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

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Russia reportedly is using Ukrainian POWs to fight in their homeland on Moscow’s side, by Emma Burrows | AP  Russia is sending Ukrainian prisoners of war to the front lines of their homeland to fight on Moscow’s side in the war, the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported. The news agency said . . .READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine claims responsibility for killing a Russia-backed official in Luhansk by a car bomb, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Ukraine’s intelligence agency claimed responsibility for a car bombing today that killed a member of the Russia-backed authority in the illegally annexed Luhansk region. Mikhail Filiponenko, a member of the local legislature and previously police chief, had organized . . . READ MORE . . .

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Initial reports say 5 civilians killed in Ukraine’s missile strike on Kherson Region city. From Tass. GENICHESK — Five residents of Skadovsk, a city in the Kherson Region, were killed in a missile strike by Ukrainian troops, according to initial reports, the press service of the emergencies ministry’s department for the region said today. Kherson Region governor Vladimir Saldo said 11 people were taken to hospitals after . . . READ MORE . . .

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Some Ukraine drone pilots fear early advantage over Russia now lost, by Max Hunder | Reuters DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — The soldiers piloting Ukraine’s fleet of small, cheap assault drones are voicing concerns that, despite pioneering their use, they are now being leapfrogged by their adversary as Moscow pumps money and resources into its drone sector. The use of agile First Person View (FPV) drones in battle . . . READ MORE . . .

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