For now, links to reports from Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, Tass, and National Public Radio; other articles are accessible by clicking on their sources’ names or initials below. (Today’s Gaza entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Wanted: thousands of Ukrainian judges, in huge overhaul sought by EU, by Dan Peleschuk | Reuters KYIV — Vira Levko, a judge in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, typically handles dozens of administrative cases and several criminal hearings every day. And she says there are others who are far busier than her. When Levko tells colleagues abroad about her workload, they find it hard . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin holds talks with Xi; Lavrov says North Korea will help Moscow win. From the Kyiv Independent. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at China’s Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on Oct. 18, following remarks by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. He said Wednesday that the U.S. made a “great mistake” by providing Ukraine with ATACMS long-range missiles, which have . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin is being told ‘everything is going to plan,’ Ukrainian intel says, by Kateryna Zakharchenko | Kyiv Post President Putin is being told Russia’s “special military operation” is going to plan, a top Kyiv intelligence official said – as anyone who told him the real situation on the front lines would “lose his cap or his head.” In an exclusive interview, Andriy Yusov, spokesperson for the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, told . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces repulse Ukrainian attack near Orekhov in Zaporozhye area. From Tass. DONETSK — Russian artillery repulsed a Ukrainian army attack near the town of Orekhov in the Zaporozhye area over the past day, Zaporozhye Region Senator Dmitry Rogozin said today. The Ukrainian military attacked . . . READ MORE . . .
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Can the U.S. stand with both Israel and Ukraine? U.S. ambassador to NATO weighs in. Reported by Elena Burnett, Tinbete Ermyas and Mary Louise Kelly | NPR Kelly speaks with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith about how the U.S. can support both Israel and Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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