First, links to reports from Reuters, Tass, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, three articles related to the AP story, the last an early February independent report linked on this blog HERE. — MCM
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Russians claim control over Bakhmut’s east, Ukrainians defiant, by Olena Harmash | Reuters * Mercenary chief: Russians hold part of bombed-out city * Smoke billows over Bakhmut, buildings burn * Ukrainian troops commit to defend Bakhmut * Situation in beleaguered city ‘difficult’ | KYIV — The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group said today his forces had taken full control of the eastern part of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and NATO’S secretary general said it could all fall to the invading army in the next few days. If Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s claim is true, it would mean . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces take control of eastern part of Artyomovsk – Prigozhin. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces have taken full control over the eastern part of Artyomovsk (known as Bakhmut in Ukraine), founder of the Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin said today. “Everything east of the Bakhmutka River is completely under the control of the Wagner PMC,” Prigozhin was quoted as saying by his press service on . . . READ MORE . . .
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Germany cautious over reports that pro-Ukraine group was involved in pipeline attack, by Frank Jordans | AP BERLIN — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius voiced caution today over media reports that a pro-Ukraine group was involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last Sept. 26. Citing multiple unnamed officials, several German news outlets reported that five men and a woman used a yacht hired by a Ukrainian-owned company in Poland to carry out the attack. The New York Times also . . . READ MORE . . .
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Intelligence suggests pro-Ukrainian group sabotaged pipelines, U.S. officials say, by Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman | The New York Times WASHINGTON — New intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian group carried ou the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, a step toward determining responsibility for an act of sabotage that has confounded investigators on both sides of the Atlantic for months. U.S. officials said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Attack of the ‘pro-Ukrainian group,’ by Caitlin Johnstone | caitlinjohnstone.com The latest New York Times reporton the Nord Stream pipeline bombing is something else. According to NYT’s anonymous U.S. government sources, the pipelines were blown up by a “pro-Ukrainian group” who had no known connections to any military or intelligence agency, but somehow had all the information, skills, diving equipment and military explosives necessary to carry . . . READ MORE . . .
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How America took out the Nord Stream pipeline, by Seymour Hersh | seymourhersh.substack.com Feb. 8, 2023 The U.S. Navy’s Diving and Salvage Center can be found in a location as obscure as its name—down what was once a country lane in rural Panama City, a now-booming resort city in the southwestern panhandle of Florida . . . The center’s complex is as nondescript as its location—a drab . . . READ MORE . . .
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