For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Today’s GAZA entry is HERE.) — MCM

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Belarus’s Lukashenko says Ukraine-Russia war at stalemate, urges talks. From Reuters. Russia and Ukraine are locked in a stalemate on the frontlines of their war and the two sides need to sit down and negotiate an end to the conflict, Alexander Lukashenko, the authoritarian leader of Belarus and an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said this weekend. “There are enough problems on both sides and . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drones as fighting grinds on in Ukraine’s east. From AP.  KYIV — Russian air defense shot down over 30 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today, Separately, British intelligence assessed this weekend that Russia had suffered some of its biggest casualty rates so far this year as a result of . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian armored column attacks near Avdiivka, immediately flees in face of devastating Ukrainian fire. From Kyiv Post. Drone operators have recorded a Russian armored column driving toward Ukrainian Armed Forcespositions near Andiivka, only to come under punishing fire and then attempt to flee the battlefield. The video shows . . . Click HERE to read more and view video.

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Southern counteroffensive runs out of steam as West scrambles to deliver aid, by Igor Kossov | The Kyiv Independent  As fall weather arrives, observers are looking at the status of Ukraine’s three-pronged counteroffensive, which continues to move very slowly. Ukrainian forces have yet to fully break through . . . READ MORE . . .