For today, links to four reports: from the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE. The two most recent 9/11 TRUTH entries, for Dec. 24 and Dec. 26,  are HERE and HERE.) — MCM   

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Ukraine working to extend basic training to 2 months, Syrskyi says, by Tim Zadorozhnyy | The Kyiv Independent  Ukraine’s military leadership plans to extend basic military training to two months to enhance the preparedness and safety of soldiers, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced today. READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian HIMARS attack blasts Russian mobile HQ. From Kyiv Post. Ukrainian operational planners have hit a Russian tactical headquarters with at least two High Mobility Artillery Rocket System precision-guided missiles – one loaded with cluster munitions – and then deployed swarms of first-person view kamikaze drones that hunted down survivors, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence said on Monday. READ MORE . . .

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FROM DEC. 26  Russia arrests 4 suspects accused of plotting to kill top military officers on Ukraine’s orders. From AP. MOSCOW — Russia’s top security agency said Thursday that it has arrested several suspects accused of involvement in an alleged Ukrainian plot to assassinate senior military officers, an announcement that follows the killing of a top Russian general last week. The Federal Security Service . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.