For now, links to reports from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (The GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Russia attacking Avdiivka ‘from all directions,’ says Kyiv. From AFP. A third wave of Russian forces is attacking the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka and systematically shelling the center of the industrial hub, its Ukrainian head said today. The nearly-encircled town near the Russian-held regional stronghold of Donetsk . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine aims a major drone attack at Crimea as Russia tries to capture a destroyed eastern city, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Ukraine launched one of the biggest drone attacks on the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula since the full-scale war that started with Russia’s invasion 21 months ago, Russian officials said today. At the same time, Ukrainian officials reported that the Kremlin’s forces escalated their weekslong and costly . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia planning ‘war crime,’ will deport Ukrainians without Kremlin passports from occupied territories on Jan.1, by Kateryna Zakharchenko | Kyiv Post Kremlin authorities are reportedly planning to deport all Ukrainians in occupied areas of the country who have not taken Russian citizenship on Jan. 1, declaring them “foreigners” in what experts have said will constitute a “war crime.” According to Ivan Fedorov, the head of occupied Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainians will need . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia shells 8 communities in Sumy Oblast, by Olena Goncharova | The Kyiv Independent Russian forces shelled eight communities in Sumy Oblast on Nov. 23, firing 18 times over the course of the day, the Sumy Oblast military administration reported. The Russian military targeted Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, Myropillia, Khotin, Yunakivka, Velyka Pysarivka, Shalyhyne, and Znob-Novhorodske. No casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian troops shell DPR 26 times in past day, one injured. From Tass. DONETSK — The armed forces of Ukraine carried out 26 shelling attacks on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic on Thursday, injuring one civilian, the DPR mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukrainian war crimes said early on Friday. “Over the past 24 hours . . . READ MORE . . .
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