For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass, and to commentary by a British observer via Consortium News; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Zelenskiy, from ravaged Kharkiv, urges Biden and Xi to join peace summit, by Dan Peleschuk | Reuters KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy today appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to join an upcoming peace summit as his country struggles to stave off unrelenting attacks by Russia in its 27-month-old invasion. READ MORE . . .
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The death toll in Kharkiv attack rises to 14 as Zelenskyy warns of Russian troop movements, by Samya Kullab | AP KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned today that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine’s northern border, as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a large construction supplies store in the city of Kharkiv. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 25 Russia says captured another village in east Ukraine. From AFP. Russia said on Saturday it had captured another village, Arkhanhelske, in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, while Kyiv said Moscow was intensifying attacks away from the northeastern Kharkiv region. The small frontline village is near . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast kills one and injuries two, by Dominic Culverwell | The Kyiv Independent Russia launched an attack on the village of Bohuslavka in Kharkiv Oblast killing one civilian and injuring two others, the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration said today. Another strike set fire to three houses in the nearby village of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi. READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces liberate Berestovoye community in Kharkov region — top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated the community of Berestovoye in the Kharkov region over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today. READ MORE . . .
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The drive for war, by Craig Murray | CraigMurray.org.uk / Consortium News The collective shrug with which the Western media and political class noted the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been telling. Can you imagine the outrage and emotion that would have been expressed by Western powers if not Fico but a pro-Ukraine, anti-Russian leader within the EU had been attacked? Click HERE for article and video, and HERE and HERE for reports from AP and Reuters.