For today, links to six reports: from the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, Reuters, Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, and Tass; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 11-2-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON, WEST BANK and GAZA entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Ukraine says it halted Russian advance north of Pokrovsk, by Jared Goyette | The Kyiv Independent  Ukrainian forces said today they stopped a Russian attempt to advance north of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in Donetsk Oblast, which is semi-circled by Russian forces and the site of . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian drones strike Saratov oil refinery. The Moscow Times.  Ukrainian drones struck the Saratov Oil Refinery in southern Russia’s Saratov overnight, Ukraine’s General Staff said today. The refinery, which . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says its forces advance in Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. From Reuters. Russia said today its troops had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that Moscow’s forces have been seeking to capture for well over a year. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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Ukraine gets more U.S.-made air defense systems to counter deadly Russian attacks, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP story in Spanish.

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Belgium, Italy, France against transferring Russian assets to Kiev — newspaper. From Tass. ROME — Italy and France, alongside Belgium, oppose the transfer of revenues from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine as part of a reparations loan, Corriere della Sera reported. READ MORE . . .

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For today only one entry, with links to seven reports: from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, Kyiv Post, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 11-1-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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2 children among dead in Russian blitz on Ukraine, by Stanislav Doshchitsyn | AFP  Russia fired a wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing at least six people including two children and cutting power to tens of thousands, officials said today. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for same AFP report in French, HERE for report from AP, and HERE for same AP report in Spanish. 

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FROM NOV. 1. Russian missile strikes on Ukraine hit 2.5-year high. From AFP. Russia fired more missiles at Ukraine in October than in any month since at least the start of 2023, an AFP analysis of Ukrainian data showed. Russian strikes have caused . . . READ MORE . . .

For today, links to a book review and to an essay, both from Behind the Curtain, the first via ScheerPost; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names below. (MEDIA 10-31-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 27  A luminous tapestry of truth, by Edward Curtin | Behind the Curtain / Original to ScheerPost  To weave a magnificent tapestry like the one James W. Douglass has created with Martyrs to the Unspeakable: The Assassinations of JFK, Malcolm, Martin, and RFK takes a steady hand, a hopeful heart, and a steadfast dedication to seeking truth and telling it through factually based and interwoven stories. Because of its . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 31  Teed off while relaxing, by Edward Curtin | Behind the Curtain  Sports only matter because they don’t. And because they don’t — are forms of play meant, most importantly, to be fun — they change depending on . . . READ MORE . . .

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For today, a brief entry, just a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (GAZA 10-31-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  MEDIA and UKRAINE entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 31  Israel says the latest remains returned from GAZA are not bodies of hostages, by Renata Brito | AP  JERUSALEM — The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said today, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.

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For today, just three links: to reports from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE 10-31-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  MEDIA and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Ukraine says it hit a key fuel pipeline near Moscow that supplies Russian forces, by Samya Kullab | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian forces hit an important fuel pipeline in the Moscow region that supplies the Russian army, Ukraine’s military intelligence said today, a claim that came amid a sustained Russian campaign of massive drone and missile attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.

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FROM OCT. 31  Russia deploys 170,000 troops for push in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Zelenskyy says, by Illia Novikov| AP  KYIV —  “The situation in Pokrovsk is difficult,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, but rejected recent Russian claims that the devastated city is surrounded after more than a year of fighting. He acknowledged that . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish.

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First, a link to an article of commentary from Middle East Eye; others or just headlines are accessible by clicking on its name below. (GAZA 10-30-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and MEDIA entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israel’s genocide in Gaza never stopped. But UK media have enabled this latest lie, by Hamza Yusuf | Middle East Eye  The world’s gaze has shifted away from Gaza and it was seemingly relegated in importance. After all, a little over two years after the Oct. 7 attacks, with Israel’s unforgiving campaign of annihilation, a ceasefire was reached. READ MORE . . .

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TO BE CONTINUED

For now, links to reports from Reuters, the Moscow Times, Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent; others or just headlines are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and MEDIA entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Russia uses missile in Ukraine that led Trump to quit nuclear treaty, Kyiv says, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters  LONDON — Russia has in recent months attacked Ukraine with a cruise missile whose secret development prompted Donald Trump to abandon a nuclear arms control pact with Moscow in his first term as U.S. president, Ukraine’s foreign minister said. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from the Moscow Times and Kyiv Post.

For now, links to two articles of commentary from Caitlin’s Newsletter via Consortium News, and from Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (MEDIA 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and UKRAINE entries for today, so far, are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 27  Twelve, by Caitlin Johnston | Caitlin’s Newsletter / Consortium News  The ultimate expression of “everyone is twelve now” theory is . . . READ MORE . . .

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Israel’s genocide in Gaza never stopped. But UK media have enabled this latest lie, by Hamza Yusuf | Middle East Eye  The world’s gaze has shifted away from Gaza and it was seemingly relegated in importance. After all, a little over two years after the Oct. 7 attacks, with Israel’s unforgiving campaign of annihilation, a ceasefire was reached. READ MORE . . .

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MAY BE CONTINUED

For today, links to reports from the Associated Press and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK 10-29-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Israel has erected nearly 1,000 barriers in West Bank cities and towns during the war in Gaza, group says, by Sam Mednick and Jalal Bwaitel | AP  SINJIL, West Bank — While Israel’s military has long imposed movement and access constraints after capturing the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, the number of new barriers is unprecedented, residents say. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for report from the Cradle.

For today, a link to a report from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (LEBANON 10-28-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

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Israeli raid in southern Lebanon kills municipal employee, sparking protests, by Ahmad Mantash and Abby Sewell | AP  BLIDA, Lebanon — Israeli soldiers raided a municipal government building in a border village in southern Lebanon early on Thursday and killed an employee, Lebanese state media said. Click HERE for report including map.

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