For today, links to six reports: from the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, Reuters, Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, and Tass; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 11-2-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  LEBANON, WEST BANK and GAZA entries for today are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Ukraine says it halted Russian advance north of Pokrovsk, by Jared Goyette | The Kyiv Independent  Ukrainian forces said today they stopped a Russian attempt to advance north of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in Donetsk Oblast, which is semi-circled by Russian forces and the site of . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian drones strike Saratov oil refinery. The Moscow Times.  Ukrainian drones struck the Saratov Oil Refinery in southern Russia’s Saratov overnight, Ukraine’s General Staff said today. The refinery, which . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russia says its forces advance in Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. From Reuters. Russia said today its troops had advanced in the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub that Moscow’s forces have been seeking to capture for well over a year. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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Ukraine gets more U.S.-made air defense systems to counter deadly Russian attacks, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Ukraine has received more American-made Patriot air defense systems to help it counter Russia’s daily barrages, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Russian drones killed a man and injured five of his family members, including two children, in the latest nighttime attack. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP story in Spanish.

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Belgium, Italy, France against transferring Russian assets to Kiev — newspaper. From Tass. ROME — Italy and France, alongside Belgium, oppose the transfer of revenues from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine as part of a reparations loan, Corriere della Sera reported. READ MORE . . .

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