First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, a link to an interview — in audio-video and transcript that is mostly accurate —from ScheerPost. — MCM

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Russian attacks in Ukraine leave 3 killed, 17 injured. Spain highlights European support for Kyiv, by Samya Kullab | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian officials reported more civilian casualties from Russian shelling in the country’s east and south on Saturday, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez began a visit to Kyiv as a show of continuing support from Madrid and the European Union for . . . READ MORE . . .

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The U.S. is considering providing cluster munitions to Ukraine, says America’s top military officer, by Tara Copp and Lolita C. Baldor | AP  WASHINGTON — Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday the U.S. has been thinking about providing cluster munitions to Ukraine  “for a long time.” He noted that Russian troops are using them on the battlefield in Ukraine and that Ukrainian forces have received . . . READ MORE . . .

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Prigozhin-controlled Russian media group shuts amid mutiny fallout. From Reuters. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s media holding group is to shut down, the director of one of its outlets said, highlighting the now-exiled mercenary chief’s worsening fortunes a week after the collapse of a brief mutiny staged by his Wagner Group fighters. Under a deal that . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine war ‘corrosive’ for Putin, CIA ‘opportunity’: Spy chief. From AFP. Russian discontent over the Ukraine war has created a “once-in-a generation opportunity” for the Central Intelligence Agency, its director said Saturday in an address in Britain. William Burns called . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian officials demand UOC monks leave some Kiev-Pechersk Lavra premises by July 4. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Ukrainian government has decided to ban monks of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church from using some premises at the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and is demanding they vacate these premises by July 4, according to a lawyer for the church. He said a commission set up by the Ukrainian Culture Ministry will start work sealing up the buildings on . . . READ MORE . . .

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Zelensky says wants ‘invitation’ to join NATO at Vilnius summit. From AFP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said he wanted his country to receive an “invitation” to join NATO after the war during a key summit this month. “We need . . . READ MORE . . .

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Putin retains power after aborted revolt. But for how long? Reported by host Scott Detrow, Charles Maynes and Mary Louise Kelly | NPR  Altantic Council nonresident senior fellow John Sipher and Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, professor of Russian politics at King’s College London, give their perspectives on President Vladimir Putin’s hold on power. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Russia’s ‘coup’ is actually Biden’s disaster. Robert Scheer of ScheerPost talks with retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern. Over the past weekend, the media said Russia was undergoing a coup and then they weren’t. The leader of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was a brutal military figure, then suddenly a liberator of Putin’s hold on Russia. These entanglements in narratives . . . Click HERE for a conversation between Scheer and McGovern, audio-video and printed mostly accurate transcript.

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