First, links to reports from the Associated Press, Reuters, Tass, the Kyiv Post, Agence France-Presse, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Russia hits Ukrainian grain depots again as a foreign ship tries out Kyiv’s new Black Sea corridor, by Hanna Arhirova and Susie Blann | AP KYIV — Russia pounded grain terminals in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region today, local officials said, hitting storage facilities and ports along the Danube River that Kyiv has increasingly used for grain transport to Europe after Moscow broke off a key wartime export deal through the Black Sea. At the same time, a loaded container ship stuck at the port of Odesa since Russia’s full-scale invasion more than 17 months ago set sail and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine retakes southeast village of Urozhaine from Russian forces. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Urozhaine from Russian troops in the southeast and dug in on its outskirts, Kyiv’s deputy defence minister said today. The village in Donetsk region is part of a cluster of small rural . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s military loses several hundred troops in Urozhainoye, says DPR official. From Tass. DONETSK — The Ukrainian military lost several hundred troops “in slightly more than two days” in the village of Urozhainoye turned into a pocket of enemy destruction by heavy gunfire, Yan Gagin, adviser to the acting Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) head, said today. “Urozhainoye has become . . . READ MORE . . .
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‘Urozhaine officially liberated,’ by Pete Shmigel | The Kyiv Post SNAPSHOT: Urozhaine recaptured. Grinding Ukrainian gains at Robotyne (western Zaporizhzhia region, southern front) and Dibrova (Luhansk region, northern front). Elite air-assault unit deployed in south. Reports of pontoons across the Dnipro. ANALYSIS: The 2,000-person 82nd Air Assault Brigade, which is stacked with Marder and Stryker fighting vehicles and Challenger 2 tanks . . . READ MORE . . .
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Three drones downed in central Russia’s Kaluga region. From AFP. Russia’s Defense Ministry said today it shot down three Ukrainian drones in the central Kaluga region a few hundred kilometers southwest of Moscow, the latest in a surge of air attacks deep inside Russia. Ukraine launched the attack at 5 a.m. using “three unmanned aerial vehicles against buildings in . . . READ MORE . . .
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One killed by Ukrainian shelling in Russian border region: governor. From AFP. Ukrainian shelling today killed one and injured four people in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, the governor said, targeting a region that has been hit by repeated Ukrainian strikes. “The village of Gorkovsky in the Graivoron district came under fire from . . . READ MORE . . .
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Governor: Russian strikes against Kherson Oblast injure 5, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent Russian strikes against Kherson and two other settlements in Kherson Oblast today injured five residents. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported. The attacks targeted . . . READ MORE . . .
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