For today, belatedly, links to four reports: from Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass, and to commentary from the Associated Press and Kyiv Post; other articles or just headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 5-1-25 is HERE, or scroll down. SYRIA, GAZA and MEDIA entries for today’s date are HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Russia says it is creating ‘security strip’ in Ukraine’s Sumy region. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russia said today its forces were continuing to create a “security strip” in border areas of Ukraine’s Sumy region after driving Ukrainian troops out of the Kursk region, just across the border in western Russia. READ MORE . . .
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Trump’s team prepares economic options against Russia, Bloomberg reports, by Kateryna Denisova and news desk | The Kyiv Independent American officials prepared a number of options for U.S. President Donald Trump to increase economic pressure on Moscow in response . . . READ MORE . . .
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Peace in exchange for land? For many Ukrainians, it’s too painful to contemplate, by Olena Harmash | Reuters KYIV — Vitali Klitschko, the former heavyweight boxer who is now mayor of Kyiv, ventured last month into hazardous political territory: he delicately suggested in an interview that Ukraine might need to . . . READ MORE . . .
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U.S. keeps on trying to settle conflict in Ukraine — Rubio. From Tass. NEW YORK — The United States does not give up on the matter of settling the conflict in Ukraine but realizes that there are plenty of more important problems across the globe, acting National Security Adviser and Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Fox News. READ MORE . . .
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A U.S.-led effort to end the war in Ukraine looks favorable to Russia, but mixed signals emerge, by Dasha Litvinova | AP TALLINN — What has emerged so far from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine . . . READ MORE . . .
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The Trump bid to end the Russia-Ukraine war fast ends in shambles, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post A 100-day attempt by the United States led by President Donald J. Trump to impose a quick end to the Russo-Ukrainian War has failed and so the White House will wash its hands of the mess and move on, administration officials admitted on Thursday. READ MORE . . .
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