For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass, and Agence France-Presse, followed by a link to an article from Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (The GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Russian drone hits oil refinery, frontline attacks repelled — Ukraine military. From Reuters. KYIV — A Russian drone attack set ablaze the Kremenchuk oil refinery in central Ukraine and knocked out power supply in three villages, while battlefield reports said Ukrainian forces had repelled Russian attacks in frontline sectors in the east and northeast. The fire at the Kremenchuk refinery, which Moscow . . . READ MORE . . .
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2 more killed as Russian artillery keeps on battering southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, by Hanna Arhirova | AP KYIV — Russian shelling killed an 81-year-old woman in the yard of her home and a 60-year-old man in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region today, local authorities said. The deaths were the latest civilian casualties in Moscow’s recent ramped-up bombardment of the front-line area. Unconfirmed reports say attacking Ukrainian troops have gained a foothold on the Russian-held side of the Dnieper River during . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces destroy Ukrainian Su-27 warplane at airfield in Poltava Region. From Tass. MOSCOW, November 2. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jet at the Mirgorod airfield in the Poltava Region over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today. In addition, Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian Bukovel electronic warfare station near . . . READ MORE . . .
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Kremlin denies ‘stalemate’ in Ukraine conflict. From AFP. MOSCOW — The Kremlin today denied a claim from Kyiv’s most senior military official that the nearly two-year conflict in Ukraine had reached a stalemate. “No, it has not reached a deadlock,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “Russia is steadily . . . READ MORE . . .
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Neocon regime change in Gaza will complicate ‘two-state solution’, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline In a powerful speech at a meeting on Monday with members of the Security Council and Government and the heads of security agencies, Russian President Vladimir Putin called out the U.S. and its satellites as “the main beneficiaries of global instability . . . [who] are behind the tragedy of the Palestinians, the massacre in the Middle East in general, the conflict in Ukrain . . . channelling financial resources, including to Ukraine and the Middle East, and fuelling hatred in Ukraine and the Middle East.” READ MORE . . .