NOTE: A JUNE 29 REPORT WAS ADDED TO THIS ENTRY ON JUNE 30.
For today, links to nine reports from the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Tass, the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from the Kyiv Post, Eurotopics, and Le Monde; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Ukrainian law enforcement agency to investigate general accused of heavy losses: media report, by Kateryna Hodunova | The Kyiv Independent The State Bureau of Investigation will assess Lieutenant General Yurii Sodol’s command of Ukrainian troops during the Russian offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainska PravdA reported today. Sodol was the Joint Forces Commander when . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian drone attack kills 5 in Russian border village. From AFP. A Ukrainian drone attack on a house in a Russian border village killed five people, including two children, the regional governor said today. The drone hit a house in the village of Gorodishche, a tiny village in Russia’s Kursk region, just a few meters from the border with Ukraine. READ MORE . . .
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At least one killed, 12 injured in Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s Dnipro. From Reuters. KYIV — A Russian missile strike hit a nine-storey residential building in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, killing at least one person and injuring 12 others, officials said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko warned the death toll would . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Ukraine loses up to 270 troops in area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North. From Tass. MOSCOW — Ukraine lost up to 270 troops in the area of responsibility of Russia’s Battlegroup North in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 28 Russia presses its offensive in Ukraine and issues new threats as the West tries to blunt the push. From AP. Slowly but steadily this summer, Russian troops are forging through Ukraine’s outgunned and undermanned defenses in a relentless onslaught, prompting the West to push for new weapons and strategies to shore up Kyiv. That, in turn, has . . . READ MORE . . .
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Moscow says U.S. drones over Black Sea risk direct clash with NATO. From the Moscow Times. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Friday that it had seen an increase in the number of U.S. drone flights over the Black Sea and vowed a response, warning they could lead to “direct confrontation” with NATO. “Such flights . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 27 Russia lacks strength for ‘big breakthrough’ in Ukraine: NATO chief. From AFP. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that Russian forces were not capable of making a “big breakthroughs” on the battlefield in Ukraine, and that Kyiv was inflicting heavy losses with its deep strikes. “They . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kaja Kallas – Unlocking a new era of courageous European policy towards Russia, by Orhan Dragas | Kyiv Post The Europeans have agreed on a new “triumvirate” to lead the EU over the next four years: Ursula von der Leyen as head of the EU “government,” former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa as head of the European Council, and Kaja Kallas, Estonia’s prime minister, as head of European diplomacy. With this . . . READ MORE . . .
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Will the elections bring clarity to France? From Eurotopics. The first round of the French parliamentary elections will be held on Sunday. President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly after . . . Click HERE to read in English, and HERE to read in French. Click HERE for views from Le Monde., and HERE for a report from National Public Radio.