Ukraine, 11-17-23

For today, links to reports from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Tass, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (The GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

   

Ukrainian marines claim multiple bridgeheads across a key Russian strategic barrier, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s marine corps said today it has secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting it described as having left nearly 3,500 Russians killed or wounded and dozens of ammunition depots, tanks, armored vehicles and other weaponry destroyed. The Marine Infantry Command’s claims are the first to come directly from the Ukrainian military about . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Ukraine says carried out ‘successful’ attacks on Dnipro east bank, by Daria Andriievska | AFP Ukraine said today it had carried out a series of successful attacks on the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the Dnipro river, days after Moscow admitted Kyiv’s forces had gained a foothold there. A sustained Ukrainian breakthrough across the frontline river would . . . READ MORE . . .

   

East Ukraine’s Kharkiv builds underground schools as Russia keeps up attacks, by Vitalii Hnidyi | Reuters  KHARKIV, Ukraine — Faced with the constant threat of Russian air strikes, officials in eastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region have begun building heavily fortified underground schools that will allow children to safely return to in-person studies as Moscow’s invasion grinds on. Schools in the region of around 2.5 million people, which borders Russia, were forced into online learning after . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Russian troops destroy command staff of several Ukrainian army brigades near Donetsk — adviser. From Tass. DONETSK — Russian troops destroyed a command post with commanders of several Ukrainian army brigades near Donetsk, Yan Gagin, adviser to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic said toay. Among those killed, he said, were . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Senate Foreign Relations chair says funding for Israel, Ukraine is ‘critical.’ Reported by Gabriel J. Sánchez, Sarah Handel and Ailsa Chang | NPR  Ailsa Chang talks with Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, about the absence of military aid to Ukraine in Congress’s bill averting a government shutdown. Click HERE to listen and read.

   

U.S. aims to hold Russia, Belarus accountable for Ukrainian children sent to Russia. Reported by Michele Kelemen | NPR  The State Department and the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab release new information about Belarus’ “complicity in and support for” Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.