For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Associated Press, and Tass; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 11-5-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.  MEDIA, LEBANON, WEST BANK, GAZA and SYRIA entries are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Ukraine says more than 1,400 Africans from dozens of countries fighting for Russia. From Reuters. KYIV — More than 1,400 citizens from three dozen African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Kyiv’s foreign minister said today. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine’s special ops hit oil depots and fuel trains in occupied Crimea: military, by Alisa Orlova | Kyiv Post  The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out overnight drone strikes on several oil depots and fuel storage sites in Russian-occupied Crimea, hitting key logistics hubs and setting off large fires, the military said Wednesday. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.

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FROM NOV. 6  U.S. urges Europe to move faster to phase out Russian gas, expand pipeline networks to Ukraine, by Derek Gatopoulos and Theodora Tongas | AP  ATHENS — Senior U.S. officials urged European allies Thursday to speed up the phasing out of Russian gas by expanding regional pipeline networks and boosting American liquefied natural gas imports across Europe. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for AP report in Spanish.

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Efforts toward resolving Ukraine conflict stalled amid Kiev’s reluctance — Kremlin. From Tass. MOSCOW — Efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict have been on a pause amid Kiev’s reluctance to follow the political and diplomatic path and provocative European moves, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “The main thing . . .  READ MORE . . .

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Russia stripped captured Ukrainian warship Kostyantyn Olshansky to the bone, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post  In Sevastopol, Russian forces have looted the large Ukrainian Navy landing ship Kostyantyn Olshansky, captured during the 2014 occupation of Crimea. READ MORE . . .

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