NOTE: This date’s entries are fewer and shorter than usual — but not because of a snoozy summer, which this one is anything but. My apologies for visitors who like entries longer and earlier. Scroll further down for links to an assortment of other news and commentary sources. 

For today, links to two reports from the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (UKRAINE 7-21-25 is HERE or scroll down. KING, MEDIA and GAZA entries for this date, so far, are HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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NEWER  Zelenskyy renews offer to meet with Putin as officials say Russian attacks kill a child in Ukraine, by Illia Novikov | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy today renewed his offer to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of progress were low as delegations prepared to hold another round of talks. Russian forces, meanwhile . . . READ MORE . . .

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Swarms of Russian drones attack Ukraine nightly as Moscow puts new emphasis on the deadly weapon. From AP. Russia now often batters Ukraine with more drones in a single night than it did during some entire months in 2024, and analysts say the barrages are likely to escalate. Some experts say . . . READ MORE . . .

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