For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE 5-24-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK, GAZA, IRAN and SYRIA entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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NEWER   Russia launches war’s largest air attack on Ukraine, by Max Hunder | Reuters  Russian forces launched a barrage of 367 drones and missiles at Ukrainian cities overnight, including the capital Kyiv, in the largest aerial attack of the war so far, killing at least 12 people including three children and injuring dozens more, officials said. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE for reports from the Kyiv Independent, and AP, and HERE for AP photos.

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EU top diplomat calls for ‘strongest’ pressure on Russia over Ukraine. From AFP. The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, today called for “the strongest international pressure” on Russia, after a new night of air strikes on Ukraine killed 12 people. READ MORE . . .

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Russia, Ukraine complete record prisoner swap – Moscow. From the Moscow Times. Russia said today it had exchanged another 303 Ukrainian prisoners of war for the same number of Russian soldiers held by Kyiv — the last phase of the largest-ever such swap between the warring countries. READ MORE . . .

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Russian army creating security zone along border after liberating Kursk Region. From Tass. MOSCOW — The units of Russia’s battlegroup are accomplishing the mission of creation a security zone along the state border of the Russian Federation, according to Battlegroup North spokesman Yaroslav Yakimkin. READ MORE . . .

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