For today, links to eight reports: from the Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Drones set ablaze power plant in Russia’s Belgorod region. From Kyiv Post. Overnight mutual drone attacks exercised the air defenses of both Russia and Ukraine, with Kyiv’s drones scoring two hits on energy infrastructure targets within the Russian Federation, several Telegram channels reported. Early this morning . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian troops say Russia’s front-line push has driven them out of two more eastern villages, by Samya Kullab | AP KYIV — Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages, a Ukrainian army sergeant said today, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from the Kyiv Independent and Tass.
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FROM JULY 28 Ukraine keeps pounding Russia’s Kursk region with drones, Russian official says. From Reuters. Kyiv launched more than two dozen drones on the Russian region of Kursk in several waves of attacks that started Saturday night and damaged an oil depot, the acting governor of the region that borders Ukraine said late on Sunday. At least 13 . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 28 Ukraine says it struck an oil depot in Russia, as Moscow claims new gains in Donetsk region, by Samya Kullab | AP KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Sunday said it struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow claimedfurther gains, left five civilians dead and 15 others wounded. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 28 U.S. discusses with India need for peace in Ukraine, by Kanishka Singh | Reuters. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday emphasized the importance of a “just and enduring peace” for Ukraine in a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the State Department said. The discussion came . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian ex-convicts seek second chance in army service, by Volodymyr Pavlov | Reuters KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine — Former car thief Bohdan Filonenko had a simple response for fellow inmates who criticized his decision to join Ukraine’s military. READ MORE . . .