For now, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Next, links to two non -journalistic looks at the war in Ukraine from websites that offer seemingly opposite perspectives. Then, a kind of “user’s guide” for evaluating those two sites.— MCM
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Ukraine reaffirms tough stance on talks with Russia. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine doubled down on its tough stance on negotiations with Russia today, saying talks could only resume once the Kremlin relinquishes all Ukrainian territory and that Kyiv would fight on even if it is “stabbed in the back” by its allies. The remarks come days after a U.S. media report that Washington had encouraged Kyiv to signal willingness for talks, and seemed aimed at rebuffing such pressure, at a time . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s Zelensky urges ‘unwavering unity’ in U.S. until ‘peace restored.’ From AFP. In a recorded address, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky today urged the United States to “maintain unwavering unity,” as questions hover over American support for his country following midterm elections to determine control of the U.S. Congress. “Democracies must not stop on their way to the victory,” he said. READ MORE . . .
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Zelenskyy: Talks with Russia possible on Ukraine’s terms, by Andrew Meldrum and Yuras Karmanau | AP KYIV — Ukraine’s president has hinted at the possibility of peace talks with Russia, a shift from his earlier refusal to negotiate with President Vladimir Putin. Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the international community late Monday to “force Russia into real peace talks” and listed his usual conditions for dialogue: the return of all of Ukraine’s occupied lands, compensation for damage caused by the war and the prosecution of war crimes. READ MORE . . .
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A chance meeting is war-torn Ukraine helps reconnect friends Hayda world away. Reported by Kat Lonsdorf | NPR Ludmilla Boiko, whose sister and a nephew were killed in a missile strike, speaks from her collapsed apartment in Borodyanka in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Day 257: Ukrainian Battle Map. From Ukraine News TV.
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Military situation in eastern Ukraine on Nov. 7, 2022 (map update). From South Front.
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An observer comments on Ukraine News TV and South Front accounts (just above). “Quite a difference in level of detail, including maps and other interactive tools. Those of us from a certain age can recall the era of misleading body counts during the Vietnam War that included both outright lies and failure to account for different levels of morale of the different forces. So I’m not suggesting acceptance at face value but more of an ongoing study plan, which tends to be either confirmed or refuted in daily precision coverage.”
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MAY BE CONTINUED