For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (The GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine says Russian warplanes drop explosives on Black Sea shipping lanes. From Reuters. Ukraine said today Russian warplanes had dropped “explosive objects” into the likely paths of civilian vessels in the Black Sea three times in the last 24 hours, but that its fledgling shipping corridor was still operating. Russia has said it would consider any vessel a potential military target after it quit a U.N.-brokered deal in July that . . . READ MORE . . .
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All 59 killed in Hroza missile attack were civilians, UN reports. From the Kyiv Independent. A report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released on Tuesday found that all 59 people killed in Russia’s missile attack on the village of Hroza were civilians. It also said there are “reasonable grounds to believe that there were no military personnel or any other legitimate military target present at or in proximity to the reception at . . . READ MORE . . .
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A UN report urges Russia to investigate an attack on a Ukrainian village that killed 59 civilians, by Nebi Qena | AP KYIV — UN investigators on Tuesday urged Russia to acknowledge responsibility for a missile strike on a Ukrainian village that killed 59 civilians, conduct a transparent investigation into what happened, provide reparations for victims and hold those responsible to account. The strike on a cafe in the village of Hroza on Oct. 5 . . . READ MORE . . .
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Funding for Ukraine and Israel is causing rifts in Congress. Reported by Eric McDaniel | NPR A new House bill proposes splitting funds for the war in Israel from funding for the war in Ukraine. It defies the path favored by both the Senate and the White House. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Clooney Foundation for Justice brings alleged Russian crimes to German prosecutors, by Anastasiia Malenko | The Kyiv Independent The Clooney Foundation for Justice, a non-governmental organization founded by Amal and George Clooney, has filed three cases with German federal prosecutors to investigate crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. Submitted on Oct. 26, the cases rely on absolute universal jurisdiction in Germany, which allows the country to open investigations for international crimes committed outside its borders. READ MORE . . .