For today, links to six reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, the Kyiv Post, the Moscow Times. and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) —  MCM

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FROM JUNE 30  Russia attacks Ukraine’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv. From Reuters. Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s two largest cities on Sunday, with missile fragments falling on a suburban Kyiv apartment building and a guided bomb killing one person in Kharkiv. Russian forces have maintained regular attacks on Ukrainian cities as well as . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP, and HERE and HERE for reports from the Kyiv Independent and Kyiv Post.

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Russia border regions report power cuts after Ukraine attacks. From the Moscow Times. Officials in Russian regions bordering Ukraine reported power cuts and water supply issues on Monday after deadly drone attacks by Kyiv. The attacks and shelling on the border region of Belgorod over the past day . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian troops liberate two communities in Kharkov region, DPR, over past day — top brass. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian troops liberated the settlements of Stepovaya Novosyolovka in the Kharkov Region and Novopokrovskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said today in a broader report. READ MORE . . .