For today, links to reports from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Post, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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Ukraine’s Donetsk region pounded by up to 2,500 Russian strikes daily — governor, by Max Hunder | Reuters  DONETSK REGION, Ukraine — Russia is firing between 1,500 and 2,500 shells and rockets at Ukraine’s war-ravaged Donetsk region every day and is targeting critical infrastructure to make it harder for people to remain there in winter, its governor told Reuters. The eastern province, 57% of which . . . READ MORE . . .

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Kyiv says ‘neutralized’ Russian spy network. From AFP. Ukraine said today it had arrested five former and current intelligence officers it said were secretly working for Russia as part of an influential spy ring. Kyiv said the men were caught . . . READ MORE . . .

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A third of Russia’s Black Sea fleet out of action, Ukraine claims. From Kyiv Post. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian forces have reportedly rendered about one-third of Russia’s Black Sea Fleetinoperable, according to the Strategic Communications Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the data . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian forces lose up to 290 servicemen, equipment in Donetsk area. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian armed forces wiped out up to 290 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank and two infantry fighting vehicles in the Donetsk area over the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry said in a general briefing. Also . . . READ MORE . . .

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EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell arrives in Kyiv, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent  He was accompanied, on his fourth visit since the outbreak of the full-scale war, by his advisor, Zaki Laidi, who . . . READ MORE . . .