For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Today’s GAZA entry is HERE.) — MCM
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EU has ‘Plan B’ if Hungary vetoes 50 billion euro aid for Ukraine, by Gabriela Baczynska and Krisztina Than | Reuters BRUSSELS / BUDAPEST — The European Union will be able work around any Hungarian veto and give Ukraine 50 billion euros ($53.4 bln) in aid, officials in the bloc said, as Kyiv struggles to push back Russia’s invasion 21 months into the war. The bloc’s executive has proposed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin and top military leaders visit southern military headquarters to assess his war in Ukraine. From AP. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov-on-Don as he assessed the state of his country’s forces in Ukraine as the war drags on toward winter. It was his second public visit in less than a month to the headquarters, less than 100 kilometers (60 miles) from Ukraine’s southeastern border. Almost 21 months of war . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian Marines still holding Dnipro bridgehead, special ops busy, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Kyiv’s nearly month-old presence on the left bank of Dnipro River was still holding fast today with sides trading air, mortar and artillery strikes, and some Kremlin-associated bloggers declaring Moscow cannot eliminate the Ukrainian Marine-held bridgeheads without . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainians step up efforts to cross Dnipro, tie up Russian forces in Kherson Oblast, by Alexander Query | The Kyiv Independent Pressure is mounting on Russian forces across the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast. Ukrainian forces have reportedly stepped up their attacks on Russian positions to try and secure a beachhead and bring heavy armor . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia delivers 11 precision strikes on Ukrainian army airfields, arms arsenals over week. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces delivered 11 strikes by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian military airfields, arms arsenals and fuel depots over the past week in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today. READ MORE . . .