For today, links to 10 reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, the Anadolu Agency, Tass, and National Public Radio, and to commentary from ScheerPost; other articles are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine conducts drone attack on Russian airbase in Volgograd region, source says. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukraine conducted a drone attack on Russia’s Marinovka military airfield in the southern Russian region of Volgograd, striking a storage site for fuel and glide bombs, a security source in Kyiv said today. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from AP and the Moscow Times.
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Ukraine captures new settlement in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, Zelensky says while visiting border, by Martin Fornusek | The Kyiv Independent Ukraine captured another Russian settlement in Kursk Oblast, as well as Russian prisoners of war, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 22 while visiting the border areas in Sumy Oblast. READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from AFP and the Anadolu Agency.
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Russian forces destroy U.S.-made Abrams tank in borderline Kursk area — commander. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian forces destroyed a U.S.-made Abrams tank of the Ukrainian army in the borderline Kursk Region, Deputy Head of the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Military-Political Department, Akhmat Special Forces Commander Maj. Gen. Apty Alaudinov said today. READ MORE . . .
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs frozen Russian assets for ‘real defense assistance,’ Burç Eruygur | Anadolu Agency ISTANBUL — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday his country needs the Russian assets confiscated in the West for “real defense assistance.” In June, leaders of the Group of Seven agreed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on eastern front, commanders say, by Samya Kullab | AP KYIV — While Ukraine presses on with its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, its troops are still losing precious ground along the country’s eastern front — a grim erosion that military commanders blame in part . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 21 On a river between Ukraine and the EU, border guards search for draft evaders. Reported by Joanna Kakissis and Hanna Palamarenko | NPR The Ukrainian military is managing troop shortages through the mass conscription of men ages 25-60. Though draft-age men are banned from leaving the country . . . Click HERE to listen and read.
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Zelensky’s misadventures in Kursk, by Patrick Lawrence | Original to ScheerPost It has been three weeks since ground units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed into the Kursk province in southwestern Russia, surprising — or maybe not surprising — the U.S. and its clients in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Two days later . . . READ MORE . . .