First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Tass, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. Then a link to a report from Sunday’s New York Times. — MCM
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Nighttime drone attack hits Kyiv as Putin heads to Belarus, by Hanna Arhirova and Vasilisa Stepanenko | AP KYIV — Explosive drones attacked Ukraine’s capital before dawn today, local authorities reported, as Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to visit ally Belarus. The attack came three days after what Ukrainian officials described as one of Russia’s biggest assaults on Kyiv since the war started and as Moscow presses on with its effort to torment Ukraine from the air amid a broad battlefield stalemate. Russia launched . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian ‘kamikaze’ drones hit Kyiv, Putin arrives in ally Belarus, by Tom Balmforth and Valentyn Ogirenko | Reuters * Ukraine shoots down 30 drones * Putin arrives in Belarus to meet ally Lukashenko * Russian troops in Belarus to conduct exercises – Interfax * China and Russia to hold annual naval drills | KYIV — Moscow launched a “kamikaze” drone attack today, hitting key infrastructure in and around Kyiv, hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Belarus, fuelling fears he will pressure his ally to join a new . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine warns Russia is preparing for a major ground offensive this winter. A Martínez of NPR talks with retired Marine Col. Mark Cancian, senior adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about a possible major Russian ground offensive in Ukraine. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Russian air defenses intercept six HIMARS, Uragan rockets in Ukraine operation – top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defense forces shot down eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and intercepted six HIMARS and Uragan rockets in the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said today. “In the past 24 hours, air defense . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian Jailed 12 Years in Crimea for Sharing Naval Info With Ukraine. From the Moscow Times. A court in Moscow-annexed Crimea has sentenced a Russian citizen to 12 years in prison on charges of sharing details about the Russian Navy with Ukrainian intelligence prior to the invasion of Ukraine, Russian security services announced today. Yevgeny Petrushin collected and transmitted information . . . READ MORE . . .
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This isn’t war. It’s the destruction of the Russian people by their own commanders, by Michael Schwartz, Anton Troianovski, Yousur Al-Hlou, Masha Froliak, Adam Entous, and Thomas Gibbons-Heff | The New York Times They never had a chance. Fumbling through cratered farms, the troops from Russia’s 155th Naval Infantry Brigade had no maps, medical kits or working walk-in-talkies, they said. Just a few weeks earlier they had been factory workers and truck drivers, watching an endless showcase of Russian victories at home on state television before . . . READ MORE . . .
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