For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (Today’s Gaza entry is HERE.) — MCM

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6 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv continues drone counterstrikes. From the Associated Press. KYIV — Six people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine in the past 24 hours, local officials reported today. Two people were killed and three more injured in the Kherson area after more than 100 shells bombarded the region over the weekend, local governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. Two guided bombs later . . .READ MORE . . .

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Putin says Russian forces improving positions along front line in Ukraine. From Reuters. MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said Russian forces have bolstered their positions across the entire front line in Ukraine after what he said was the failure of Ukraine’s counteroffensive this year. Putin’s decision in 2022 to send tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine started a war which has left . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian forces eliminate Ukrainian brigade command post in Kharkov Region. From Tass. MOSCOW — In the past 24 hours, Russian forces eliminated a Ukrainian brigade command post near the settlement of Podliman, Kharkov Region, and a radio post at an airstrip in the Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said. It added that . . . READ MORE . . .