First, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, from Global Research, what role has ownership of Ukrainian grain farmland played in that country’s politics? — MCM
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Daughter of Russian ideologue killed in suspected car bomb attack. From Reuters. The daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue who advocates Russia absorbing Ukraine was killed in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow, Russian state investigators said today. Darya Dugina, daughter of prominent ideologue Alexander Dugin, was killed on Saturday evening after a suspected explosive device blew up the . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russians down Ukrainian drones in Crimea as war broadens, by Paul Byrne and Joanna Kozlowski | AP KYIV — Russian authorities reported shooting down Ukrainian drones Saturday in Crimea, while Ukrainian officials said Russian forces pressed ahead with efforts to seize one of the few cities in eastern Ukraine not already under their control. The Russian military also . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian troops open fire on Zaporozhye NPP, critical facilities undamaged – authorities. From Tass. MELITOPOL, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces again opened fire on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on Saturday using West-supplied weapons, but critical facilities were not damaged in the attack, the civil-military administration of Energodar city, home to the NPP, said. . . . There are no immediate reports about casualties among . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger, by Paul Wiseman and David McHugh | AP MECKENHEIM, Germany — Six months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the consequences are posing a devastating threat to the global economy . . . . Gas is not only much more costly, it might not be available at all if Russia completely cuts off supplies to Europe to avenge Western sanctions, or if utilities can’t store enough for winter. Germany may have to impose gas rationing that could cripple industries from steelmaking to pharmaceuticals to commercial laundries. . . . High food prices and shortages, worsened by the cutoff of fertilizer and grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia that are slowly resuming, could . . . READ MORE . . .
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A look at Ukraine, 6 months into its war with Russia. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR An update on the war in Ukraine and a look at how life in the city of Odesa has changed. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Ukraine’s rail system is working overtime to keep people and goods moving. Reported by Eleanor Beardsley | NPR With airlines shut down and many of the country’s road’s destroyed, Ukraine’s train system has been both the literal and figurative lifeline for the country. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Whose grain is being shipped from Ukraine? America’s GMO agribusiness giants to take control of Ukraine farmland, by F. William Engdahl | Global Research A great humanitarian uproar in recent weeks demanding the safe shipping of Ukrainian grain to ease a hunger crisis in Africa and elsewhere is deceptive on many levels. Not the least is who owns the land on which the grain is grown and whether that grain is actually illegal GMO patented corn and other grains. A corrupt . . . READ MORE . . .