For now, links to eight reports: from Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 10-21-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA entry for this date, so far, is HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM
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Russian strikes kill one, damage synagogue in Ukraine. From AFP. Russian attacks overnight and into the early hours of Thursday killed one rescue worker in Ukraine, disrupted train services and damaged a synagogue, Ukrainian officials said. READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops strike energy sites of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops struck energy infrastructure of Ukraine’s military-industrial sector, long-range unmanned aerial vehicle storage sites and deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries over the past 24 hours in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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EU joins U.S. in heaping more sanctions on Russia to push Putin into Ukraine peace talks, by Lorne Cook | AP BRUSSELS — The European Union on Thursday heaped more economic sanctions on Russia, adding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new punitive measures the previous day against the Russian oil industry. Russian officials and state media dismissed the Western measures, claiming they are largely ineffective. READ MORE . . . Click HERE to read AP report in Spanish.
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Russia says it is immune to new U.S. oil sanctions. From AFP. Russia said today that new U.S. sanctions on its oil industry risked hurting diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine war, and that it had developed a “strong immunity” to them. READ MORE . . .
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FROM OCT. 22 U.S. announces news sanctions against Russia’s two biggest oil companies, by Susie Blann and Fatima Hussein | AP WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced new sanctions Wednesday against Russia’s two biggest oil companies and their subsidiaries and blasted Moscow’s refusal to end its “senseless war” as U.S.-led efforts to end the war floundered and the Ukrainian president sought . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE, HERE and HERE for Oct. 23 reports from Reuters, AFP and the Kyiv Independent.
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