For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse and CNN, and to commentary by a Substack writer, by the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces for CNN, and from the Kyiv Post; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for today is HERE.) — MCM
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Russian drone attack in Ukraine leaves 40,000 without power. From AFP. Ukraine said today that tens of thousands of people were without power after a barrage of two dozen Russian drones damaged energy infrastructure in the central part of the country. The overnight attack . . . READ MORE . . .
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Two Swiss Chuch Aid staff killed in Ukraine: Statement. From AFP. Two workers with Swiss Church Aid were killed Thursday in an attack in southeastern Ukraine and other staff members were wounded, the non-governmental organisation said today. “A group . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 31 Zelensky set to announce dismissal of Ukraine’s top commander within days as rift grows over war, source says, by Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Andrew Carey | CNN KYIV — Ukraine’s popular army chief Valery Zaluzhny was called to a meeting at the president’s office on Monday and told he was being fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, following . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB 1 The president vs. the general, by Seymour M. Hersh | seymourhersh.substack.com It’s suddenly a tabloid war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reported to have demanded that General Valery Zaluzhny, the battle-scarred and much respected commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, resign. Zaluzhny has . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 1 (Written before this week.) The design of war has changed, by Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi | CNN The Second World War drew to a close almost 80 years ago, but its legacy in defining the strategic vision of war persists to this day. Whatever remarkable advances there have been in aviation, missile technology and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Rethinking warfare — On Zaluzhny’s CNN column, by Alisa Orlova | Kyiv Post In his column for CNN, Valerii Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, shares his vision for a new strategy against Russia. Acknowledging . . . READ MORE . . .