For today, links to eleven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, Anadolu Agency, National Public Radio, and Agence France-Presse, and an to interview from NPR; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 6-1-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA, IRAN, WEST BANK and LEBANON entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Ukraine and Russia end their latest round of direct peace talks in Istanbul, by Mehmet Guzel | AP ISTANBUL — The latest round of direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine ended today after just over an hour, according to Russian state media and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Speaking in Vilnius, Lithuania, Zelenskyy said a new release of prisoners of war was being prepared. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Tass and Anadolu Agency.
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Ukraine destroys Russian bombers with shocking barrage of drones ahead of peace talks. Reported by Charles Maynes and Joanna Kakissis | NPR MOSCOW / KYIV — Ukraine attacked Russia with a series of drone strikes on military air bases deep in the Russian heartland on Sunday — an operation that appeared timed to influence a new round of Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire talks set to take place in Istanbul today. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for June 1 report from AP.
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FROM JUNE 1 Seven dead, dozens hurt as Russian bridges near Ukraine collapse. From AFP. The overnight collapses of two bridges in Russian regions bordering Ukraine that killed seven people were caused by explosions, Russian officials said Sunday, treating them as “acts of terrorism.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 1 Russia and Ukraine step up the war on eve of peace talks. From Reuters. On the eve of peace talks, Ukraine and Russia sharply ramped up the war with one of the biggest drone battles of their conflict, a Russian highway bridge blown up over a passenger train and an ambitious attack on nuclear-capable bombers deep in Siberia. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 1 Ukrainian proposals for June 2 talks with Russia in Istanbul. From Reuters. KYIV — Reuters has seen the text of the peace proposals that Ukrainian negotiators plan to present to the Russian side at peace talks scheduled to take place on Monday in Istanbul — and publishes the text here in full with no changes. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 1 As Ukraine war drags on, what does Russian President Vladimir Putin want? Reported by Marc Rivers, Scott Detrow and John Ketchum | NPR Angela Stent, professor emeritus at Georgetown University, talks about what motivates Russian President Vladimir Putin as talks to end the war in Ukraine continue. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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