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Washington Post:
Amid Ukraine's startling gains, liberated villages describe Russian troops dropping rifles and fleeing — ZALIZNYCHNE, Ukraine — In the end, the Russians fled any way they could on Friday, on stolen bicycles, disguised as locals. Hours after Ukrainian soldiers poured into the area …
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Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
It's Time to Prepare for a Ukrainian Victory — Over the past six days, Ukraine's armed forces have broken through the Russian lines in the northeastern corner of the country, swept eastward, and liberated town after town in what had been occupied territory.
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New York Times, CNN, ArnGrimR, Test, UnHerd and The Economist
Reuters:
Ukraine offensive ‘snowballs’ with fall of Russian stronghold — Ukrainian forces kept pushing north in the Kharkiv region and advancing to its south and east, Ukraine's army chief said on Sunday, a day after their rapid gains forced Russia to abandon its main bastion in the area.
Brandon Gage / Raw Story:
‘We ask you to relieve yourself of your post’: Kremlin officials are turning against Vladimir Putin — Halfway through his invasion of Ukraine's sixth bloody month, Russian President Vladimir Putin's grip on power in Moscow is imploding as scores of Kremlin officials are calling upon the 69-year-old autocrat to quit.
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Politico, The Daily Beast and Radio Free Europe/Radio …
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russia's Retreat in Ukraine Pokes Holes in Putin's Projection of Force — Russia's military setbacks may be weakening President Vladimir V. Putin's reputation at home as a savvy geopolitical strategist. — Ukraine's rout of Russian forces this weekend is creating a new kind of political challenge …
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Insider, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal and Al Jazeera
Andrey Pertsev / Meduza.io:
'There's no talk of November anymore' Moscow's plans to hold ‘referendums’ on annexing Ukrainian territories have been ‘put on hold indefinitely’ — According to two sources close to the Kremlin, the Russian authorities have postponed their plans to conduct “referendums” …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio … and New York Times
Reuters:
Exclusive: Biden to hit China with broader curbs on U.S. chip and tool exports — The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence and chipmaking tools, several people familiar with the matter said.
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Tracking People's Daily, The Hill, Bloomberg and Transistori, more at Techmeme »
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Fetterman doubles down on abortion at rally: 'Don't piss women off' — Pennsylvania Democrat Lt. Gov. John Fetterman doubled down on his pro-choice position at a rally Sunday as he vies against Republican nominee Mehmet Oz in the state's U.S. Senate race. — “Women are the reason we can win.
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Jezebel
Kara Berg / Detroit News:
Police fatally shoot Walled Lake man who allegedly killed wife, shot daughter — Walled Lake — A Walled Lake man was fatally shot by police after he allegedly shot and killed his wife and injured their daughter, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
White House alarm rises over Europe as Putin threatens energy supply — Biden aides have redoubled efforts to increase natural gas exports across the Atlantic but see few obvious solutions — White House officials are growing increasingly alarmed about Europe's energy crisis …
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, 93, Dies; Created Database of Enslaved People — A historian of colonial-era Louisiana, she dug deep into the archives to transform our understanding of the roots of American culture. — Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, who after years of digging through obscure libraries in Louisiana …
New York Times:
Expanded Safety Net Drives Sharp Drop in Child Poverty — With little public notice and accelerating speed, child poverty fell by 59 percent from 1993 to 2019, according to a comprehensive new analysis that shows the critical role of increased government aid.
Cristina Gallardo / Politico:
No private jets, no helicopters, and a bus to Westminster Abbey: VIP guidance for queen's funeral revealed — LONDON — Foreign heads of state and their spouses heading to London for the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II have been asked to arrive in the U.K. on commercial flights and banned from using helicopters to get around.
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Insider, Metro.co.uk and Vanity Fair
Haris Alic / Fox News:
GOP megadonor Peter Thiel hits Republicans for lacking positive message ahead of midterms — Thiel argued Republicans had to offer a positive vision to succeed long term and be credible — Peter Thiel to Silicon Valley: ‘Unethical’ not to help U.S. military compete with China
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Biden Touts al-Zawahiri Strike in 9/11 Speech, Renews Vow to Follow Enemies to ‘Gates of Hell’ — NEVER FORGET — President Joe Biden touted the U.S. killings of Osama bin Laden and his successor Ayman al-Zawahiri in a fiery speech commemorating the 9/11 anniversary on Sunday.
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