For today, links to reports from the Moscow Times, the Associated Press, Kyiv Post, Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, Agence France-Presse, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 8-13–25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA and WEST BANK entry for today are HERE and HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM
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Ukrainian drone attacks across southern Russia injure at least 16 people, From the Moscow Times. Authorities said the series of attacks hospitalized 13 people in Rostov-on-Don and three in the city of Belgorod. READ MORE . . .
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Explosions rock Russia’s Volgograd, Lukoil refinery hit overnight, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post A series of drone strikes hit Russia’s Volgograd region early today, igniting a fire at a major oil refinery. The region’s governor said falling drone debris . . . READ MORE . . .
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Top Kremlin aides and ministers to join Putin in Alaska. From the Moscow Times. Russia’s foreign, defense and finance ministers and two senior Kremlin aides will accompany President Vladimir Putin for his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska this week, officials in Moscow said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from the Kyiv Independent and Tass.
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Zelenskyy meets with UK’s Starmer as Europe braces for Trump-Putin summit, by Pan Pylas and AP LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London today in a show of the U.K.’s support for Ukraine a day before a critical U.S.-Russia summit is set to take place in Alaska. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for second AP report, and HERE for one from Kyiv Post.
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FROM AUG. 13 Trump warns of ‘severe consequences’ if Putin does not agree to stop war after summit, by Geir Moulson, Sylvie Corbet, Stefanie Dario and Lorne Cook | AP BERLIN — President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that there will be “very severe consequences” if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week in Alaska. READ MORE . . . Click HERE, HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters, NPR and AFP.
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FROM AUG. 13 Ukrainians want an end to Russia’s war, but remain wary of the Trump-Putin meeting. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR Many Ukrainians want an end to years of war, but are reacting with wariness to President Trump’s upcoming meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Click HERE to listen and read.
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