First, links to Reuters, Associated Press and National Public Radio reports; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. Then, via Popular Resistance, a link to an analysis by Moon of Alabama. Linked next, from Global Research, a look at Ukraine government policy and shipments of wheat. Finally, a midday update from AP on the stock market. — MCM
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What next? Ukraine’s allies divided over Russia endgame, by John Irish, Andreas Rinke and Humeyra Pamuk | Reuters PARIS/BERLIN/WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) – Is it better to engage with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine or to isolate him? Should Kyiv make concessions to end the war, or would that embolden the Kremlin? Are ramped up sanctions on Russia worth the collateral damage? These are some of the questions testing the international alliance that swiftly rallied around Ukraine in the days after the Russian invasion but that, three months into the war . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russians control 80% of contested city in eastern Ukraine, by Yuras Karmanau | The Associated Press LVIV — Sievierodonetsk, the main focus of the fighting in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, isn’t yet blocked off by Russian troops even though they control about 80% of the city and have destroyed all three bridges leading out of it, an official said today. “There is still an opportunity for the evacuation of the wounded, communication with the Ukrainian military and local residents,” Luhansk regional governor Serhiy Haidai . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says corpses of thousands of Russian soldiers are piling up in morgues. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | National Public Radio A Russian soldier’s forgotten body is discovered in a liberated village north of Kyiv, setting off emotions and an inquest — as Russia refuses to acknowledge its war dead. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.
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Washington Starts Blame Game over Defeat in Ukraine, by Moon of Alabama | Educate! I do not believe for one moment that U.S. intelligence services do not know what is going on in Ukraine and in Kiev. They know that the Ukraine has lost the war and will have to sue for peace as soon as possible. They also have told the White House [this] and that the whole idea of setting up the Ukraine to tickle the Russian bear was idiotic from the get go. The question now is . . . READ MORE . . .
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Global Food Crisis: Ukraine Is Demanding Weapons in Exchange for Resuming Wheat Exports, by Andrew Korybko | Global Research The so-called “deadlock” over resolving the global food crisis is just as artificially manufactured as its origins since Kiev has now officially declared that it won’t resume wheat exports by sea to the Global South unless it receives anti-ship missiles first. Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar officially demanded weapons in exchange for resuming wheat exports by sea in what amounts to the blatant blackmailing of the Global South in the midst of the artificially manufactured food crisis. He said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Wall Street tumbles day after wobbling into bear market, by Stan Choe | AP NEW YORK — Wall Street is wobbling today in its first trading after tumbling into a bear market on worries that high inflation will push central banks to clamp the brakes too hard on the economy. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in midday trading as investors brace for the Federal Reserve’s announcement Wednesday about what it will do with interest rates. It was an unsteady move, though, and . . . READ MORE . . .
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