For today, links to eleven reports: from the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, National Public Radio, the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, Reuters, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.)— MCM
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Russian missile attack on Odesa hits residential area, kills 10, injures 47, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent Russian forces launched a ballistic missile attack against the port city of Odesa today in which 10 people have been reported killed and 47 injured. The fatalities included seven police officers, a medic, and two civilian residents. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.
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Biden removes long-range missile restraint on Ukraine’s armed forces. Reported by Greg Myre and Leila Fadel | NPR For the first time, President Biden has given Ukraine the green light to use powerful American long-range weapons, known as the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, for strikes inside Russia. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Moscow warns U.S. over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with longer-range weapons, by Samya Kullab and Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — The Kremlin warned today that President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds “fuel to the fire” of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher. Biden’s shift . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Moscow Times.
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Long-range strikes against Russia: too late to save Ukraine? by Tom Balmforth, Max Hunder and Lili Bayer | Reuters KYIV — The U.S. decision to authorise long-range Ukrainian strikes could help Kyiv defend the foothold in Russia’s Kursk region that it seized as leverage in any war talks, but may come too late to change the course of the war, analysts said. READ MORE . . .
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FROM NOV. 17 Biden authorizes Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia, by Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Matthew Lee and Ellen Knickmeyer | AP MANAUS, Brazil — President Biden’s authorization, made known by a U.S. official and three other people familiar with the matter, eases limitations on the weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, NPR and Tass.
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Russian troops liberate Novoalekseyevka community in Donbass region over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated the community of Novoalekseyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .