For today, links to 14 reports: from Reuters, the Moscow Times, the Kyiv Independent, the Associated Press, Agence France-Press, and National Public Radio; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names and initials below. (UKRAINE 8-17-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA entry for this date is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Trump tells Ukraine to give up on NATO and Crimea ahead of Zelenskyy meeting. From Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukraine to give up hopes of getting back annexed Crimea or joining NATO as he prepared to host President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders in Washington today to press Kyiv into accepting a peace deal with Russia. READ MORE . . .
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Russian drones slam into Kharkiv apartment block, killing 7 Ukrainians. From the Moscow Times. A Russian drone attack on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv early today killed seven people and wounded more than a dozen others, Ukrainian authorities said. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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Zelenskyy brings Europe’s top leaders with him to meet Trump on ending war, by Josh Boak and Samya Kullab | AP WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting today at the White House as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings with him an extraordinary cadre of European leaders to show . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for additional AP report and for Aug. 17 report from AFP.
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Trump to meet Zelenskyy with 2 big issues in focus: security guarantees and land. Reported by Franco Ordoñez | NPR WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump is hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Monday — and an unusually long list of European leaders will join them. Click HERE to read and, later, listen, and HERE for second NPR report.
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FROM AUG. 17 Russia, Ukraine launch drones before Zelensky-Trump summit. From AFP. Kyiv and Moscow launched attack drones at each other on Sunday. Fighting has continued to rage amid a flurry of diplomatic moves to end Moscow’s invasion. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 17 European leaders to join Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for meeting with Trump, by Samya Kullab and John Leicester | AP KYIV — European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington to present a united front in talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine and . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from NPR.
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FROM AUG. 17 NATO-like protection in focus for Trump meeting with Ukraine, Europe. From Reuters. WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump could offer NATO-like protection of Ukraine, and Russia is open to the idea, one of his top foreign policy officials said on Sunday ahead of a meeting with Ukraine and European leaders to hammer out details of possible . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 17 Trump runs into the difficulty of Putin diplomacy and ending a long war, by Jill Colvin and Emma Burrows | AP NEW YORK — President Donald Trump walked into a summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressing for a ceasefire deal and threatening “severe consequences” and tough new sanctions if the Kremlin leader failed to agree to halt the fighting in Ukraine. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 16 Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit, by Chiara Eisner | NPR Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details about that day’s meetings between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir V. Putin in Anchorage. READ MORE . . .
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