For today, links to six reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, the Kyiv Post, Tass, and the Kyiv Independent; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 4  Ukraine’s Zelenskyy displays newly arrived F-16 fighter jets to combat Russia in the air, by Andrew Meldrum | AP  SOMEWHERE IN UKRAINE — Ukraine’s newly arrived F-16 fighter jets were put on display Sunday by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost the country’s war effort against Russia. “These jets . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and Kyiv Post.

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F-16s received by Kiev to have no impact on Russia’s special op — Chechen commander. From Tass. MOSCOW — The six F-16 fighter jets delivered to Ukraine will have no bearing on the course of Russia’s special military operation in any way, according to Maj. Gen. Apty Alaudinov, deputy chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Military-Political Department and . . . READ MORE . . .

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Ukraine receives $3.9 bln grant from US, prime minister says. From Reuters.  KYIV — Ukraine has received a $3.9 billion grant from the United States via the World Bank, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said today. “This . . . READ MORE . . .

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Russian Su-34 jet destroyed in Ukraine’s strike on Morozovsk airfield, Kyiv says, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent  The Ukrainian military destroyed a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft and an ammunition depot at the Morozovsk airfield in Russia’s Rostov Oblast on Saturday, Ukraine’s military intelligence said today, citing satellite imagery. Prior . . . READ MORE . . .