Ukraine, 5-23-25

For today, links to six reports: from Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others or at least headline are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 5-21-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, WEST BANKYEMEN, and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE, HEREHERE and  HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM

   

Ukrainian drones cripple key Russian plant powering missiles, drones, and war tech, by Alisa Orlova | Kyiv Post  Ukrainian drones struck a major Russian weapons plant overnight in the city of Yelets, setting off a large fire and halting operations at a facility critical to Moscow’s military supply chain, local officials and Ukrainian sources confirmed today. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.

   

Ukrainian official says major prisoner swap with Russia is underway, by  Samya Kullab and Hanna Arhirova | AP  CHERNIHIV REGION, Ukraine — An exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine from their 3-year-old war was underway Friday, a senior Ukrainian official said, in one of the few signs of progress in international efforts to halt the fighting. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

   

FROM MAY 22  Ex-army chief says Ukraine cannot hope for ‘miracle’ to restore 1991 borders, by Anastasiia Malenko | Reuters  KYIV — The former head of Ukraine’s armed forces, Valery Zaluzhnyi, said in a speech that Ukraine should not dream of restoring either its borders established with the 1991 collapse of Soviet rule or the frontiers just before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. READ MORE . . .

   

FROM MAY 22  No new direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks are scheduled, Kremlin says. From AP. Russia and Ukraine have no direct peace talks scheduled, the Kremlin said Thursday, nearly a week after their first face-to-face session since shortly after Moscow’s invasion in 2022 and days after U.S. President Donald Trump said they would start ceasefire negotiations “immediately.” READ MORE . . .

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