For today, links to eight reports: from the Kyiv Independent, the Daily Telegraph, Tass, Reuters, the Associated Press, and Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (GAZA, ELECTION and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE.)— MCM
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Trump’s peace plan may include deploying European troops to buffer zone in Ukraine, Telegraph reports. From the Kyiv Independent. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may call on British and European troops to enforce a buffer zone that he would try to impose over the current front line in Ukraine, the Telegraph reported Thursday, citing three Trump staffers. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Thursday report from the Daily Telegraph.
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Ukraine loses over 300 troops in borderline Kursk area over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 300 servicemen in the borderline Kursk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said today. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian drones hit Russian weapons factory, Kyiv source says. From Reuters. Ukrainian drones struck a munitions factory in central Russia in an overnight attack, a source in Ukraine’s SBU Security Service said today. READ MORE . . .
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Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa kills one, injures 13, governor says. From Reuters. KYIV — Russian drones attacked Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa overnight, killing one person and injuring 13 others, including two boys, regional governor Oleh Kiper said today. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian drones hit chemical plant in Russia’s Tula Oblast, sources say. From the Kyiv Independent. Ukrainian drones have struck the Aleksinsky chemical plant, which produces gunpowder and ammunition for the Russian military, in Russia’s Tula Oblast, sources at the Security Service of Ukraine said today. READ MORE . . .
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SBI investigating F-16 crash that killed pilot Oleksii Mes. From Kyiv Post. Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation is reportedly beginning a pretrial investigation into the crash of a newly received F-16 fighter jet — which resulted in the death of Ukrainian Air Force pilot Oleksii Mes. READ MORE . . .
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Trump put Elon Musk on phone with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy during congratulatory call, official says, by Hanna Arhirova, Adriana Gomez Licon and Zeke Miller | AP KYIV — President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president, according to a Ukrainian official . . . READ MORE . . .