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Here are links to two reports: from the Moscow Times and Reuters; headlines of others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up or down for today’s WEST BANK, SYRIA, IRAN and GAZA, and down for UKRAINE 8-17-26.) — MCM

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Over 600 Ukrainian drones target Moscow region in major air assault. From the Moscow Times. Ukraine launched 637 drones at Moscow and the surrounding region between Monday night and this morning, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, marking one of the largest air assaults on the Russian capital since the start of the war. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 17  Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 10 ahead of Trump-Zelenskiy meeting, by Vitalii Hnidyi and Anna Voitenko | Reuters  KHARKIV, Ukraine — Russian attacks on major Ukrainian cities killed at least 10 people on Monday, hours before President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was expected to press his case in Washington against a quick deal to end Moscow’s war. READ MORE . . .

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