First, links to reports from Tass, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Finally for today, commentary from Consortium News and Global Research. — MCM
Special op to end in days if NATO stops shipping weapons to Ukraine — Medvedev. From Tass. MOSCOW — The special military operation would end in several days if the U.S, and its vassals stop sending weapons to Ukraine, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said today. “If NATO, primarily . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says one killed, 41 Injured in east Ukraine attack. From AFP. Russia said today that one person was killed and another 41 were injured by a Ukrainian strike in the Russian-controlled town of Makiivka in the eastern Donetsk region. “Forty-one people, including two children, have been injured due to . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of planning nuclear attack Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, by Samya Kullab | AP KYIV — Ukraine and Russia accused each other today of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants, but neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been a focus . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘Starve, stretch and strike’: Ukraine’s summer offensive strategy, by Pete Shmigel | The Kyiv Post Evidence of a Ukrainian military strategy of attrition against Russian forces has emerged in comments by a senior Ukrainian leader reflected in comments by a number of international military experts. Kyiv Post’s own analysis adds to that conclusion. Yesterday . . . READ MORE . . .
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What would happen if Ukraine joined NATO? From Reuters. BRUSSELS — Ukraine stepped up its efforts to join NATO after Russia invaded last year, arguing that the security assurances given by Moscow, Washington and London when it relinquished its nuclear arsenal to Russia in 1994 were clearly worthless. Russian President Vladimir Putin has cited NATO’s expansion towards Russia’s borders over the past two decades as . . . READ MORE . . .
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Biden’s 3 a.m. moment in Ukraine, by Scott Ritter | Consortium News In June, U.S President Joe Biden was confronted with the ultimate “3 a.m. phone call” moment. He could have made a phone call which could have helped reduce the threat of a nuclear crisis or worse, a nuclear war. While Russia and the world dodged a bullet regarding the Prigozhin revolt, the fact that . . . READ MORE . . .
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Moscow Maidan”, “attempted coup d’etat” against Putin? There never was a plan, by Michel Chossudovsky | Global Research While Yevgeny Prigozhin had flown from Rostov to Minsk in his Legacy 600 Embraer Jet (in a deal allegedly negotiated between Putin and Belarus President Lukashenko), his whereabouts are currently unknown. Contradictory press reports . . . READ MORE . . .