For today. links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, and National Public Radio, followed by links to commentary via Popular Resistance from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, and via Consortium News commentary from Common Dreams; other offerings from these sources are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Russian official says Ukraine launches a missile strike on headquarters of Russia’s Black Se fleet, by Samya Lullab and Dasha Litvinova | AP KYIV — Ukraine carried out a missile strike today on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a Russian official said, and images on social media showed large plumes of smoke said to be coming from Sevastopol harbor in the annexed Crimea. The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, warned . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine to launch joint weapons production with US, Zelenskiy says, by Olena Harmash | Reuters KYIV — Ukraine and the United States have agreed to launch joint weapons production in a step that will enable Kyiv to start producing air defence systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said today. He said the long-term agreement would create jobs and a new industrial base in Ukraine, whose economy . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. to deliver Abrams tanks to Ukraine in upcoming days or weeks — Pentagon. From Tass. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon expects that Ukraine will receive Abrams tanks in the upcoming days or weeks, Pentagon spokesman Brigade General Patrick Ryder said. He added that the upcoming military aid package for Kiev will include air defense systems and artillery. READ MORE . . .
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Securing his western flank, Zelenskyy bids to maintain his U.S. support. Reported by Steve Inskeep, Ally Schweitzer and Lisa Weiner | NPR Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy spent part of this week’s visit to thE U.S. . . . Click HERE to listen, read, and watch.
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NYT’s incredibly low bar for labeling someone ‘pro-Putin,’ by Bryce Greene | Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting / Popular Resistance Anyone who advocates actually pursuing negotiations to end the Russo-Ukrainian war is immediately attacked in the New York Times (8/27/23) — as in an article about former French President Nicolas Sarkozy that argued he “gives a voice to . . . READ MORE . . .
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NATO expansion & Ukraine’s destruction, by Jeffrey D. Sachs | Common Dreams / Consortium News During the disastrous Vietnam War, it was said that the U.S. government treated the public like a mushroom farm: keeping it in the dark and feeding it with manure. Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers documenting the unrelenting U.S. government lying about the war. A half century later, during the Ukraine War, the manure is piled even higher. According . . . READ MORE . . .