, south and north hit * Russia has been striking Ukraine’s infrastructure since October * Price cap of $60 for Russian oil comes into force | KYIV — Ukraine said Russia had destroyed homes in the south and knocked out power in the north in a new round of missile attacks tonday as the West tried to limit Moscow’s ability to finance its invasion by imposing a price cap on Russian seaborne oil. Russian attacks later today destroyed . . . READ MORE . . .
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The narrative of sham elections, by Wayne Cristaudo | The Postil Magazine Every mainstream media outlet described the referenda in September in the Donetsk, Lugansk People’s Republics (LPR and DPR), Kherson Region and part of Zaporozhye as a “sham” and therefore “rigged.” The results were certainly not what one finds in Western style party political contestations . . . READ MORE . . .
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Merkel reveals West’s duplicity, by Scott Ritter | Consortium News Recent comments by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel shed light on the duplicitous game played by Germany, France, Ukraine and the United States in the lead-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February. While the so-called “collective west” . . . READ MORE . . .