For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, Agence France-Presse, Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM   

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Kremlin welcomes the possibility of a meeting between Trump and Putin. From AP. The Kremlin has welcomed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior Moscow official said Friday. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, Tass and AFP.

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SBU, Ukrainian navy strike Russian drone warehouse in Russia’s Rostov Region. From Kyiv Post. Sources in special services confirmed that in a joint operation, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian Navy successfully targeted a storage facility for Russian reconnaissance drones in the Rostov region early this morning. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.

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FROM JAN. 9  Zelenskyy and Austin use their final meeting to press Trump to keep supporting Ukraine, by Tara Copp | AP  RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used their final meeting Thursday to press the incoming Trump administration not to give up on Kyiv’s fight, with Austin warning . . . READ MORE . . .