For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Anadolu Agency, Agence France-Presse, the Kyiv Independent, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN, YEMEN and GAZA entries for this date are HERE, HERE, and HERE, or scroll down.  UKRAINE 4-5-25 is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 19. From AP. KYIV — One person was killed today as Russian air strikes hit the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, while the death toll from Friday’s deadly attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih continued to rise. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, Anadolu Agency and the Kyiv Independent.  

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Zelensky says attacks ‘increasing’ as 2 killed in missile and drone strikes, talks next week. From AFP. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Moscow is increasing its aerial bombardment after Russia mounted a “massive” missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight, killing two people and wounding at least seven. READ MORE . . .

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Russian missile strike destroys Ukrainian channel Freedom TV’s newsroom in Kyiv. From the Kyiv Independent. The channel said the attack destroyed the newsroom of the Ukrainian television channel Freedom TV in Kyiv overnight but no employees were hurt, adding that three top floors of an office building where international broadcasting channels were located were “destroyed” and the lower floors . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian army liberates Basovka in Sumy Region — top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Over the past day units of the Russian army’s Battlegroup North liberated Basovka in the Sumy Region and defeated several Ukrainian units in the Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .

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Russia strikes Ukraine’s central arms artillery base, defense enterprises — top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian military struck at night Ukraine’s central artillery arms base and defense industry enterprises engaged in the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, the Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .

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Russian envoy says next Russia-U.S. contact could be ‘next week.’ From AFP. The Kremlin’s international economy envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said today that the next contact between Russia and the United States could happen “already next week,” TASS reported. Dmitriev visited Washington last week. READ MORE . . .

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