First, links to reports from Reuters, the Moscow Times, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, a link to commentary from the Moscow Times. — MCM
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More Ukrainian drones attack Russia after planes hit on airfield. From Reuters. Ukrainian drones attacked more targets in Russia late on Wednesday, a night after drones struck at least six region deep within Russia in one of the broadest volleys yet of Kyiv’s campaign to turn the tables on Moscow. In a separate incident, Ukraine’s military said six of its servicemen, all of them officers. had died on Tuesday in the crash of two helicopters near Bakhmut. READ MORE . . .
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Russia says killed, detained Ukrainian saboteurs in border region. From the Moscow Times. Russia’s Federal Security Service said today it has repelled a Ukrainian sabotage group’s attempt to infiltrate western Russia’s Bryansk region, the second attempted incursion this month. Two Ukrainian fighters were purportedly killed and five others . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces repel six Ukrainian attacks in Kupyansk area. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia’s Battlegroup West repelled six counterattacks by Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk area in the past day, the battlegroup’s spokesman Yaroslav Yakimkin said today. “The enemy’s overall losses amounted . . . READ MORE . . .
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UK Defense Ministry: 25 drone attacks on Russia in August, by Elsa Court and the news desk| The Kyiv Independent Russia has been hit by 25 drone attacks this month alone, the U.K. Defense Ministry said today. That many drones have struck their targets means that Russian air defense “is having difficulty detecting and destroying them,” leading . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia is trying to buy weapons from North Korea, the U.S. says. Michel Martin of NPR talks with White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby about accusations Russia aims to do an arms deals with North Korea to support Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Washington’s hesitant Ukraine strategy hands victory to Putin, by Boris Bondarev | The Moscow Times As Kyiv’s counteroffensive stalls and a decisive Ukrainian victory looks increasingly unlikely, suggestions by someAmerican experts that the United States should initiate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine may seem tempting. However . . . READ MORE . . .
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