First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Kyiv Post, Reuters, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, an essay from Beyond the Curtain. — MCM
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Russia says Moscow and Crimea hit by Ukrainian drones while Russian forces hit Ukraine’s south, by Felipe Dana and Dasha Litvinova | AP KYIV — Russian authorities accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Moscow early today that saw one of the aircraft fall near the Defense Ministry’s main headquarters, while the Russian military unleashed new strikes on port infrastructure in southern Ukraine. Separately, a Ukrainian drone struck an ammunition depot in Russian-annexed Crimea, forcing . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia warns of ‘tough retalliatory measures’ to drone attacks. From AFP. The Russian Foreign Ministry said today that drone attacks in central Moscow and annexed Crimea could warrant a harsh response, after Ukraine claimed an attack on the capital. Russian officials said earlier that Ukrainian drones hit two buildings in Moscow and an ammunition depot in Crimea, the . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian air defenses destroy 35 Ukrainian drones over past day — Top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defense forces intercepted a rocket of the U.S.-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and downed 35 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said today. “Air defense capabilities . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kyiv: ‘Drone attacks on Moscow will continue and increase in scale,’ by Maryna Shashkova | The Kyiv Post Drone attacks such as the ones that struck Moscow early this morning will “continue and increase in scale,” Ukrainian military intelligence has told Kyiv Post. The Russian capital was rocked by two explosions after a drone crashed in Komsomolsky Prospekt, near the defense ministry, while another hit . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine reports more advances in south, battles rage in east, by Olena Harmash | Reuters KYIV — The Ukrainian military has retaken over 12 square km (4.6 square miles) of territory in southern Ukraine in the past week in their counteroffensive against Russian forces, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said today. Maliar said the advances . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia loses record $253 bln in wartime capital flight. From The Moscow Times. A record $253 billion has been pulled out of Russia since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian Central Bank said today. The net capital outflow from Russia starting February 2022 and ending last month was calculated . . . READ MORE . . .
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Trinity’s shadow, by Edward Curtin | Behind the Curtain The English dramatist Harold Pinter, in his Nobel Address, put it bluntly: “You have to hand it to America. It has exercised a quite clinical manipulation of power worldwide while masquerading as a force for universal good. It’s a brilliant, even witty, highly successful act of hypnosis.” Nothing could be truer. When in 2014 the U.S. engineered the coup in Ukraine . . . READ MORE . . .
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