For now, links to reports from National Public Radio, Reuters, Tass, Agence France-Presse, and Le Monde; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Top-secret Pentagon documents on Ukraine war appear on social media sites Twitter and Telegram. Reported by Greg Myre and Sergio Olmos | NPR The Pentagon is trying to determine how the detailed material was leaked or stolen. It includes maps of Ukraine and charts on where troops are concentrated and . . . Click HERE to listen and read more.
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Ukraine debates ways to prevent military leaks after report of breach. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine’s president and top security brass discussed ways to prevent leaks of military information at a meeting toiday, Kyiv said, after secret documents detailing Western help for Ukraine reportedly ended up online. A statement . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian air defenses intercept two US-made HIMARS rockets in Ukraine operation. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defense forces intercepted two rockets of the U.S.-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said today in a report that included other selected statitics. READ MORE . . .
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Any Ukraine peace talks should be about ‘new world order’: Lavrov. From AFP. Moscow wants any Ukraine peace talks to focus on creating a “new world order”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on a visit to Turkey toiday. The top Russian diplomat also threatened to abandon a landmark grain deal, which Turkey helped broker, if obstacles to Russian exports remain. “Any negotiation . . . READ MORE . . .
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In Ukraine, a growing resistance to military enlistment, by Thomas d’Istria | Le Monde Recruiting posters in Kyiv and other cities display portraits of soldiers with determined faces call on citizens to enlist to defend the country. One war effort operation aims to create eight new brigades. But the time when army recruitment offices were overwhelmed with requests from civilians ready to take up arms seems to be over. Read more in English HERE, and in French HERE.