For now, links to reports from the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Kyiv Post, and the Kyiv Independent; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 6-27-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and IRAN entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Russian drones kill 2 and injure 17 in Odesa as Ukraine destroys helicopters in Crimea. From AP. KYIV —Russian drones struck the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 17, Ukrainian authorities said today. Meanwhile, three attack helicopters and an anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed in the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from AFP,  Reuters, Kyiv Post and the Kyiv Independent.

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FROM JUNE 27  Putin says Russia and Ukraine nowhere close on peace terms. From AFP. President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russian and Ukrainian demands for peace remain “absolutely contradictory,” as recent talks failed to bring the two sides closer to a ceasefire. READ MORE . . .

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