First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and SYRIA entries for this date, so far, is HERE and HERE.) — MCM   

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Russian forces bypass a key stronghold in a bid to cut off its supplies, a Ukrainian officer says, by Samya Kullab and Yehor Konovalov | AP  KYIV — Russian forces are bypassing the vital logistics hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, which they have fought for months to capture, and are focusing instead on cutting supply lines to it, a Ukrainian official said today. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine tried to attack TurkStream pipeline infrastructure in southern Russia, Moscow says. From Reuters. Russia said today it had actually downed 9 Ukrainian drones that attempted to assault part of the infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline, through which Russian gas streams to Turkey and Europe. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP.

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