First, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via the Greanville Post, a link to two pieces of commentary by a close observer of the war in Ukraine, the first in a podcast interview with Danny Haiphong posted Aug. 25, the second in his Aug. 23 article in an online New Zealand daily. — MCM
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Russia launches overnight air attack on northern, central Ukraine. From Reuters. Russia launched an overnight air attack against Ukraine today, sending missiles over other northern and central parts of the country, authorities said. The Ukrainian military reported shooting down four cruise missiles out of up to eight total airborne targets detected, adding that the rest of the targets were “probably false”. It also . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine investigates incident that killed 3 pilots while Russia attacks with cruise missiles. From AP. KYIV — Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation after a midair collision between two warplanes in the west of the country killed three pilots. The air force’s Telegram page says two L-39 training military aircraft collided on Friday during a combat mission over Ukraine’s western Zhytomyr region. Russian forces, in the meantime, targeted . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says its forces repelled four Ukrainian counterattacks near Kupyansk. From Tass. MOSCOW — Assault units of the battlegroup West have repelled four Ukrainian counterattacks and seized two strongpoints in the Kupyansk area, said Yaroslav Yakimkin, a spokesman for the battlegroup. He said the enemy had lost up to three platoons, two tanks, one mortar unit and two Kozak armored vehicles over the past day. READ MORE . . .
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Wagner boss Prigozhin’s death confirmed by Russian investigators — Moscow. From AFP. The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner paramilitary group, following a plane crash on Wednesday has been confirmed by formal genetic analysis, Russia’s Investigative Committee said today. “The identities of all 10 victims correspond to the list stated in the flight list,” a committee spokesman said. Speculation . . . READ MORE . . .
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Prigozhin’s death, Ukraine, BRICS’s new members + more! Danny Haiphong of the podcast DH on Twitter speaks with former UN arms inspector Scott Ritter for nearly hours on topics including the jet crash that killed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and several associates, the Ukraine war, and BRICS’s increasing membership. Click HERE to watch and listen.
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For NATO and Ukraine, reality bites, by Scott Ritter | Daily Telegraph NZ Ukraine has dispatched the last of its strategic reserves, led by the elite 82nd Airlanding Brigade, into the battle for the Zaporozhye village of Rabotino. Here, in fields made fallow by conditions of war, Ukraine’s best fighting forces have been eviscerated by Russian defenders who have refused to yield. Based upon the experience of the lead elements of the 82nd Brigade, this fate awaits . . . READ MORE . . .