First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, commentary from the Moscow Times. — MCM
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Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with U.S. Patriot, by David Rising | AP KYIV — Ukraine’s air force claimed today to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles. Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said the Kinzhal-type ballistic missile had been intercepted in an overnight attack on the Ukrainian capital earlier in . . . READ MORE . . .
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No love lost between Russian military and Wagner mercenaries. From AP. A threat Friday by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of private Russian military company Wagner to withdraw his fighters from the battle to seize the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is another flareup in his dispute with Russia’s regular military over credit and tactics in the war. Here is a look at Wagner’s history and its role in . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian ex-deputy defence minister joins Wagner as feud escalates, war bloggers report, by Felix Light | Reuters Former Russian deputy defence minister Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev has joined the Wagner Group private militia as a deputy commander, Russian pro-war social media channels reported on Thursday. In two videos posted by war correspondent Alexander Simonov on Telegram, Mizintsev – clad in Wagner-branded combat gear – was shown visiting . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s Battlegroup West destroys four Ukrainian subversive groups in Kupyansk area. From Tass. MOSCOW — Soldiers from Russia’s Battlegroup West eliminated four groups of Ukrainian saboteurs over the past day, said Battlegroup Spokesman Sergey Zybinsky. “In operational activity in the Kupyansk area, Battlegroup West soldiers uncovered and destroyed . . . READ MORE . . .
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