For today, links to nine reports: from the Kyiv Independent, Tass, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, the Kyiv Post, National Public Radio, and RT, and to commentary from Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on its initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Next few months will be ‘decisive,’ Zelensky says during speech in U.S., urges allies to act faster, by Kateryna Denisova | The Kyiv Independent The next few months will be “decisive” in Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said today in Washington at the beginning of a nearly week-long trip to the U.S. READ MORE . . .
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Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicts roughly 105 enemy casualties in past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Units from Russia’s Battlegroup North have struck two Ukrainian brigades in the Kharkov Region in the past day, inflicting roughly 105 enemy casualties, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 22 21 wounded in Russian strikes that hit apartment buildings in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, by Samya Kullab | AP KYIV — Russia launched new strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings, leaving at least 21 wounded in a second consecutive nighttime attack, authorities said. The bombs fell Saturday night on the district of . . . READ MORE . . .
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1 killed, 23 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine. From AFP. At least one person was killed and 23 others were injured in Russia’s latest strikes on Ukrainian, officials said today. In the Kherson region on Sunday READ MORE . . .
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Russia says 56 civilians killed in Ukraine’s 7-week incursion in Kursk region. From Reuters. — At least 56 civilians have been killed and 266 wounded during Ukraine’s seven-week-old incursion into Russia’s western Kursk region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said today. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian strike on ammo dump could disrupt Russian operations for months. From Kyiv Post. The destruction of a major Russian ammunition depot by a Ukrainian strike on Sept. 18 could significantly disrupt Russian military operations in the coming months, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, D.C. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy heads to U.S. with ‘victory plan’ at perilous moment, by Tom Balmforth | Reuters KYIV — President Volodymyr Zelenskiy travels to the United States to set out a “victory plan” to his closest ally this week, in an urgent attempt to influence White House policy on Ukraine’s war with Russia no matter who wins the U.S. elections in November. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 22 Weapons systems continue to be a sticking point between the U.S. and Ukraine. Reported by Scott Detrow and Tom Bowman | NPR Since the war began, the U.S. and its NATO allies have slowly and incrementally provided military assistance to Ukraine. The U.S. is cautious, hoping to prevent escalating the war that Russia started. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Zelensky’s Victory Plan is his survival kit, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline Strana, one of the top online newspapers in Ukraine, which is banned in Russia since 2022, reported on Friday that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is planning to dismiss Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and the powerful military intelligence chief Gen. Kirill Budanov from their posts as part of his continuing surge of the military establishment in Kiev. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from RT.