For today, links to six reports: from the Kyiv Independent, the Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, Tass, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Russian drone attack on Kherson Oblast kills 2, by Nate Ostiller | The Kyiv Independent A Russian attack on Kherson Oblast using a first-person-view drone today killed two women in their car, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said. Ukraine liberated the southern city of Kherson from Russian occupation in November 2022. Since then . . . READ MORE . . .
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Odesa in Kremlin’s sights again: A week of attacks on port facilities, by Ugo Poletti | Kyiv Post Three detonations shook the windows of the houses in Odesa’s historic center this morning – minutes after the Telegram channels had announced an incoming Russian ballistic missile alert across the city. Eight people . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says it captured a southern Ukraine village in a push before winter comes, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Russia said today it has captured the village of Levadne in southern Ukraine as it probes for weaknesses along the war ’s roughly 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, including . . . READ MORE . . .
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Situation in Kursk Region. From Tass. MOSCOW — Ukraine’s total losses in the Kursk Region have exceeded 22,950 military personnel killed and wounded, the Russian Defense Ministry has said, adding that over the past 24 hours, Ukraine lost more than 300 servicemen. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 13 Zelenskiy says North Koreans fighting with Russians in Ukraine. From Reuters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that defence relationships with his country’s partners would have to change in light of North Korean transfers of people as well as weapons to Russian forces in Ukraine. The Kremlin on Thursday . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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FROM OCT. 13 Ukraine’s human rights envoy urges response to alleged killings of Ukrainian POWs in Kursk. From AP. KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman urged international organizations Sunday to respond to a claim that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed in Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv had launched an incursion in August. READ MORE . . .