For now, links to eight reports: from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the Moscow Times, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (UKRAINE 8-11–25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and MEDIA entries for today, so far, are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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EU leaders urge Trump to defend Europe’s security interests at his upcoming summit with Putin, by Lorne Cook | AP BRUSSELS — European Union leaders today appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at a key summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin later this week over the war in Ukraine. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AFP.
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Russian forces breach Ukrainian defenses in drive toward Pokrovsk. From the Moscow Times. Russian troops have pierced a small but important section of the front line in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, positioning themselves for a possible encirclement of the nearby city of Pokrovsk, military analysts said on Monday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for report from Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent.
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Russia makes sudden advance in Ukraine before summit, maps show, by Andrew Osborn | Reuters MOSCOW — Russian forces have made a sudden thrust into eastern Ukraine near the coal mining town of Dobropillia, a move that may be designed to increase the pressure on Kyiv to give up land as the U.S. and Russian presidents prepare to meet. READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops strike Ukrainian military-industrial sites. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops struck Ukrainian military-industrial sites, ammunition depots and an army training center over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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Land swaps with Russia are not only unpopular in Ukraine. They’re also illegal, by Samya Kullab | AP KYIV — A peace deal that requires Kyiv to accept swapping Ukrainian territory with Russia would not only be deeply unpopular. It also would be illegal under its constitution. That’s why . . . READ MORE . . .
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