For today, links to nine reports: from Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse, and to commentary from Indian Punchline; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their initials or names below. (UKRAINE 5-25-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and MEDIA entries for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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NEWER Ukraine cleared to strike inside Russia using Western arms, Merz says, by Leo Chiu | Kyiv Post German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today there are no more restrictions on Kyiv using Western long-range weaponry against targets inside Russia — this after Russia launched large-scale aerial strikes across Ukraine three nights in a row. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from the Kyiv Independent and Tass.
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Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine as Trump says Putin has ‘gone crazy,’ by Illia Novikov and Voloymyr Yurchuk | AP KYIV — Russia overnight launched the biggest drone attack on Ukraine in the more than three-year war, a Ukrainian official said today. President Donald Trump said Russian leader Vladimir Putin has gone “crazy” by stepping up the bombing of Ukraine just as . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from NPR.
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Kremlin says it’s still working on draft peace memorandum. From Reuters. The Kremlin said today that “serious” work is underway on a proposed Russian peace plan for the war in Ukraine, but a draft memorandum has not yet been submitted. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 25 Zelensky calls for ‘truly strong pressure’ on Russia to halt strikes. From AFP. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged international leaders Sunday to increase their pressure on Russia, after a second straight night of major air strikes killed 12 people in Ukraine. READ MORE . . .
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Russian troops liberate two communities in Sumy Region over past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated two communities in the Sumy Region over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 25 Inside Ukraine’s last maternity ward in a region surrounded by Russian forces. Reported by Eleanor Beardsley | NPR SLOVIANSK, Ukraine — With Russian forces now occupying two-thirds of this province, the industrial town of Sloviansk has the last working maternity ward in Ukrainian controlled Donetsk. Many residents say . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM MAY 25 Putin succeeds in engaging with Trump, by M.K.. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline If Trump tactfully ensured through the past three-month period that the shift in the tectonic plates got a soft landing at home, in Europe and internationally, Putin’s monumental patience contributed to that effort immeasurably. READ MORE . . .
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