For today, links to 10 reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse, Tass, and the Kyiv Post; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Russia invokes its nuclear capacity in a UN speech that’s full of bile toward the West, by Edith M. Lederer and Jennifer Peltz | AP Russia’s top diplomat today warned against “trying to fight to victory with a nuclear power,” delivering a UN General Assembly speech packed with condemnations of what Russia sees as Western machinations in Ukraine and elsewhere — including inside the United Nations itself. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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Russian strikes on a medical center kill 9 people in the Ukrainian city of Sumy. From AP. KYIV, Ukraine — Two consecutive Russian attacks on a medical center in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least nine people this morning, officials said. The first strike killed one person. Ukraine’s Interior Ministe Ihor Klymenko said Russia attacked agin while . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE and HERE for reports from Reuters and AFP.
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Ukraine says it downed 62 drones, 2 missiles in overnight Russian attack. From Reuters. KYIV– Ukraine shot down 69 of 73 drones during an overnight Russian attack that included two ballistic and two cruise missiles, the Ukrainian air force said today. Ukrainian forces downed . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian attacks kill top judge and three others in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, officials say. From Reuters. KYIV — Two Russian attacks in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region killed four people today including a Supreme Court judge who was delivering aid to local residents in a civilian car, Ukrainian officials said. READ MORE . . .
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Russian forces carry out group strike on Ukrainian army’s airfield infrastructure. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian Armed Forces carried out a group strike, particularly using a Kinzhal missile, on the Ukrainian army’s airfield infrastructure on Friday night, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement claiming “all the designated targets were hit.” Details of this and other . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Kyiv Post.
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FROM SEPT. 27 Russian missiles and drones target Kyiv for 5 hours and hit Ukraine’s power grid, by Illia Novikov | AP KYIV — Ukraine’s air defenses battled an overnight Russian aerial attack on the capital Kyiv for five hours, officials said Thursday, as missiles and drones again hammered the Ukrainian power grid. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said the attack . . . READ MORE . . .