For now, links to SEVEN reports: from Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the Moscow Times, and Reuters; others or just headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, IRAN and LEBANON so far, and down for UKRAINE 5-28-26.) — MCM
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NEWER NATO vows to defend ‘every inch’ of territory after Russian drone hits Romania. From Middle East Eye. NATO accused Russia of “reckless” behaviour and said it would defend “every inch of Allied territory” after Romania said a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building during an attack on neighbouring Ukraine. Romania’s defence ministry said radar systems . . . READ MORE . . .
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Romania orders closure of Russian consulate after drone crashes into apartment and wounds 2. From the Moscow Times. Romania has ordered the closure of the Russian consulate in the city of Constanta after a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building in the eastern part of the country and wounded two people, coming amid a broader uptick of both Russian and Ukrainian drones straying into the airspace of NATO members as the two countries continue attacks on each other. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian drone strikes in Volgograd and Bryansk kill 3. From the Moscow Times. Three people were killed in a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia overnight, local authorities said Friday morning, with the strikes targeting a chemical plant and reportedly setting fire to a major oil refinery. READ MORE . . .
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With a stalemate in Ukraine and discontent at home, Putin seems ready to escalate his war. From AP. Facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians, President Vladimir Putin appears ready to try to change the narrative around the conflict. He looks likely to sharply escalate the Russian aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital in the hope . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others
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FROM MAY 28 Russia brushes off U.S. call not to launch ‘systemic strikes’ on Kyiv. From Reuters. WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday levelled unusually harsh criticism against Russia and called for it to refrain from its promised “systematic strikes” against Kyiv, but Moscow brushed off the appeal and reiterated a warning to foreign diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital. READ MORE . . .
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