For today, links to six reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, and Tass; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE 6-30-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA, SYRIA, LEBANON, MEDIA and IRAN entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Three dead, 35 injured in Ukrainian strike on factory in Russia’s Izhevsk, governor says. From Reuters. The drone strike was in the Russian city of Izhevsk. Regional governor Alexander Brechalov did not name the targeted facility, but a Ukrainian security official said earlier that at least two long-range drones struck the Kupol plant, which manufactures drones and air defenсe systems, and . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from AP.

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Russian military, industrial sites allegedly targeted in Ukrainian strikes on occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, by Volodymyr Ivanyshyn | The Kyiv Independent  Ukrainian forces reportedly struck a Russian logistics hub and an oil depot in Russian-occupied Luhansk and a military base in occupied Donetsk on Monday and today, with fires breaking out in the two cities. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.

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Kremlin resolutely condemns Kiev regime’s strikes on Russian peaceful cities. From Tass. MOSCOW — Ukrainian strikes on Russian peaceful cities continue and the Kremlin resolutely condemns them, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today regarding attacks in Donetsk on Monday by Ukrainian troops and in Luhansk today with drones. READ MORE . . .

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Russia takes full control of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, Russian-backed official says. From Reuters. “The territory of the Luhansk People’s Republic is fully liberated – 100%,” Leonid Pasechnik, a Russian-installed official cast by Moscow as the region’s head, told Russian state television. READ MORE . . .

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