For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Kyiv Post, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (Today’s Gaza entry is HERE.) — MCM

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Russia’s assault on a key eastern Ukraine city is weakening, Kyiv claims, as the war marks 600 days, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — A dayslong attempt by Russian forces to storm a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam, Kyiv officials claimed today, as . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine special forces take out Russian drone unit with HIMARS strike. From Kyiv Post Ukraine has released footage of a special forces operation that saw a Russian drone operation being successfully targeted by a HIMARSstrike. “During reconnaissance operations in the southern direction, the Special Operations Forces found a good target – the location of Russian crews of ZALA UAVs,” the SOF Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote in a post on . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian air defenses down two Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters, Su-25 attack plane in past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters and a Su-25 attack aircraft over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today. Additionally, it said Russian forces repelled ten Ukrainian army attacks in the Kupyansk area over the past day. READ MORE . . .

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Russia, China and North Korea have new dynamics. And it’s bad for Ukraine, by Katie Marie Davies | The Kyiv Independent  The White House announced Friday that North Korea had delivered more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and ammunition to bolster Russia’s war against Ukraine. “We condemn [North Korea] for providing the Russians with this military equipment,” U.S. National Security Council spokesperson . . . READ MORE . . .