NOTE: The adding of items for today’s entries has been delayed, so a more extensive set has taken extra time. If you have returned: Thank you.
For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, Kyiv Post, the Moscow Times, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (UKRAINE 11-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA, LEBANON and MEDIA entries are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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NEWER Trump’s peace plan ignites diplomatic flurry, but major hurdles lie ahead, by Jill Lawless and Sam McNeil | AP LONDON — The Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen almost four years of failed peace plans, blueprints and high-level summits. A new U.S. push to end the fighting has set off the latest flurry of diplomacy, with American, European, Russian and Ukrainian officials all trying to shape the outcome of Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine also taking part in secret Abu Dhabi talks with U.S. and Russia – Axios, by Alisa Orlova | Kyiv Post A Ukrainian delegation is reportedly taking part in ongoing, low-profile negotiations in Abu Dhabi, where US and Russian officials have been holding high-level discussions, Axios reported today, citing sources. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine agrees to terms of U.S. peace plan – ABC News. From the Moscow Times. Ukraine has agreed with the United States on the terms of a potential deal to end the war, ABC News reported today, citing an unnamed U.S. official who said only “minor details” remain before the plan can be formally presented. READ MORE . . .
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Russian attacks kill at least 7 in Ukraine as talks on peace plan continue, by Isobel Koshiw and Konstantin Toropin | AP KYIV — Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, overnight, with at least seven people killed in strikes that hit city buildings and energy infrastructure. Authorities said a Ukrainian attack on southern Russia killed three people and . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE to listen to NPR report and, later, read it.
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Big Ukraine drone+missile strike operation torches Russian ‘AWACs,’ oil refineries, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post According to a Ukrainian General Staff statement this morning, an ambitious, complex strike operation overnight simultaneously hammered targets hundreds of kilometers apart when dozens of Ukrainian drones and missiles hit and damaged a Russian military airfield, a bomber repair plant, a kamikaze drone factory, a high-tech air defense unit and a pair of oil refineries. READ MORE . . .
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The European Union votes to deepen defense industry ties with Ukraine, by Sam McNeill | AP BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers voted today to deepen integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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What Russia wants from the peace deal with Ukraine. Michel Martin of NPR asks Russia-U.S. relations expert Julia Ioffe what Russia is seeking from a peace deal with Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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FROM NOV. 24 Peace talks in Geneva to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have ended. What’s next? Reported by Eleanor Beardsley and Juana Summers | NPR Ukrainians feel relief after Geneva talks helped soften the U.S.-proposed peace deal seen as siding with Russia. Click HERE to listen and read.
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