Ukraine, 5-26-23

First, links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, Agence France-Presse, and Le Monde; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via GlobalReserch and Consortium News, a link to commentary from Declassified UK. — MCM

   

Ukraine appears to have started its next big move against Russia. Reported by Tom Bowman and Joanna Kakissis | NPR  Pentagon officials met today with other nations supporting the war, and Kyiv says it’s steadfast in pushing Russia out of the country altogether. Click HERE to listen and read.

   

Ukraine harasses Russian border regions, Russia strikes Dnipro clinic, by Susie Blann | AP  KYIV — Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack from Ukrainian artillery fire today, authorities said, hours after at least one nighttime blast rocked a Russian city in a region next to the annexed Crimea peninsula. The Kremlin’s forces, meanwhile, struck a clinic in Dnipro, in central Ukraine, killing . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Ukraine shoots down 10 missiles in Russian attacks, oil depot hit, by Olena Harmash and Gleb Garanich | Reuters KYIV — Ukraine shot down 10 missiles and over 20 drones launched by Russia in overnight attacks on the capital Kyiv, the city of Dnipro and eastern regions, Ukrainian officials said today. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said a fire had broken out on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Kharkiv after an oil depot was hit twice, and that equipment for pumping oil products had been damaged. Russia has intensified . . . READ MORE . . .

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One killed, 15 wounded in Russian attack on Ukrainian clinic, Zelenskiy says. From Reuters. KYIV — At least one person was killed and 15 wounded in a Russian missile strike on a clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. He denounced the attack as a crime against humanity, and the Ukrainian Defence Ministry called it a serious war crime under the Geneva . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk said to wound civilians – DPR security forces. From Tass. DONETSK — Several civilians were wounded today when the Ukrainian military shelled the central Voroshilov district of Donetsk, the DPR security forces said. Earlier, a DPR mission said that at 11:15 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops launched a MLRS strike on the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, firing three rockets. Prior . . . READ MORE . . .

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Two drones damage buiidings in Russia’s Krasnodar city: Governor. From AFP. Two drones damaged buildings in the centre of the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, the regional governor said today, the latest in a spate of aerial attacks on regions near Ukraine. The announcement came after the governor of the western Belgorod said it was pummelled by attacks overnight . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Russian partisans triumph on return from Belgorod incursion, by Thomas d’Istria | Le Monde After taking part in an unprecedented military operation launched from Ukrainian territory and crossing into the Russian border region of Belgorod, the armed groups responsible – made up of Russians – are triumphant. “The Russian military command was not ready,” said . . . Click HERE to read in English, or HERE to read in French.

   

Companies are finding it’s not so simple to leave Russia. Some are quietly staying put, by David Mchugh | AP  When Russia invaded Ukraine, global companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia immediately, others curtailing imports or new investment. Billions of dollars’ worth of factories, energy holdings and power plants were written off or put up for sale, accompanied by fierce condemnation of the war and expressions of solidarity with Ukraine. More than a year later . . . READ MORE . . .

   

British warmongering is driving Europe towards catastrophe in Ukraine, by Jonathan Cook  | Declassified UK / GlobalResearch and Consortium News Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky made an unexpected trip to Britain last week on whistle-stop tour of European capitals, pleading for more powerful and longer-range weapons to use in his war against Russia. Last year, shortly after the start of the war, the then-prime minister, Boris Johnson, hurried to Kyiv – presumably . . . READ MORE . . .

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