For now. links to reports from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and Tass, followed by commentary from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft; other articles are accessible by clicking on the sources’ names or initials below. — MCM
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Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters, by Susie Blann | AP KYIV — Ukraine this morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering. Sevastopol was put on air raid alert . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says ‘senior’ Russian Navy officials killed in HQ attack. From AFP. Ukraine today said dozens including senior Russian navy commanders died or were injured when it staged a missile attack on Moscow’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Ukraine struck the headquarters on Friday. It said the strike happened when “a meeting of the Russian navy’s leadership” . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian heavy artillery inflicts ‘hell’ on Russian lines near Bakhmut, by Anna Voitenko | Reuters NEAR BAKHMUT (Reuters) – The use of heavy weapons supplied by the West in the fierce battle raging on the outskirts of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russia in May, is inflicting a significant toll on enemy lines, Ukrainian commanders have told Reuters. Buoyed after . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia maintains informal communication with unfriendly countries, envoy to UN says. From Tass. MOSCOW — Moscow maintains informal communication with unfriendly countries, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya told reporters. He said some countries in Europe followed Brussels’ order not to maintain relations with Russia. “However, more reasonable people among our European . . . READ MORE . . .
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Not leaving empty handed: Zelensky gets his ATACMs, by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos | Responsible Statecraft So it looks like Ukrainian President Zelensky did not leave Washington empty handed this week after all. According to reports Friday afternoon, the Biden administration has relented and will transfer long range ATACMs, long considered too escalatory for the conflict, to Ukraine in the “upcoming weeks,” according to Politico. The ATACMs variant that the U.S. is reportedly considering . . . READ MORE . . .
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When officials say the quiet part about Russia and NATO out loud, by Branko Marcetic | Responsible Statecraft From the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we’ve been told that the issue of NATO expansion is irrelevant to the war, and that anyone bringing it up is, at best, unwittingly parroting Kremlin propaganda, at worst, apologizing for or justifying the war. So it was curious to see NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg . . . READ MORE . . .
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