For today, links to seven reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Kyiv Independent, Tass, the Moscow Times, and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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A massive fire rages for a third day at a Russian oil depot targeted in a Ukrainian drone attack, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Russian authorities struggled today to put out a massive fire in the southern Rostov region for a third consecutive day after an oil depot was hit by Ukrainian drones as Ukrainian forces push into Russia’s Kursk region. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 19 Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia’s army bears down on the key eastern Ukraine city, by Alex Babenko | AP POKROVSK, Ukraine — Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine air defences down 3 missiles, 25 drones fired by Russia, Ukrainian air force says. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine’s air defences shot down three missiles and 25 drones fired by Russia in an overnight attack today, the Ukrainian air force said. READ MORE . . .
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Russia preparing new attacks in Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast, military says, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent Russia has increased aerial reconnaissance and is preparing new assault operations in Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine’s Kharkiv group of forces said today. Vovchansk is an embattled town some 60 kilometers . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s steady advance in DPR indicates weakness of Kiev’s strategy — WaPo. From Tass. WASHINGTON, August 20. /TASS/. The advance of Russian troops in DPR indicates potential miscalculations in the Kiev’s strategy in the Kursk Region, The Washington Post said. The newspaper notes, citing experts, that . . . READ MORE . . .
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17 killed, 140 injured since Ukraine launched border incursion – Tass. From the Moscow Times. At least 17 people have died in southwestern Russia’s Kursk region in the two weeks since Ukrainian forceS stormed across the border, the state-run news agency TASS reported Tuesday, citing unnamed medical personnel. “The latest figures . . . READ MORE . . .
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My time in the Ukrainian-occupied Kursk Region of Russia, by Jason Jay Smart | Kyiv Post Due to the noise, chatting in the back of an American-made Humvee of the Ukrainian military as it rolled into Russia was challenging. But the ride still proved to be informative. As hundreds of Ukrainian military vehicles fly back and forth on . . . READ MORE . . .