First, links to reports from the Associated Press and Tass, followed by a link to one posted yesterday on Substack and a promotional advisory from Popular Resistance; other articles from these sources are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. NOTE: In comment on the Substack report, Moon of Alabama refers to a Financial Times article, HERE, accessible by FT subscribers. — MCM
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Russia accuses Ukraine’s Western allies of helping attack its Black Sea Fleet headquarters, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Russia today accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in annexed Crimea. “There is no doubt that the attack had been planned in advance using Western intelligence means, NATO satellite assets and reconnaissance planes and was implemented upon of the advice of American and British . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine shells Russia’s Belgorod Region more than 130 times over day. From Tass. BELGOROD — The Ukrainian armed forces fired more than 130 different munitions at Russia’s Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. “In the Valuisky district, the village of Dolgoye was shelled 20 times. As a result, a woman was injured – she was taken . . . MORE READ . . .
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Russia urges UN to react to Ukraine’s numerous human right abuses. From Tass. GENEVA — The Russian delegation participating in the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council called upon relevant bodies of the United Nations to react to the Kiev government’s numerous abuses of human rights and freedoms. “We call upon . . . READ MORE . . .
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A year of lying about Nord Stream, by Seymour Hersh | Substack Deniability, as an option for President Joe Biden and his foreign policy advisers, was paramount. No significant information about the mission was put on a computer, but instead typed on a Royal or perhaps a Smith Corona typewriter with a carbon copy or two, as if the Internet and the rest of the online world had yet to be invented. The White House was . . . READ MORE . . .
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Global days of action to end the war in Ukraine, by Medea Benjamin and Marcy Winograd | Popular Resistance Last month CNN published a poll revealing 55% of people surveyed in the United States do not support spending more money on the Ukraine war. A tone-deaf White House responded by . . . READ MORE . . .
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