For today, links to seven reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, the Kyiv Post, Tass, and the Moscow Times, and to commentary from the Kyiv Independent; 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’s Zelenskiy says he would support India hosting second summit on peace. From Reuters. KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says negotiations are ongoing with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Switzerland regarding the second summit on peace and that he has told India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would support India hosting that summit. READ MORE . . .
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5 people die in shelling of a Russian border region while Russian fire hits a hotel with reporters. From AP. KYIV Five people died in Ukrainian shelling in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, officials said today, while Russian forces struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine, leaving one journalist missing and two others injured. Twelve other people were wounded in the Russian village of Rakitone, 38 kilometers . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Kyiv Post.
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Russian air defenses down eight HIMARS rockets, 41 Ukrainian drones in past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defenses downed 41 unmanned aerial vehicles and eight HIMARS rockets in the past day, the Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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FROM AUG. 24 Zelenskiy touts new ‘drone missile’, calls Putin ‘sick old man’, by Tom Balmforth and Olena Harmash | Reuters KYIV— President Volodymyr Zelenskiy touted a newly developed Ukrainian “drone missile” on Saturday that he said would take the war back to Russia and scornfully derided Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a “sick old man from Red Square”. As Ukraine marked 33 years . . . READ MORE . . .
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In battlefield Kursk Region, civilians feel forgotten By their own country. From the Moscow Times. As Kyiv’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region continues for a third week, civilians on the ground are voicing growing anger toward Ukraine, fellow Russians and their own government, which they feel has abandoned . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s strategic play to shift the balance while undermining Russian morale, by Dinara Khalilova | The Kyiv Independent Ukraine’s ongoing operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, a bold incursion launched nearly three weeks ago that surprised Moscow and the world alike, has already . . . READ MORE . . .