For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Moscow Times, the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, and Tass; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 7-10-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  WEST BANK and GAZA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM

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Russian drones strike Ukraine’s 2nd-largest city, damaging a maternity hospital, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — A Russian drone barrage targeted the center of Kharkiv today, injuring nine people and damaging a maternity hospital in Ukraine’s second-largest city, officials said. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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By day, the Ukrainian capital is alive and humming. By night, it’s a battleground, by Hanna Arhirova, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — By day, the Ukrainian capital hums with life — crowded metros, dog walkers and children on playgrounds. By night . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukrainian attacks on western Russia kill at least 3. From the Moscow Times. Russian air defense systems destroyed 155 Ukrainian drones in an overnight barrage, the Defense Ministry said Friday, as regional officials reported at least three people killed in attacks. READ MORE . . .   Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent and Kyiv Post.

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Trump’s envoy Kellogg to visit Ukraine on July 14, by Martin Fornusek and news desk | The Kyiv Independent  U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg will arrive in Kyiv on July 14 for a week-long visit, he told a Novyny Live journalist at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome. His previous visit to the Ukrainian capital . . . READ MORE . . .

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Lavrov reflects on Rubio meeting, European militarization, provocations targeting DPRK. From Tass. KUALA LUMPUR — Tass has compiled key highlights from statements by Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov at a press conference following a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Kuala Lumpur — including his talks with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. READ MORE . . .

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