First, links to reports from Reuters, the Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. Next, via Popular Resistance, commentary from Scheer Post. Finally for today, via the Greanville Post, an interview in late June from the New Atlas. — MCM

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Ukraine reports ‘particularly fruitful’ few days in counteroffensive, by Dan Peleschuk | Reuters KYIV — In Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces its troops are fulfilling their main tasks, Oleksiy Danilo, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said on Tuesday. His comments were Kyiv’s latest positive assessment of the month-old counterattack. Moscow has not acknowledged . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine makes further gains amid heavy fighting around Bakhmut, by Stefan Korshak | The Kyiv Post Ukrainian infantry has reclaimed lost ground around Bakhmut, the Donbas’ regional center, after a series of gritty, short-range attacks. According to news reports and official statements on . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says it foiled Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow as Kyiv’s counteroffensive grinds on. From AP. Russian air defenses on Tuesday foiled a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow., officials said. Meanwhile, a Western analysis said that Russia has slowed Kyiv’s recently launched counteroffensive. READ MORE . . .

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Russia says it has repelled a drone attack on a Moscow airport. Reported by Rob Schmitz and Greg Myre | NPR  Ukraine’s big offensive against entrenched Russian forces is nearly a month old and is moving slowly. Ukraine says it’s too early to reach any conclusions about how it will end. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Putin says Russia will resist ‘sanctions and provocations’. From AFP. President Vladimir Putin told Iranian, Chinese and other leaders on Tuesday that Russia would continue to counter sanctions imposed by Western countries over Moscow’s large-scale military operation in Ukraine. “Russia is confidently resisting and will . . . READ MORE . . .

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Putin says Russia is ‘united as never before’ at meeting of Russia- and China-led security group, by Ashok Sharma and Krutika Pathi | AP  NEW DELHI  — President Vladimir Putin claimed Tuesday that the Russian people were “united as never before,” as he . . . READ MORE . . .

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Senior NATO admiral says Ukraine won’t be given fighter jets for this counteroffensive. From Tass. MOSCOW — Ukraine won’t be given fighter jets until its counteroffensive has finished, Rob Bauer, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee, said Monday. Nor, he said, will training the pilots or training the technicians be available before . . . READ MORE . . .

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They lied about Afghanistan and Iraq; they are lying about Ukraine, by Chris Hedges | Scheer Post / Educate! The playbook does not change. The results are also the same. The . . . READ MORE . . .

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Garland Nixon & America’s war on the world. Brian Berletic ofThe New Atlas talks with Garland Nixon four days or so ago about about Washington’s growing confrontation with Russia and China, the political climate back in the United States  and more. Click HERE to watch and listen.