For today, links to seven reports from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Post, and Tass, and to commentary from the Kucinich Report; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Macron is hosting Biden for a state visit as the two leaders try to move past trade tensions, by Chris Megarian, Zeke Miller and Sylvie Corbet | AP PARIS — President Joe Biden is being feted by French President Emmanuel Macron with a state visit today, as the two allies aim to show off their partnership on global security issues and move past trade tensions. Biden and Macron met separately on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris — engagements . . . READ MORE . . .
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Biden mentions Ukraine in a speech from the site of a historic D-Day battle. Reported by Tamara Keith and Scott Simon | NPR President Biden is meeting with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris today as part of a trip marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing in Normandy. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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In election campaign blow, UK’s Sunak apologises for leaving D-Day events early, by William James and Andrew Macaskill | Reuters LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in a new setback to his election campaign, apologised on Friday for leaving D-Day commemorations early to give an interview in which he attacked the main opposition party. The leader of the opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, remained in Normandy and was seen talking to leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces attack 6 communities in Sumy Oblast, by Rachel Amran | The Kyiv Independent Russian forces attacked six border areas and settlements of Sumy Oblast on Friday, firing 14 times and causing at least 54 explosions, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration said. The communities of Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Esman, Shalyhyne, Znob-Novhorodske, and Velyka Pysarivka were targeted. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine attacked airfield in south Russia: Defence source. From AFP. Ukraine was behind today’s drone attack on a military airfield in the south Russian region of North Ossetia, according to a military intelligence source in Kyiv. READ MORE . . .
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Ground drones – Ukrainian-Russian unmanned vehicles arms race heats up, by Steve Brown | Kyiv Post Ukrainian and, increasingly, Russian milbloggers are posting videos depicting the appearance of unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) drones on the battlefield following on the success shown by Ukraine’s unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and unmanned surface vessels (USV). The favorite subjects are so-called . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 7 Russia looking at all scenarios of special military operation — Putin. From Tass. ST. PETERSBURG — Russia is looking at all scenarios of the special military operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. “At some point, Russia will have to begin to be in a hurry,” he said. “We don’t ignore anything. We are looking at all scenarios,” he said. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 7 D-Day 1944, E-Day 2024 and the advancement of global war, by Dennis Kucinich | The Kucinich Report To keep the propaganda-cash machine churning, the U.S. State Department has confabulated a narrative, Russia = Nazis. This dangerous equation requires not just historical amnesia, but a willful, wholly corrupt distortion of gargantuan proportions which . . . READ MORE . . .