First, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Finally for today, a link to commentary from Consortium News from last Wednesday. — MCM
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Ukraine says eight villages retaken from Russian forces in two weeks, by Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk | Reuters * Russia says it seized French-made tank from Ukraine Russia * Zelenskiy says speed of Western arms supply is key | Reuters KYIV — Ukraine confirmed today it had driven Russian forces from an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive in a heavily fortified part of the front line on the most direct route to the country’s Azov Sea coast. A Russian-installed official said on Sunday that Ukraine had taken control of the village, Piatykhatky, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. He later said Moscow had pushed them out and this morning he said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show, by Mstyslav Chernov and Lori Hinnant | AP BERISLAV, Ukraine — Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to bring down a Ukrainian dam that collapsed earlier this month while under Russian control, according to exclusive drone photos and information obtained by The Associated Press. Images taken from above the Kakhovka Dam and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Death toll from Kakhovka HPP collapse aftermath in Kherson Region up to 35 – authorities. From Tass. GENICHESK — The death toll from the floods in the Kherson Region that were triggered by the collapse of the Kakhovka Hydropower Plant (HPP) has risen to 35, head of the region’s government, Andrey Alexeyevnko, said today. On Saturday, the death toll was 29. On the morning of June 6, the Ukrainian military launched a missile attack on the Kakhovka HPP, which resulted . . . READ MORE . . .
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A history of ceasefires — and peace in Ukraine, by Ann Wright | Consortium News If history is our guide, negotiations for peace will take weeks, months or perhaps years, to get Ukraine and its allies to agree on a negotiating strategy — and even longer to come to an agreement with Russia after negotiations begin. Even if all parties, Ukraine, Russia, U.S./NATO, would agree to negotiations tomorrow, and if the talks would ultimately succeed, . . . READ MORE . . .