First, links to reports from the Moscow Times, the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. Then, links to two articles by an India Punchline commentator, published Sunday and yesterday. — MCM
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Moscow hit by swarm of drones in wartime first. From the Moscow Times. Moscow was targeted by a swarm of drones early this morning, marking the first time that unmanned aerial vehicles have struck residential areas of the Russian capital since the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. The attack on Moscow, more than 1,000 kilometers from Ukraine, came as Kyiv was hit by another barrage . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says drones damage Moscow buildings in pre-dawn attack, blames Ukraine, by Susie Blann and Joanna Kozlowska | AP KYIV — Russian air defenses stopped eight drones converging on Moscow, officials said today, in an attack that authorities blamed on Ukraine, while Russia pursued its relentless bombardment of Kyiv with a third assault on the city in 24 hours. The Russian defense ministry said five drones were shot down and the systems of three others were jammed, causing . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine war comes to Moscow as both capitals hit by drones, by Guy Faulconbridge and Pavel Polityuk | Reuters * Two injured in Moscow, one dead in Kyiv attacks * Worst raid on Russian capital since world war – politician * Kyiv suffers 17 air attacks in May * Four dead in latest strikes around Ukraine | MOSCOW / KYIV — Ukrainian drones struck Moscow today but were neutralised, Russia said in what one politician called the worst attack on the capital since World War Two, while Kyiv was also hit by air for the third time in 24 hours. Since Russia sent troops into its neighbour in February last year, the war has largely been fought inside Ukraine. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian authorities reported several drone attacks on the capital Moscow. Reported by Leila Fadel and Charles Maynes | NPR (Audio will be available later today.) Russia launched a pre-dawn air raid on Ukraine’s capital Tuesday, killing at least one person while Moscow authorities said the Russian capital was attacked by drones. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Kremlin says Moscow drone attack a ‘response’ to recent Ukraine strikes. From AFP. The Kremlin said today that an unprecedented drone attack on Moscow was a “response” by Kyiv to a recent Russian hit in Ukraine. “It is completely clear that we are talking about response acts by the Kyiv regime to very effective strikes on a command centre [in Ukraine],” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, without clarifying where the Russian strike took place.
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Ukrainian army lost 16,000 troops, 400 tanks over past month – Shoigu. From Tass. MOSCOW — “Russian forces continue to inflict an effective fire impact on the enemy,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said today. “Its losses this month alone totaled over 16,000 troops, 16 aircraft, 5 helicopters, 466 drones, over 400 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, and 238 field artillery pieces and mortars.” Shoigu added . . . . READ MORE . . .
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Post-Bakmut scenario in Ukraine war, by M. K. Bhadrakumar | India Punchline / Educate! Conventional military doctrine says that an army attacking an entrenched force will need at least three times more soldiers than the defending force in fortifications. But Wagner fighters numbering 32,000 fighters faced off with a NATO proxy force almost four times bigger in numbers and equipped with modern weaponry. The shock over the crushing defeat was writ large on the faces of U.S. President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 21. READ MORE . . .
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Erdogan’s mediatory role in Ukraine cannot be wished away, by M. K. Bhadrakumar | India Punchline Among the host of implications for international security stemming out of Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s election victory in the runoff on Sunday, what stands out is his mediatory role in the Ukraine conflict. The Japanese government in its congratulatory message to Erdogan expressed the hope for cooperation to bring closer a peaceful solution to the Ukraine conflict and ensure security in the region. Moscow walked . . . READ MORE . . .
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