Links to reports from the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, and the Cradle; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s IRAN, GAZA, ALL OF IT and LEBANON, and down for UKRAINE 8-9-26.) — MCM

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Ukrainian drone attack on an oil hub deep inside of Russia kills 13, officials say. From AP. Ukraine attacked the petroleum hub of Nizhnekamsk in central Russia’s Tatarstan region today, killing 13 people and injuring 78 others, local authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in the 4-year-old war. READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine reportedly strikes Russia’s largest petrochemical plant in western Siberia. From the Moscow Times. Ukrainian drones have attacked a facility in western Siberia’s Tyumen region, local authorities said this afternoon, with independent media reporting that Russia’s largest petrochemical plant was struck. READ MORE . . .

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EU scrambles to supply Ukraine with missile interceptors as western arsenal runs dry. From the Cradle. EU governments are scrambling to send Patriot interceptors to Kiev before an expected Russian winter offensive, but the largest donors say their stocks have fallen “too low” to give more without leaving themselves exposed, POLITICO reported on 10 August. From the Cradle. EU governments are scrambling to send Patriot interceptors to Kiev before an expected Russian winter offensive, but the largest donors say their stocks have fallen “too low” to give more without leaving themselves exposed, Politico reported on Monday. READ MORE . . .

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