For now, links to five reports: from Tass, the Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 8-7-25 is HERE, or scroll down. GAZA entry for today, so far, is HERE, or scroll up.) — MCM
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Putin-Trump meeting may take place on Aug. 11 — Fox News. From Tass. NEW YORK / MOSCOW — A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Donald Trump may be held on Aug. 11, potentially in Rome, Fox News reported citing sources. A source told TASS Rome as a venue was out of the question. READ MORE . . .
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‘It’s up to him’ — Trump says ceasefire deadline depends on Putin, by Lucy Pakhnyuk and Tim Zadorozhnyy | The Kyiv Independent U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday the ceasefire deadline he set for Russia — scheduled for today — Aug. 8 — now depends on Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We’re going to see . . . READ MORE . . .
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German technicians repair Ukrainian Patriot radar Raytheon called unfixable: report. From Kyiv Post. The major German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported on Thursday that the Patriot air defense system critically needed to protect Ukrainian cities from Russian ballistic missile strikes is back in action thanks to . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian troops have little hope for peace as Trump’s deadline for Russia arrives, by Vasilisa Stepanenko | AP DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield expressed little hope for a diplomatic solution to the war with Russia, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s Friday deadline for the Kremlin to make peace arrived and he . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainians worry about being excluded from negotiations over ending the war. Reported by Greg Myre and A Martínez | NPR President Trump says he is willing to meet with Vladimir Putin to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine, without requiring the Russian leader to also meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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