For today, links to eight reports: from the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Tass, CNN, the Anadolu Agency and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Russia declares a federal emergency in a border region that is under attack from Ukrainian forces, by Samya Kullab | AP  KYIV — Russia’s Ministry for Emergencies today declared the situation in the Kursk region a “federal level” emergency, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured over the border. Meanwhile, a Russian . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Tass, CNN and the Anadolu Agency. 

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Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion seen as a tactical reply to Russia’s grinding gains, by Barry Hatton and Andrew Meldrum | AP   KYIV, — The Ukraine army’s surprise charge into Russia this week was a stunning maneuver that caught the Kremlin’s forces unawares. The strategic goal . . . READ MORE . . .

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Fighter jets, helicopters and ammo depots hit in Ukraine attack on Russia’s military airfield, by Alisa Orlova | Kyiv Post  Sources in the  Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in coordination with SBU and the Special Operations Forces, launched a drone strike on the Russian military airfield Lipetsk-2 early this morning. READ MORE . . .