For today, links to reports from the Kyiv Post, the Kyiv Independent, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Associated Press and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Russia widens assaults against hard-pressed Ukraine defenses, opens new attack axis in east, by Stefan Korshak | Kyiv Post Russian forces have opened a new attack axis in the Kremlin’s ongoing and so-far relentless Donbasoffensive, launching assaults at the industrial city of Vuhledar and hitting Ukrainian defenses there with air strikes, artillery bombardments and . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv injures at least 13, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent Russian forces attacked the city of Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs on Sept. 2, injuring at least 13 people, local authorities reported. Mayor Igor Terekhov said the residential area in the city’s Kyivskyi district . . . READ MORE . . .
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Putin says Kursk incursion will not stop Russian advance in eastern Ukraine. From AFP. President Vladimir Putin said today that Kyiv’s incursion into southwestern Russia’s Kursk region will not halt Moscow’s advance in eastern Ukraine and vowed to deal with what he called Ukrainian “bandits” on Russian territory. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian attacks thwarted: developments in Kursk Region. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 350 troops and 14 armored vehicles in the Kursk Region in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, by Illia Novikov and Vasilisa Stepanenko | AP KYIV — Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, officials said today, as children were returning to school across Ukraine. Some pupils found classes canceled because of damage . . . READ MORE . . .
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Three Ukrainian teens begin their final year of high school holding onto hopes for the future, by Hanna Arhirova | AP UZHHOROD, Ukraine — Ukrainian teens are grappling with the realities of war. One student, still haunted by memories of his hometown in the Luhansk region . . . READ MORE . . .
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A summer camp in western Ukraine helps kids work through their trauma. Reported by Hanna Palamarenko | NPR The war in Ukraine has left thousands of civilians dead and has traumatized countless people. A summer camp in western Ukraine is helping kids work through their trauma. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.