For now, links to four reports: from Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, and Tass, and to commentary from Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA and SYRIA entries for this date, so far, are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Zelenskiy calls on allies to honour promises on arms suppies to Ukraine. From Reuters. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on allies today to honor all promises to supply Ukraine with weapons, including those to counter Russian air attacks. Over the past week, he said, Russian forces . . . READ MORE . . .

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Switzerland ready to host Trump-Putin meeting, by Daria Shulzhenko and news desk | The Kyiv Independent  Switzerland has expressed its readiness to host a high-level meeting in June between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Swiss Foreign Ministry official told Swiss newspaper Le Temps. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post, and HERE for beginning of Jan. 10 Le Temps report in French.

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Russian forces liberate two communities in DPR, Kharkov Region over past day — top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated the communities of Yantarnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Kalinovo in the Kharkov Region over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .

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FROM JAN. 7  Ukraine war turns into absurdist fiction, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline  One great transformation of the Ukraine war in the past year since the current Russian offensive began is . . . READ MORE . . .

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