Links to two reports and a commentary: from the Moscow Times, the Associated Press, and Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for this date’s WEST BANK, GAZA and IRAN, and down for UKRAINE 10-28-26.) — MCM
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Russian military intercepts record 1.2K Ukrainian drones overnight. From the Moscow Times. Russian air defense systems intercepted a record 1,214 Ukrainian drones across the country amid an overnight air barrage, the Defense Ministry said today, as authorities in Ukraine said Russia killed at least 14 people in a strike on a train platform. READ MORE . . .
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Aid mission set to enter Oleshky as a localized Russia-Ukraine truce holds for a third day, by Hanna Arhirova and Volodymyr Yurchuk | AP KHERSON, Ukraine — Humanitarian aid is poised to roll into the stricken city of Oleshky on Friday, a Ukrainian official said, as a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine stretched into a third day and military units cleared away landmines. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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FROM OCT. 28 There is cautious optimism about ending the Ukraine war, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline The needle may not have moved on ending the Ukraine war but the joint phone call on Tuesday by Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre to Russian President Vladimir Putin can be regarded as a defining moment. READ MORE . . .