For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Tass, the Moscow Times, Reuters, and National Public Radio; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Today’s GAZA entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Russian drone debris downed power lines near a Ukraine nuclear plant. A new winter barrage is likely, by Hanna Arhirova | AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired almost a dozen Shahed drones against Ukrainian targets and falling debris from an intercepted drone damaged power lines near a nuclear plant in the country’s west, knocking out electricity to hundreds of people, officials said today. Ukraine’s air force said it stopped all the drones that were launched. For the fourth day . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s top brass reports downing two American ATACMS missiles for first time. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defense forces shot down two US-made ATACMS missiles over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry stated today. “During the last . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian defense minister orders winter readiness in visit to frontline. From The Moscow Times. Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered senior officers to prepare soldiers for the winter during a visit to a command post in eastern Ukraine, the military said today. He also . . . READ MORE . . .
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Despite losing limbs, Ukrainian sappers return to work clearing land mines, by Vitalii Hnidyi | Reuters KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine — A number of Ukrainian sappers have returned to their demining jobs in a national police unit of some 100 people despite being wounded in blasts while clearing mines during the Russia’s invasion that began on Feb. 22, 2022. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian veterans lobby Congress for continued support on the battlefield. A Martínez of NPR talks with Andriana Susak-Arekhta, senior sergeant in the Ukrainian armed forces and head of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement, about the case for continued U.S. support for Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and read.