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Media, 10-31-26

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Links to a report from the Moscow Times and to video and transcript of an interview via Consortium News and ScheerPost; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for this date’s ALL OF IT. For MEDIA 9-30-26, click HERE.) — MCM

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FROM OCT. 30  Russia’s oldest independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, announces closure, by Mack Tubridy | The Moscow Times  Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s oldest and best-known independent newspaper, announced Friday that it will end its run after more than three decades in operation due to growing state pressure against its journalists. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 30  A people Israel can’t erase*, by Joshua Scheer | ScheerPost / Consortium News  Chris Hedges on his and Joe Sacco’s new book, Requiem for Gaza: “Physically, the book is beautiful. That also counts a lot for Joe. He writes into his contract the size of the book and the weight of the paper. If you notice, the paper weight is heavier than a normal book. That was important, and I think he’s probably right. The material is so incendiary. The New York Times already sent back a notice saying, ‘We’re not reviewing it. Don’t worry. We’re not touching it.’” Click HERE for video and transcript of Oct. 3 interview of Hedges by Art O’Connor in Dublin, Ireland, and for Scheer’s print introduction. 

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*  The interview was previously linked to under GAZA 10-30-26.

 

Ukraine, 10-29-26

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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 . . .

Ukraine, 10-26-26

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Links to three reports: from Reuters, National Public Radio, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for this date’s WEST BANK and ALL OF IT, and for UKRAINE 10-24-26.) — MCM

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Russia says Ukraine has repeatedly struck Oleshky with artillery, drones ahead of local ceasefire. From Reuters. Russia’s Defense Ministry today accused Ukraine of repeatedly striking the Russian-controlled town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine with artillery and drones ahead of a planned local ceasefire this week, something it said had thwarted the delivery of food and medicine and stopped people leaving. READ MORE . . .

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Russia says it will open humanitarian corridor to Ukrainian town. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR  Russia says it will open a humanitarian corridor to the occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, where people have been eating weeds and pickles to survive while trapped by minefields, shelling and drones. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Ukrainian drone barrage kills at least 3 in Voronezh. From the Moscow Times. At least three people were killed in a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Voronezh in southern Russia, local authorities said early today, with another 29 people reported injured. READ MORE . . .

Ukraine, 10-14-26

Links to five reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN and YEMEN, and down for UKRAINE 10-13-26.) — MCM

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Ukrainian drones lose some speed after SpaceX imposes Starlink restrictions, by Hanna Arhirova, Samya Kullab and Barry Hatton | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian drones lost some of their speed after restrictions were suddenly imposed on the battlefield use of the country’s U.S.-made Starlink communication terminals, officials said today as Ukraine’s capital endured a second consecutive night of missile attacks. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE to listen to an NPR report now and read later.

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Ukrainian drones hit Sberbank data center after Yandex attacks. From the Moscow Times. Ukrainian drones targeted a major data center under construction for Russian state lender Sberbank in the Saratov region overnight, First Deputy CEO Alexander Vedyakhin said today, as attacks on Moscow disrupted more than 500 flights. READ MORE,

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Zelenskyy talks Trump, rising diesel prices and the ongoing war in his country. Reported by Joanna Kakissis and Michel Martin | NPR  In an NPR interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discusses tensions with Trump, U.S. sanctions relief for Russian oil and threats to intelligence-sharing as the war continues. Zelenskyy talks Trump, rising diesel prices and the ongoing war in his country. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for second NPR report.

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