First, links to reports from National Public Radio, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, commentary from Responsible Statecraft. — MCM
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Ukraine is under pressure to step up its advances against Russia before winter sets in. Reported by Ayesha Rascoe and Greg Myre | NPR Ukraine needs to make more advances against Russia before winter weather makes conditions more difficult. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Five killed, one wounded in Donetsk, Russian-installed official says. From Reuters. Five civilians were killed and one wounded as a result of intense Ukrainian shelling of the Donetsk region on Saturday, said a Russian-installed official in the eastern region of Ukraine. The five . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia claims seven Ukrainian drones destroyed over Moscow, Crimea. From AFP. Russia shot down one Ukrainian drone over the outskirts of Moscow and six others over the annexed Crimean peninsula today, according to the Ministry of Defense. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said . . . READ MORE . . .
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New U.S. sanctions target workarounds that let Russia get Western tech for war, by Emma Burrows | AP The United States said Thursday that it was sanctioning more than 150 businesses and people from Russia to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Georgia to try to crack down on evasion and deny the Kremlin access to technology, money and financial channels that fuel President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. The sanctions package is . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. pursuing war against Russia — Lavrov on supplies of longer-range missiles to Kiev. From Tass. MOSCOW — The U.S. controls the military actions in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says. “Ukraine has been prepared, has long been prepared for inflicting strategic defeat to Russia using its hands and its bodies,” the minister . . . READ MORE . . .
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Antony Blinken and the diplomacy deficit, by James Carden | Responsible Statecraft If Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s Wednesday address in Washington is any indication, any hopes that the thousands of freshly dug graves across Ukraine and Russia might be giving rise to introspection or regret that diplomatic overtures could have staved off the war, are bound to be dashed. In a speech titled, “The Power and Purpose of American Diplomacy in a New Era,” Blinken set forth a vision of U.S. foreign policy that is both exhaustingly familiar and deeply concerning because . . . READ MORE . . .
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