- Prigozhin arrives in St Petersburg, takes back seized weapons (news.yahoo.com)
- Ukraine says Putin is planning a nuclear disaster. These people live nearby. (washingtonpost.com)
- Ukrainian forces gradually advance on Bakhmut; people injured after shelling in Kherson; Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv (theguardian.com)
- Zelenskyy believes it is “historic time” for start of Ukraine’s EU membership negotiations (pravda.com.ua)
- Zaporizhzhia situation ‘tense’ as Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of planning attack on nuclear plant (theguardian.com)Zelensky Mocks Putin’s ‘Crumbling’ Power, ‘Feeble Stories’ of His Hold Over Russia Following Wagner Mutiny (mediaite.com)The Ukraine War Changed This Company Forever (nytimes.com)
- Viktor Bout, ‘Merchant of Death’ arms dealer freed for Brittney Griner, running for office in Russia (nydailynews.com)
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- CIA director, on secret trip to Ukraine, hears plan for war’s endgame (washingtonpost.com)
- Major Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack (bbc.com)Kremlin, U.S. have talked prisoner swap for Gershkovich (washingtonpost.com)Russia’s Embassy in Washington Becomes a Different Kind of Battle Zone (nytimes.com)
- Cracking Down on Dissent, Russia Seeds a Surveillance Supply Chain (nytimes.com)
- Russia reducing its presence at nuclear power plant, says Ukraine; Pope says war seems to have ‘no end’ (theguardian.com)Russia Destroyed Their Town. They’re Not Leaving. (nytimes.com)
