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

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Russia says captured another east Ukrainian village near key town. From AFP. Russia today said it has captured another east Ukrainian village as it closes on the important city of Pokrovsk, where its forces have been advancing for weeks. READ MORE . . .

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FROM OCT. 12  Zelenskiy says Ukrainian forces holding positions in Russia’s Kursk region. From Reuters. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russian forces had tried to oust Ukrainian troops from positions in Russia’s Kursk border region, but that Kyiv’s forces were holding their lines. READ MORE . . .

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Situation in Kursk Region. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 300 servicemen and seven tanks in the Kursk Region over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said today.  READ MORE . . .

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Defense minister confirms more weapons pledges, arms production after foreign visit. From the Kyiv Independent.  A meeting with Western defense partners yielded “concrete results” for Ukraine,  Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said today. He visited counterparts from . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian POWs reportedly stripped naked, shot in Russia’s Kursk Region. From Kyiv Post. Russian troops have allegedly shot nine Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia’s Kursk region after they surrendered. Open-source intelligence DeepState, citing . . . READ MORE . . .