First, links to eight reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Kyiv Post, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 5-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down. YEMEN, GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.) — MCM
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Zelenskyy visits Berlin as he seeks more support for Ukraine in the war against Russia, by Stafanie Dazio | AP BERLIN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to meet with new German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin today as Ukraine seeks further military support amid a recent escalation in Russia’s bombing campaign,despite U.S.-led efforts to end the war. Germany has been the second-biggest supplier READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Putin’s demands for peace include an end to NATO enlargement, sources say, by Guy Faulconbridge | Reuters MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin’s conditions for ending the war in Ukraine include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging NATO eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia, according to three Russian sources with knowledge of the negotiations. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Kyiv Post and Tass.
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U.S and Russia row in public as Moscow masses 50,000 troops near Ukrainian region. From Reuters. The United States and Russia quarrelled in public today over the intensifying Ukraine war after US President Donald Trump warned that President Vladimir Putin was “playing with fire,” and Moscow massed 50,000 troops near a Ukrainian region. Swarms of drones were being launched by both sides while . . . READ MORE . . .
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Germany to help finance Ukrainian-made long-range systems, b Germany and Ukraine will sign a memorandum on the joint purchase of “long-range fires” made by Ukrainian producers, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced today. Berlin will also help finance . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.
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