For now, links to reports from Reuters, Tass, Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names below. (Today’s GAZA entry is HERE.) — MCM

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Ukraine not afraid to take on its oligarchs — justice minister, by Dan Peleschuk | Reuters  KYIV — Ukrainian authorities feel newly empowered to prosecute the once-powerful tycoons known as “oligarchs” thanks to shifting political realities and the war with Russia, Kyiv’s justice minister, Denys Maliuska, said Monday. He spoke to Reuters as investigators probe . . . READ MORE . . .

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Kiev suffers heavy losses in attempt to attack Russian troops near Artyomovsk, says DPR. From Tass. DONETSK — The Ukrainian military suffered heavy losses in its attempt to attack Russian positions on the southern flank of Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine), Yan Gagin, adviser to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic said today. “Early in the morning, the . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia advances near Avdiivka but suffers ‘significant losses.’ From Kyiv Post. Russian forces made confirmed advances around the embattled town of Avdiivka on Monday but are suffering “significant losses,” according to Ukrainian officials. Vitaly Barabash, the head of the town’s military administration, said there was a “very . . . READ MORE . . .

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Zelensky: Full Ukrainian fire control over Crimea ‘only a matter of time,’by Nate Ostiller and the news desk | The Kyiv Independent  Ukraine will soon have fire control capabilities over occupied Crimea, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an online address to the second parliamentary summit of the international Crimea Platform on Oct. 24. Russian air defense in the peninsula  . . . READ MORE . . .

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