For today, links to five reports from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Independent, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. (GAZA, WEST BANK and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE and HERE. UKRAINE 2-2-25 entry is HERE.) — MCM
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FROM FEB. 2 Russia and Ukraine trade blame over an attack on a boarding school in Russia’s Kursk region. From AP. KYIV — Competing claims emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia’s Kursk region that has been under Ukrainian control for five months, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of carrying out the strike. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from AFP and the Kyiv Independent.
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FROM FEB. 2 Both Ukraine, Russia must ‘give a little’: Trump envoy. From AFP, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy said Sunday that both Kyiv and Moscow would have to make concessions if they are to successfully negotiate a solution to the ongoing war. Keith Kellogg, a retired lieutenant general . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM FEB. 2 Ukraine says U.S. push for truce, elections is ‘failed plan’ unless it consists of more, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters KYIV — An aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday a U.S. call for Ukraine to hold an election after agreeing a ceasefire with Russia looked like a “failed plan” if that is all it consists of, though more details were needed. READ MORE . . .