For today, links to 12 reports: from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Kyiv Post, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, and the Associated Press,; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK, LEBANON, GAZA and IRAN entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, UKRAINE 2-6-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Russia says it has taken over strategic city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Russian forces have taken control of the strategic coal-mining city of Toretsk in eastern Ukraine, Russia’s Defence Ministry said today. READ MORE . . .
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Overnight Russian attacks on Sumy region kill 3 people, Ukrainian prosecutors say. From AFP. They said that shortly before midnight the Russian military attacked the village of Miropillia, just across the border from Russia. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine advances 5km inside Russia, battles rage in new Kursk offensive: report, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a new wave of battalion-sized mechanized assaults in Kursk Oblast on Thursday, pushing up to 5 kilometers behind Russian lines southeast of Sudzha, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War. READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops disrupt Ukrainian counterattack in Kursk Region: ministry. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops have thwarted an attempted counterattack by the Ukrainian army towards the settlements of Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Ulanok in the Kursk Region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. READ MORE . . .
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Trump ready to step up Russia sanctions to end war in Ukraine, special envoy says, by Tim Zadorozhnyy | The Kyiv Independent U.S. President Donald Trump is prepared to double down on the sanctions against Russia to pressure the Kremlin to end its war against Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, said in an interview published in the New York Post on Thursday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the New York Post.
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FROM FEB. 6 Putin-Trump talks expected in February or March, senior Russian lawmaker says. From the Moscow Times. Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet with former U.S. President Donald Trump sometime in February or March, a senior Russian lawmaker said Thursday, telling reporters . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 6 Russia says U.S. needs to formulate stance on how to end Ukraine conflict. From Reuters. MOSCOW — The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the United States needed to formulate its policy on ending the conflict in Ukraine and that Moscow could then . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 6 Temporary truce or freeze of conflict in Ukraine unacceptable — Russian MFA. From Tass. MOSCOW — A freeze of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict or temporary truce is unacceptable, as these measures will be exploited by the West to bolster the military capabilities of the Kiev regime, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 6 Ukraine says its long-range drones hit a Russian airfield as France delivers Mirage fighter jets, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Ukrainian forces struck an airfield in southern Russia that was being used to launch Iran-designed Shahed drones, Ukraine’s General Staff claimed Thursday. France meanwhile said . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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FROM FEB. 6 Spike in U.S. air surveillance in hours before Ukrainian kamikaze drones strike Russian airbase, by Stefan Korshak and Christopher Stewart | Kyiv Post Ukrainian robot aircraft broke through air defenses and hit a major military airfield in mainland Russia on Thursday morning, following a noticeable spike in American military aircraft activity over the western Black Sea hours before the attack. READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 6 Ukraine strikes ‘like a bolt from the blue’ in new Kursk offensive, Russian reports say, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post Ukraine has launched a new offensive in the Kursk oblast, according to reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense and Russian milbloggers. These sources say . . . READ MORE . . .