On a news day dominated by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation announcement, links to reports from Reuters, National Public Radio, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. — MCM
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Ukraine raises flag on recaptured island, but loses key supporter in UK’s Johnson, by Max Hunder and Simon Lewis | Reuters * Ukraine hoists flag on recaptured Black Sea island * Russia carries out air strike on island * UK PM and staunch Ukraine supporter Johnson resigns * Russia shells and probes new territory it seeks | KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces raised their national flag on a recaptured Black Sea island today in a defiant act against Moscow, but Kyiv lost a main international supporter after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would step down. Russian forces also shelled potential conquests in eastern Ukraine ahead of an expected new offensive. Moscow did not conceal its delight at the political demise of Johnson, a . . . READ MORE . . .
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G-20 foreign ministers, which includes Russia, China and the U.S., gather in Bali. Reported by Leila Fadel and Michele Kelemen | National Public Radio Secretary of State Antony Blinken is leading the U.S. delegation at the G-20 ministerial meeting. It could be the scene of some awkward diplomatic encounters involving Russia’s war in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, tomorrow, read.
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Ukrainians cling to life at front line: ‘We are patriots,’ by Cara Anna and Vasilisa Stepanenko | The Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine — Viktor Lazar shares his war-side balcony with a pair of opera glasses and a tiny orange snake, his only companion in an apartment that seems to sit at the edge of the world. . . . Lazar estimates the Russians are just 10 kilometers (6 miles) away. As the war grinds into its fifth month along deadly fault lines in Ukraine’s east and south, Lazar and his few neighbors in Kharkiv’s vast and shattered neighborhood of Saltivka represent a life . . . READ MORE . . .
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