For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, Kyiv Post, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA, LEBANON, WEST BANK, COVID ETC. and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Russia closes in on key Ukrainian city, seeking gateway for future advances, by Max Hunder | Reuters KYIV — Russian forces are slowly tightening the noose around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a key logistical hub whose main supply lines are under threat. Its encirclement or fall could . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian missile forces hit key Russian command center in Kursk. From Kyiv Post. Ukraine’s missile and artillery forces struck a command post of the Russian Armed Forces’ Kursk group in the city of Rylsk, in Russia’s Kursk region, according to a report from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. READ MORE . . .
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Russia claims Ukrainian soldiers killed nearly 2 dozen civilians in Kursk Region. From AFP. Law enforcement authorities in Russia today accused Ukrainian troops of killing 22 civilians in an occupied village of Russia’s Kursk region, including eight women who were allegedly raped before being executed. READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces liberate five communities in Kharkov Region, Donbass area over week. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces liberated five communities in the Kharkov Region and the Donbass area over the week of January 25-31 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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North Korean troops not seen for 3 weeks in parts of Kursk Oblast, Ukraine’s Special Forces say, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent North Korean troops have not been seen for roughly three weeks in the areas of Kursk Oblast where Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces are fighting, the unit’s spokesperson, Col. Oleksandr Kindratenko, said today. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JAN. 30 In ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka,’ Oscar winner takes viewers back to Ukraine’s front lines, by Lindsey Bahr | AP PARK CITY, Utah — The day Mstyslav Chernov won the BAFTA for his documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” was the day he learned two soldiers he knew had been killed in combat. They were primary subjects of his new film “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” a harrowing portrait of modern warfare that . . . READ MORE . . .