For today, links to 12 reports: from the Associated Press, Kyiv Post, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, the Kyiv Independent, and National Public Rado; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a MEDIA entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Ukraine urges world leaders not to seek ‘an out’ from Russia’s war instead of true peace, by Jennifer Peltz | AP UNITED NATIONS — Ukraine’s president urged global leaders today to stand with his country and not seek “an out” instead of a “real, just peace” more than two years into Russia’s war. At a time . . . READ MORE . . .
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72nd Brigade falls back as Russia nears encirclement of Vuhledar, Forbes reports, by Julia Struck | Kyiv Post The 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reportedly begun retreating from its positions amid ongoing Russian efforts to encircle Vuhledar in the Donetsk region, according to a report by Forbes analyst David Axe. He said the Russian attack today . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine says it downed 28 drones, four missiles during Russian overnight attack. From Reuters. KYIV — The Ukrainian air force said today it shot down 28 out of 32 drones and four out of eight missiles during an overnight Russian attack. READ MORE . . .
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Russia claims more advances in eastern Ukraine. From AFP. Russia’s armed forces said today it captured two more villages in eastern Ukraine, the latest gains as Moscow’s troops inch closer to the strategically important city of Pokrovsk. The Russian military has claimed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Battlegroup Center makes Ukraine lose up to 580 troops in past day. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia’s Battlegroup Center made the Ukrainian armed forces lose up to 580 troops in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily bulletin of the special military operation. Details of this and other . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelenskyy’s victory plan sets Ukraine’s terms in a desperate war against Russia, by Samya Kullab and Lorne Cook | AP KYIV — The victory plan that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will present to the White House this week asks the Biden administration to do something it has not achieved in the two and a half years since Russia invaded Ukraine: act quickly to support Kyiv’s campaign. While Western dawdling . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 24 U.S. to send $375 million in military aid to Ukraine, including medium-range cluster bombs, by Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee | AP WASHINGTON — The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid package totaling about $375 million, U.S. officials said Tuesday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 24 Zelenskiy tells UN Russia must be forced into peace, by Simon Lewis and Michelle Nichols | Reuters UNITED NATIONS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that the war between Russia and Ukraine cannot be calmed by talks alone, but that Moscow must be forced into peace. He said . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Kyiv Independent.
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FROM SEPT. 24 Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 24 War comes home to Russia in tranquil lakeside town, by Lucy Papachristou and Mark Trevelyan | Reuters LONDON — Judging by posts in a community chat room, nearly a week after a Ukrainian drone blew up an ammunition depot in the Russian town of Toropets, triggering an explosion as powerful as a small earthquake, its people . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 24 Independent study suggests Russian support for the war in Ukraine is complicated. Reported by Charles Maynes | NPR Russian President Putin insists his country is united behind the war effort in Ukraine. Many Russian polls confirm it, but the findings of an independent study present a more complicated picture. Click HERE to listen and read.