For today, links to nine reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, Agence France-Presse, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (GAZA and BIDEN entries for this date, are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Kyiv mourns as rescuers sift piles of rubble at a children’s hospital hit by a Russian missile, by Samya Kullab and Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Rescuers searched the rubble at a children’s hospital today for more dead and wounded, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, a day after Russian missiles slammed into the facilityand cities across the country in a massive daytime barrage. The death toll from the strikes rose to 42, officials said. READ MORE . . .
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Kyiv hospital took direct hit from Russian missile, UN analysis suggests, by Olena Harmash and Tom Balmforth | Reuters — A U.N. rights mission said today there was a “high likelihood” that Kyiv’s main children’s hospital took a direct hit from a Russian missile during a series of airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, as the Kremlin continued to deny involvement. READ MORE . . .
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Shock, fury at the site of children’s hospital attack, by Chris York and Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent Nurse Olesia Filonenko was preparing for the first operation of the day at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv. Russian forces had just launched a massive missile strike on cities across Ukraine, with Kyiv coming under . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian kamikaze drones attack five Russian regions — oil refinery, power grid stations set afire, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Explosives-toting Ukrainian drones in an ambitious wave of overnight and dawn raids targeted oil refineries and power grid infrastructure targets across five of Russia’s western regions, setting a fuel processing plant and transformer stations ablaze in two of them, today news reports said. READ MORE . . .
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‘War not the solution,’ India’s Modi tells Putin. From the Moscow Times. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin in televised remarks at the Kremlin today that waging war instead of engaging in dialogue is “not the solution.” India, which is . . . READ MORE . . .
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EARLIER Modi, Putin hold talks amid outrage over Ukraine strikes. From AFP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin today, a day after the Indian leader arrived in Moscow amid global outcry over Russian strikes in Ukraine. Modi, visiting Moscow for the first time since . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia-Ukraine war is expected to dominate the agenda at NATO summit. Reported by Teri Schultz and Leila Fadel | NPR NATO allies are gathering for a summit in Washington on the alliance’s 75th anniversary. It faces some of its biggest challenges yet as it looks ahead to political uncertainty in some countries. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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The U.S. won’t lift restrictions on strikes deep into Russia, Kirby says. From Kyiv Post Russia’s attack on the Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv will not lead to the U.S. lifting its restrictions on the Ukrainian military using American weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said during a briefing on Monday. On the other hand, it will also . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 8 West condemns Russian strike on Kyiv children’s hospital. From the Moscow Times. Western leaders and diplomats expressed outrage after Russian missiles destroyed a children’s hospital in Kyiv, amid a rare daytime attack on Ukrainian cities which killed at least 20 on Monday. READ MORE . . .