For today, links to nine reports: from Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Tass, and the Floutist via Natylie’s Place; others are accessible by clicking on its name below. Also, a map from WorldAtlas.com; a map from Map-Library.com is HERE. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE. UKRAINE 3-22-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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The Ukrainian army invades the Russian Federation – again, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Ukrainian tank and armored infantry units invading Russia’s western Belgorod Oblast have held a modest but sensitive chunk of Russian Federation territory against Kremlin counterattacks for the past 96 hours, official and independent news sources said today. READ MORE . . .
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Russian missile strike on Sumy injures 74, including 13 children, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent A Russian missile strike that hit the northeastern regional capital of Sumy today injured 74 civilians, including 13 children, according to the Sumy City Council. The acting mayor said the attack was launched against residential areas and infrastructure facilities, including a children’s hospital. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for earlier report from Reuters.
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U.S. holds separate talks with Russians after meeting Ukrainians to discuss a potential ceasefire, by Illia Novikov and Jon Gambrell | AP DUBAI — U.S. negotiators worked on a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine today, meeting with representatives from Russia a day after holding separate talks with the Ukrainian team. Each side . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Ukraine holds ceasefire talks with U.S. officials. Reported by Michel Martin and Eleanor Beardsley | NPR Ukrainian met with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to discuss a possible ceasefire, a day before Russia’s representatives do the same. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Russia says a Ukrainian drone attack damaged another gas distribution station on Saturday. From Reuters. MOSCOW — Ukraine conducted two drone strikes on the Valuika gas distribution station in the Belgorod region on Saturday, damaging equipment there, the Russian Defence Ministry said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Tass.
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FROM JULY 1, 2024 Report from Donbas, Part 2 (Excerpt), by Guy Mettan | The Floutist / Natylies’s Place To destroy the shared past of a people is to go some way toward destroying a people—the coherence and solidity of their identity, their ability to think and act collectively, their collective confidence in themselves, altogether their place in the world. READ MORE . . . NOTE: Part 1, posted on this website, is HERE, or scroll down.
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