For today, links to five reports: from the Moscow Times, Reuters, Kyiv Post, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA, LEBANON and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE. A POETRY entry is HERE.) — MCM   

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Russian army claims liberation of over 60% of occupied Kursk territory. From the Moscow Times. Following a surprise incursion last August, Ukrainian troops seized control of 1,268 square kilometers (490 square miles) in Russia’s southwestern Kursk region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Since then, it said today . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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Four killed in Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Kryvyi. From Reuters. KYIV — A Russian missile attack killed at least four people and partially destroyed an educational facility in the city of Kryvyi Rih in southern-central Ukraine today, officials said. The  governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region said . . .  READ MORE . . .

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Over 2,000 air force troops to be transferred to infantry, commission formed to prevent loss of specialists. From Kyiv Post. More than 2,000 specialists from the Ukrainian Air Force could be reassigned to infantry and attack units, Ruslan Horbenko, a People’s Deputy from the “Servant of the People” party, said Thursday. READ MORE . . .

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Russian troops liberate eight communities in Kharkov area, Donbass region over week. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated eight communities in the Kharkov area and the Donbass region over the week in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .