For today, links to eleven reports: from Deutsche Welle, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up. UKRAINE 4-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Ukraine says Chinese men captured fighting for Russia, by Richard Connor with AFP, Reuters | DW Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today said Kyiv’s troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting “in the Russian army” in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP, and HERE, HERE and HERE and for reports from Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent.
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Russia pushes Ukrainian troops from one of their last footholds in Kursk region, army says, by Andrew Osborn | Reuters MOSCOW — Russia is close to regaining full control of its western Kursk region after pushing Ukrainian forces from one of their last footholds there, the regional governor and state media said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP.
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FROM APRIL 7 Ukraine braces for a new Russian spring offensive, by Francis Farrell | The Kyiv Independent Fighting since March has continued along the Russia-Ukraine border areas, but despite a costly and, at times, chaotic retreat from the salient, Ukrainian units in the area have taken up an active defense and prevented . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zaluzhnyi reveals details of Wiesbaden HQ in Ukraine’s war effort, calls it ‘secret weapon,‘ by Tim Zadorozhnyy | The Kyiv Independent Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the U.K., today described the joint Ukrainian-U.S. headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany, as a “secret weapon” for planning military operations during the war, following a related March 29 New York Times report. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 7 Zelenskyy confirms Ukrainian troops active in Russia’s Belgorod region, by Ron Popeski and Oleksandr Kozhukhar | Reuters Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed for the first time on Monday that Ukrainian troops have been active in Russia’s Belgorod region as they seek to protect Ukrainian towns near the border. READ MORE . . .
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FROM APRIL 6 Russia says captured village in Ukraine’s Sumy border. From AFP. Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday said a unit of its North group forces “liberated the village of Basovka” — the Russian name for Bashivka — in Ukraine’s Sumy region close to the border with Russia’s Kursk region. It was a rare cross-border advance. READ MORE . . .
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