For today, links to eight reports: from Kyiv Post, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, Reuters, Anadolu Ajansi, NBC News, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (UKRAINE 8-22-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA entry for this date is HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM
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Ukrainian drones slam railway nodes in ongoing campaign to disrupt Russian logistics and holidays. From the Kyiv Post. Russian sources confirmed that overnight Ukrainian drones struck two railway infrastructure facilities in southern Russia, in the Rostov and Volgograd Oblasts. READ MORE . . .
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Russia strikes Ukrainian defense industry enterprise, temporary military deployment points. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian armed forces have struck a Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprise and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said today in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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China ready to send peacekeeping troops to Ukraine, German media reports. From the Kyiv Independent. China has signalled to EU diplomats that it is prepared to send peacekeeping forces to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire, German media outlet Welt reported, citing anonymous EU sources. READ MORE . . .
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With no Ukraine peace deal, Trump again threatens Russia sanctions. From Reuters. WASHINGTON / KYIV — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia if there is no progress towards a peaceful settlement in Ukraine in two weeks, showing frustration at Moscow a week after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Anadolu Ajansi.
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FROM AUG. 22 Trump makes it clear Kiev needs to make deal largely on Russia’s terms — NBC. From Tass. NEW YORK — U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear to Kiev that in order to achieve a truce Ukraine should make a deal largely on Russia’s terms, NBC News reported, citing an anonymous source in the White House. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from NBC News.
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FROM AUG. 22 Lavrov says ‘no meeting planned’ between Putin and Zelensky. From the Moscow Times. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that there are no current plans for a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent suggestion that such talks were imminent. READ MORE . . .
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