For today, links to 13 reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, Tass, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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UN chief condemns ‘get out of jail free’ card on wars, by Michelle Nichols | Reuters UNITED NATIONS — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today denounced a growing number of governments and other groups who feel they are “entitled to a get out of jail free card,” citing wars in Ukraine, the Gaza Strip and Sudan. “They can trample international . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP.
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Russian forces storming Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, bloggers and media say. From Reuters. Russian forces have begun storming the eastern Ukrainian town of Vuhledar, a stronghold that has resisted Russian attack since the beginning of the 2022 war, according to Russian war bloggers and state media. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Moscow Times.
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Russian attack on Ukraine’s Poltava region disrupts power supply, authorities say. From Reuters. KYIV — Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine’s central region of Poltava damaged energy infrastructure, cutting power to 20 settlements, authorities said today. Debris from falling drones . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces hit Ukrainian facility producing gas turbine engines for combat aircraft. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces have hit a Ukrainian facility producing gas turbine engines for combat aircraft, the Russian Defense Ministry said today in its bulletin. According to the bulletin . . . READ MORE . . .
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Belarusian Yak-130 fighter jet spotted in Kyiv region. From Kyiv Post. A Belarusian Yak-130 fighter jet likely breached Ukrainian airspace from Belarus on Monday, sparking an air alert in northern Ukraine. At 2:28 p.m. local time, Ukrainian authorities detected . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia moves to allow criminal defendants to fight in Ukraine. From the Moscow Times. Russian lawmakers adopted a bill today allowing criminal defendants to serve in the military, closing a loophole that previously limited enlistment to suspects and convicts. The lower-house State Duma . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 23 Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says U.S. decisive actions could end Russian war next year, by Kanishka Singh and Costas Pitas | Reuters Decisive actions by the United States now could hasten the end of the Russian war against Ukraine next year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday after telling the ABC News that his country was “closer to the end of the war.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 23 Biden-Zelensky talks: Ukrainian soldiers want firepower to win but question if U.S. wants Russia defeated, by Asami Terajima | The Kyiv Independent As President Volodymyr Zelensky kicked off a visit to the U.S. this week in a bid to secure more firepower for his army, Ukrainian soldiers on the ground monitored the news with half-hearted hope, questioning whether Kyiv’s top Western ally would provide enough to help them defeat Russia. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 23 From Gaza to Ukraine, why do so many modern wars last so long? Greg Myre of NPR shares the perspectives of four observers of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Can Biden tell the U.N. that the world is safer now than it was a few years ago? Steve Inskeep of NPR speaks with Jon Finer, President Biden’s deputy national security adviser, about Biden’s final address as president to the United Nations General Assembly. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM SEPT. 23 Ukraine accuses Russia of seeking to illegally control strategic sea as arbitration hearings, by Mike Corder | AP THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ukraine on Monday accused Russia of seeking to illegally seize control of the strategically important Sea of Azov and Kerch Strait, as hearings at the Permanent Court of Arbitration opened in a high-stakes arbitration case between Kyiv and Moscow. READ MORE . . .