For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, the Kyiv Post, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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Russian forces reach another key frontline city, Ukraine’s military says, by Oleksandr Kozhukhar and Lidia Kelly | Reuters   Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, Ukraine’s military said late on Monday, less than a week after the fall of the bastion town of Vuhledar. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.

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Over 1K evacuated after Ukraine hits annexed Crimea’s ‘larrest’ oil depot. From the Moscow Times.  More than 1,000 people were evacuated in the annexed Crimean city of Feodosia after Ukrainian strikes sparked a large fire at a major oil terminal there the day before, Russian-installed authorities said Tuesday. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine says Russian missile strikes civilian ship in Odesa port, killing one. From Kyiv Post. Ukraine said Monday that a Russian missile struck a civilian ship flying the Palauan flag in the port of Odesa, resulting in one fatality—the second attack on a civilian vessel in the region within days. READ MORE . . .

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UK slaps sanctions on Russian forces for chemical weapons use in Ukraine. From the Kyiv Independent. The United Kingdom issued sanctions against Russian units involved in the use of chemical weapons on the battlefield in Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Office said today. READ MORE . . .

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Russia hammers Ukrainian military airfields by Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces delivered a strike by Kinzhal hypersonic missiles at Ukrainian military airfield infrastructure over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .