For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and National Public Radio, followed by commentary from Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their sources’ names or initials below. (Today’s GAZA and 9/11 TRUTH entries are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Ukrainian troops face new Russian assault on eastern town of Avdiivka. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukrainian troops are facing a new Russian onslaught in the largely destroyed eastern city of Avdiivka, while making some progress on their counteroffensive in the southern theatre, senior military officials said on Thursday. Gen. Valery Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief . . . READ MORE . . .
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The leaders of Ukraine and Russia assess their resources as their war heads into winter, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he spoke by phone with U.S. President Joe Biden about Washington’s future support for Kyiv, and Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a military base near the Ukrainian border, as the warring countries laid plans for the winter and next year’s combat operations. Almost 20 months of war have . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin visits military HQ for Ukraine offensive — Kremlin. From AFP. Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don that is overseeing the Ukraine offensive, the Kremlin said today. Army chief of staff . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s battlegroup South destroys tank, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen in Donetsk area. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia’s southern battlegroup has destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen and an enemy tank in the Donetsk area, the group’s spokesman Vadim Astafiev said in a wider briefing. READ MORE . . .
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Biden declares Israel and Ukraine support is vital for U.S. security, will ask Congress for billions, by Chris Megerian and SelEung Min Kim | AP WASHINGTON — Declaring that U.S. leadership “holds the world together,” President Joe Biden told Americans on Thursday night the country must deepen its support of Ukraine and Israel in the middle of two vastly different, unpredictable and bloody wars. Acknowledging that “these conflicts can . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin says Biden’s address on Putin ‘unacceptable.’ From AFP. The Kremlin today denounced an address by U.S. President Joe Biden in which he compared Russia to Hamas and called Vladimir Putin a “tyrant.” “We do not accept such a tone in relation to the Russian Federation, in relation to our president,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Biden, in an . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian air force grapples with its worst week of the war. by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post The Russian Air Force just experienced – at least – its second-worst week of the entire war. If high-end damaged and destroyed aircraft estimates are proved accurate, it will have been the worst so far. Until this week, the most punishing . . . READ MORE . . .
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This week in Ukraine – ATACMS, and Russia’s offensive on Avdiivka, by Anastasiia Lapatina and Francis Farrell | The Kyiv Independent Episode # 30 is dedicated to recent front-line updates, including Ukraine’s first use of ATACMS and Russia’s offensive on Avdiivka. READ MORE . . .
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A bitter truth of the war in Ukraine is that Russia’s invading troops have allies. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR After a powerful Russian missile kills a fifth of a Ukrainian village’s population. survivors grapple with revelations that pro-Russian neighbors may have helped coordinate the attack. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.`