For today, links to four reports: from the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, the Associated Press and Reuters, and to commentary from Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE 5-2-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  IRAN, YEMEN, SYRIA and GAZA entries for today’s date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Ukrainian sea drone downs Russian fighter jet in ‘world-first’ strike, intelligence says, by Anna Fratsyvir | The Kyiv Independent  A Russian Su-30 fighter jet was destroyed by a sea drone strike carried out by Ukraine’s military intelligence, marking the first time a sea drone takes down a jet, Ukraine’s military intelligence said today. READ MORE . . .

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Zelensky says won’t play Putin’s ‘games’ with short truce, by Barbara Wojazer | AFP  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as theatrics but said Kyiv was ready for a full ceasefire. READ MORE . . .

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Russian drone attack wounds 47 in Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, by Hanna Arhirova | AP  KYIV — A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, wounded 47 people, officials said, and prompted another appeal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for more decisive support from the country’s allies. READ MORE . . .

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Russia declares state of emergency at port after Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiisk. From Reuters. MOSCOW — The mayor of the Russian port city of Novorossiisk declared a state of emergency today after local authorities said a Ukrainian drone attack had damaged a grain terminal and several residential buildings, injuring five people. READ MORE . . .

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Stop attacking or stop resisting: Which comes first? by Jonathan Sweet and Mark Toth | Kyiv Post  Ceasefire negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have reached a critical impasse. Russia continues its offensive operations, while Ukraine persists in its defensive efforts. READ MORE . . .

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