For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. — MCM
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Russia downs 3 drones on approach to Moscow. From AFP. Russian air defense systems destroyed three drones early today on their approach to Moscow, according to the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, who said air defense had “destroyed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Total victory over genocide-promoting Kiev only possible outcome of special op — Medvedev. From Tass. MOSCOW — The special military operation should continue until its goals have been achieved and those responsible for the eight years of genocide in Donbass have been duly punished, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has said in a statement. The former president said those responsible for the murder of civilians in Donbass . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has. From AP. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on its own agricultural exports. Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Turkey has failed to persuade Russia to rejoin the Ukraine grain deal, by Charles Maynes | NPR MOSCOW — In closely watched talks in the southern Russian resort city of Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected efforts by his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to revive a United Nations-backed deal to allow the safe passage of grain from Ukraine — the latest setback in the grain deal since Moscow exited it in July. In a news conference after the one-day summit on Monday . . . Click HERE article and radio report.
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Congress mulls more money for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy replaces his defense minister. Leila Fadel of NPR speaks with Michael Bociurkiw, an expert on foreign affairs, about the replacement of the Ukrainian defense minister. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Upward of 20,000 Ukrainian amputees experiencing trauma on a scale unseen since WWI, by Evgeniy Maloletka | AP LVIV, Ukraine — Ukraine is facing a future with more than 20,000 amputees, many of them soldiers who are also suffering psychological trauma from their time at the front. Europe has experienced nothing like it since World War I, and the United States not since the Civil War. Mykhailo Yurchuk, a paratrooper . . . READ MORE . . .
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Cluster bombs, banned in more than 100 countries, killed hundreds of Ukrainians. Leila Fadel of NPR talks with Mary Wareham of Human Rights Watch about the Cluster Munition Coalition report which says there were 987 casualties from the weapons in 2022 — mostly Ukrainian civilians. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Ukrainian intercepts show Russian soldiers’ anger at losses, disarray, by Tom Balmforth and Filipp Lebedev | Reuters Intercepts of phone conversations in early to mid-July placed by Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, shared with Reuters by a Ukrainian intelligence source, provide a rare – albeit partial – glimpse into the conditions of some Russian soldiers as Kyiv prosecuted a major counteroffensive, two military analysts told Reuters. READ MORE . . .
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An inside look at Ukraine’s cyber war with Russia. Reported by Jenna McLaughlin | NPR Ukraine is also fighting a cyber-war against Russia as the battlefield counter-offensive grinds on. A top Ukrainian intelligence official provides an inside look. Click HERE to listen and read.