First, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Agenzia ANSA, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then, via Popular Resistance and Global Research, links to reports that the Ukrainian government tried to hinder international inspectors from arriving at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. — MCM
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Kyiv claims battlefield gains as Russian gas shutdown hits European markets, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters * Ukraine releases picture of flag over Kherson province town * European markets hit hard by closure of Russian pipeline | KYIV — Ukraine made its boldest claim yet of success on the battlefield in its week-old counter-offensive against Russian forces in the south, while European markets reopened today in free-fall after Russia kept its main gas pipeline to Germany shut. After days of declining to give details about their new offensive, Ukrainian officials posted an image online of three soldiers raising a flag over a town in Kherson province, a southern region occupied by Russia since the war’s early days. The image . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. ambassador to Russia leaves post as Ukraine war drags on, by Matthew Lee | AP WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan,* ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career in government service. His departure, which comes . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine plant’s last-working reactor switched off from grid due to shelling. From ANSA/AFP KYIV — Ukraine’s embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s last working reactor has been switched off from the grid after the facility was disconnected from its last remaining power line due to shelling, Ukraine’s power plants operator said today. “Power unit [reactor] No. 6 was shut down and disconnected from the grid” because of a fire that was “triggered because of shelling” according to an Energoatom statement.
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Russia’s duty is to help Donbass, says Putin. From Tass. PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia Russia’s duty is to help people living in Donbass, all attempts to peacefully resolve the situation ended in failure due to Kiev’s position, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday at a meeting with participants of an environmental forum taking place in Kamchatka. “It is our duty . . . READ MORE . . .
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Seeing parallels, doctors apply lessons from Syria to their work in Ukraine. Reported by Tim Mak | NPR Doctors who have worked in two modern war zones — Syria and Ukraine — are seeing the same gruesome tactics and injuries brought about by Russian military action. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Ukraine tried to prevent IAEA inspection of nuclear power plant, by Moon of Alabama | Educate! Over night the Ukrainian military, from positions in Vyshetarasovka, Nikopol and Marganets, again shelled the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on the south side of the Kakhovka Dnieper reservoir. This was fallowed by an early morning attempt by Ukrainian forces to land a sabotage group near the village north east of the ZNPP. Some seven boats, two self-motorized barges and some 60 soldiers were involved in the suicidal . . . READ MORE . . .
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Why was Kiev so scared of the IAEA visiting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant? by Andrew Korybko | Global Research The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that its forces successfully thwarted Kiev’s attempted seizure of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) ahead of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s representatives’ visit to that facility. The ministry concluded that “the provocation of the Kiev regime is aimed at derailing the arrival of the IAEA mission to the . . . READ MORE . . .
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