For now, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, is HERE.) — MCM

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Russia targets Kyiv with ballistic missiles. Ukraine says it intercepted all of them, by Karl Ritter | AP  KYIV — Russia fired eight ballistic missiles at Kyiv early today, all of which were shot down, Ukraine’s Air Force said. The thwarted attack still left one person injured by shrapnel and three more suffered severe stress reactions, officials said. A series of loud explosions rang out in Ukraine’s capital just after 4 a.m., as . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, four wounded — Ukraine, by Valentyn Ogirenko and Pavel Polityuk | Reuters  KYIV — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital with eight long-range ballistic missiles before dawn today and four people were wounded by debris after air defences shot down the incoming salvo, officials said. The strike marked the first major attack on Kyiv in recent months using ballistic missiles, which . . . READ MORE . . .

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NEWER  Ukrainian army in difficult situation in five frontline areas, ex-defense official says. From Tass. MOSCOW — Ukraine’s army has found itself in a difficult situation in five frontline areas in the country’s east, including in Avdeyevka in the Kiev-controlled part of the Donetsk People’s Republic, former Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said today, adding that intense fighting in underway in all five. READ MORE . . .

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NEWER  Russian assaults continue along eastern front line, decrease in southeast, by Daria Shulzhenko and news desk | The Kyiv Independent  The situation in Ukraine’s east remains difficult as Russian troops continue conducting offensive operations along the entire front line, Ground Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said Sunday. “Collectively, we . . . READ MORE . . .