For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, Reuters, National Public Radio, and Agence France-Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Russian bombardment targets Kyiv after Ukraine fires U.S.-made missiles across the border, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early today killed at least one person and wounded 12 other people, officials said. Moscow claimed it was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using American-made weapons. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report with photos from the Kyiv Independent, and HERE for photos from Kyiv Post. 

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6 killed in Ukrainian rocket attack on Kursk Region, governor says. From the Moscow Times. At least six people including a child were killed in a Ukrainian rocket attack on a town in southwestern Russia’s Kursk region, Russian authorities said this evening. READ MORE . . .

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Residents of Ukraine’s besieged Povrovsk hunker down as Russia advances, by Vitalii Hnidyi and Dan Peleschuk | Reuters  POKROVSK, Ukraine — Russian troops are advancing at their fastest rate on the battlefield since 2022 against Ukrainian forces, capturing village after village, and are now outside this strategic eastern city. READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainians fighting to stabilize thin defensive lines in the east. Reported by Brian Mann | NPR  Pokrovsk is facing one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are battling to hold the key hub, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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Ukraine says six diplomatic missions damaged by Russian strike on Kyiv. From AFP. Six diplomatic missions to Kyiv were damaged today in a Russian missile attack on the centre of the Ukrainian capital, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said — those of Albania, Argentina, North Macedonia, Palestine, Portugal and Montenegra. Lisbon said all were in the same building. READ MORE . . .

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