Links — 18 August 2022 Part 1

India Punchline
Ukraine war of attrition at inflection point
M. K. Bhadrakumar | retired diplomat with the Indian Foreign Service and former ambassador

TASS (Russian state media)
COVID-related mortality worldwide increases by 35% over past four weeks — WHO
https://tass.com/world/1494905

Two Zaporozhye NPP employees detained for directing Ukraine’s artillery fire — police
https://tass.com/society/1494863

Crimea blames Kiev for sabotage at military depot near Dzhankoi
https://tass.com/politics/1494735

Crimean lawmaker says time has come to target Ukrainian decision-making centers

https://tass.com/politics/1494577

Sputnik International (Russian state-sponsored media)
Fraction of World's Population: China Mocks West's Claim That ‘Global Community’ Isolated Russia

https://sputniknews.com/20220817/fraction-of-worlds-population-china-mocks-wests-claim-that-global-community-isolated-russia-1099700391.html

Russian MoD Shows Map Showing Possible Consequences of Ukrainian-US Provocation at Zaporozhye NPP

https://sputniknews.com/20220818/russian-mod-publishes-map-showing-consequences-of-ukrainian-us-provocation-at-zaporozhye-npp-1099724055.html

Southfront
NATO’s 2030 Strategic Concept Threatens To Destabilise The World
Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher

https://southfront.org/natos-2030-strategic-concept-threatens-to-destabilise-the-world/

RT — Question More (Russian state-sponsored media)
NATO ready to intervene in Kosovo – Stoltenberg
https://www.rt.com/news/561027-nato-intervention-kosovo/

US must ‘challenge’ Chinese missiles – admiral [Seventh Fleet commander Vice Admiral Karl Thomas]
https://www.rt.com/news/561025-us-must-challenge-chinese-missiles/

Apple diversifying away from China – media

https://www.rt.com/news/560996-apple-china-us-vietnam/