First, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass and, via Consortium News, Declassified UK; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine claims overnight attack on Russia oil refinery. From AFP. Ukrainian security services orchestrated an overnight drone attack on an oil refinery in the southern Russian town of Tuapse, a Ukrainian security source said today. Kyiv has ramped up strikes on Russian oil and gas . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says Ukraine had 15-minute warning on PoW flight; Kyiv demands international probe. From Reuters. MOSCOW / KYIV — A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a Russian military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war entered an area where it was shot down on Wednesday. Russia accuses Ukraine of downing the plane, killing all . . . READ MORE . . .
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Flight recorders reportedly found from the plane that Russia says crashed with Ukrainian POWs aboard. From AP. Investigators have found the flight recorders of a Russian military transport plane that crashed in a border region near Ukraine, Russian media reported today, a day after Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down the aircraft, which it said was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Il-76 . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 24 Russia says its forces destroyed Ukraine’s French-made SAMP-T air defense system. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces have destroyed a French-made SAMP-T air defense system in service with the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The strikes also hit . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 23 The UK’s new security pact with Ukraine, by Mark Curtis | Declassified UK / Consortium News A new agreement signed by U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky on 12 January provides U.K. “security commitments” to Ukraine in the event of “new aggression” by Moscow. It states: . . . READ MORE . . .
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