For today, links to five reports: from the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, the Moscow Times, and Tass, and to commentary from Consortium News; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE 7-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down. IRAN, YEMEN, WEST BANK, GAZA and COVID ETC. entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Dnipropetrovsk village likely contested despite Russia’s claim of its capture, by Asami Terajima | The Kyiv Independent The village of Dachne in the southern part of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast appears to be contested, according to the Finnish Black Bird Group open-source intelligence collective. The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday claimed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelensky reportedly informs top envoy to U.S. of pending dismissal. From Kyiv Post. President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly informed Kyiv’s top envoy to the United States, Oksana Markarova, of his intention to sack her today. The update followed a Bloomberg report on Monday . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent
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Ignore Donald Trump’s ‘political seesaw,’ Russia’s Medvedev says. From the Moscow Times. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev today dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s shifting rhetoric on Russia and arms shipments to Ukraine, saying Moscow would continue pursuing its military goals regardless of Washington’s policies. READ MORE . . .
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Kiev loses over 1,305 troops in all frontline areas in past day — Russia’s top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Ukrainian army lost more than 1,305 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past 24 hours, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry today. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JULY 7 Trump dead-ends Putin, by Patrick Lawrence | Special to Consortium News Moscow will hold to its currently expressed demands: A new security architecture in Europe; no NATO membership for a neutral Ukraine that must be demilitarized and de-Nazified; and recognition of the four oblasts that voted to join Russia. READ MORE . . .
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