For today, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Tass, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (Today’s GAZA entry is HERE.) — MCM
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Zelensky says Russian attacks increasing. From AFP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today Russia was increasing its attacks across the front line, as Kyiv called for the West to boost its weapons supplies ahead of winter. Neither side has made any significant territorial gain for months, but both . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says Russians intensify bombing of Avdiivka. From Reuters. Fighting gripped the area around the shattered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, Ukraine’s military said on Monday, with Moscow’s forces intensifying air bombardments and trying to move forward with ground forces. Officials said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian command post in DPR over past day — top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces over the last day in destroyed a Ukrainian command post in the Donetsk People’s Republic and eliminated roughly 155 Ukrainian troops and two enemy pickup trucks in the Kupyansk area, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today. Also . . . READ MORE . . .
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Germany’s support for Ukraine is to be ‘massively expanded’ next year. From AP. BERLIN — Germany’s aid for Ukraine will be “massively expanded” next year, the foreign minister said Monday as Kyiv heads into its second winter since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Germany has become . . . READ MORE . . .
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Media reports Defense Ministry to dismiss 3 commanders, ministry rebuffs claim, by Alexander Khrebet and news desk | The Kyiv Independent The Defense Ministry is considering the potential dismissal of three commanders within Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Ukrainian media, according to the outlet Ukrainska Pravda citing unnamed sources in the country’s military and political . . . READ MORE . . .
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Proposed congressional spending plan leaves out military aid for Ukraine and Israel. Reported by Gus Contreras, Tinbete Ermyas and Ari Shapiro | NPR New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser speaks about Congress’s upcoming spending plan and how that relates to funding for Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and read.