For today, links to nine reports: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, Reuters, the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, the Moscow Times, and Tass, and to commentary from Reuters, other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.)— MCM
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NEWER Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Kyiv troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha, by Samya Kullab and Johm Gambrell | AP KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today that Kyiv troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha in the Kursk region in their incursion into Russian territory. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 14 Ukraine attacks a second region in Western Russia, prompting a state of emergency. Reported by Greg Myre | NPR Ukrainian forces attack a second border region in western Russia, where the governor declares a state of emergency. Ukraine also targets air bases in at least a half-dozen regions. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Ukraine reports heavy fighting on eastern front after Russia incursion. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine said there was no sign Russian military pressure was receding along the eastern front inside its borders today, more than a week after its incursion into Russia, and reported the heaviest fighting in weeks near Pokrovsk. READ MORE . . .
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Russian commander says Ukraine’s forces pushing along the border front, by Guy Faulconbridge and Maxim Rodionov | Reuters MOSCOW — A senior Russian commander said today that Ukrainian forces had been pushed out of one village in Russia’s border region but that Kyiv’s forces were still probing along the front more than nine days since the lightning incursion into Russia. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine captures over 100 Russian troops in largest single operation in Kursk, by Kateryna Zakharchenko | Kyiv Post Ukraine’s Security Service special forces captured 102 Russian soldiers on Wednesday in the Kursk region of Russia, which currently marks the largest single capture of enemy troops and . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Ukrainian drone attack damages 2 hangars, satellite images show, as fighting in Russia grinds on, by Samya Kullab and Johm Gambrell | AP KYIV — A Ukrainian drone attack on Russian air bases damaged at least two hangars and other areas, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press today show. Images taken Wednesday . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 14 Russia’s use of inexperienced conscripts for Kursk defense raises questions. From the Moscow Times. Russian soldier Yaroslav Tipusyak spent his 19th birthday as a prisoner of war in Ukraine — just a day after he was captured by Kyiv’s forces in Russia’s Kursk region last week. He . . . READ MORE . . .
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NATO invades Russia in Kursk Region, ex-U.S. intel officer says. From Tass. NEW YORK — NATO has invaded Russia, Scott Ritter, a former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer and UN weapons inspector, said, commenting on the situation in the borderline Kursk Region. “What happened in Kursk . . . READ MORE . . .
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NEWER Ukraine’s Russia incursion racks up gains, but risks loom, by Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk | Reuters KYIV — Ukraine has chalked up a string of victories more than a week since blindsiding Russia with a lightning cross-border assault, but the risks are piling up as its troops make plans to hold territory and Russia recovers its footing. READ MORE . . .