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JB: A sample from The Kiev Independent -- a valuable source of information from/about Ukraine

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jb-I've highlited some of the below sections. [Please allow a modest comment on my part: I had the privilege (in distant decades ago) of being the first director of the American cultural cente r in Kyiv   -- the capital of that exceptional, cultivated, admirably human country -- Ukraina.] Sunday, November 8   Russia's war against Ukraine A kindergarten damaged by a Russian ballistic missile attack in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district after a two-story building on the grounds was destroyed overnight on Nov. 7, 2026. (Aleksandr Gusev/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Russia to send senior diplomats, military officials to upcoming peace talks in Abu Dhabi. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who oversees Russia's relations with the United States and arms control issues, will join the negotiations for the first time. Zelensky says Oleshky ceasefire shows Russia can halt fighting but Putin is unwilling. Zelensky argued that the main obstacle to a ceasefire was ...
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RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WANT TO MAKE A DEAL? OR TRUMP WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL?

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From Quora Another Point of View Posted by Brent Cooper   16h RUSSIA AND UKRAINE WANT TO MAKE A DEAL? OR TRUMP WANTS TO MAKE A DEAL? Donald Trump has issued a statement. In the statement, he claims that Ukraine and Russia “ for the first time, want to make a deal.” Ukraine has been wanting to make a deal since the beginning of the war. Russia has recently gotten on board based upon its loss of soldiers and loss of territory during the calendar 2026. However, the dynamics for the deal remain unchanged. Ukraine still is insisting upon adequate security guarantees and no territorial concessions. Russia is still Insisting upon territorial concessions, reduction in the Ukrainian military and no NATO membership for Ukraine. These have been lines in the sand. for many years. And there has been no indication that either Ukraine or Russia have considered an adjusted their demands for a peace agreement. This raises concerns in my mind regarding the expectations for a peace agreement out of t...
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Ten Months of War to Gain 46 Square Miles: How Russia Is Failing on the Battlefield

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Ukrainian forces have foiled Moscow’s offensive in the Donetsk region.  The Russian army is making one more push Donetsk Oblast Ukraine image from [JB: not from below article] By Ian Lovett , Ievgeniia Sivorka and Andrew Barnett Nov. 6, 2026 11:00 pm ET The Wall Street Journal Ukrainian front line FRONT LINE AREAS Russia Kharkiv Kupiansk UKRAINIAN GAINS SINCE SEPT. 1 RUSSIAN FORCES Ukraine Lyman Sloviansk Luhansk Dobropillia RUSSIAN GAINS SINCE SEPT. 1 Dnipro Pokrovsk Donetsk Zaporizhzhia 50 miles 50 km Note: Data as of Nov. 1 Source: Institute for the Study of War Russia entered the fifth year of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine with a clear objective: Seize the cities in the eastern Donetsk region that remained under Kyiv’s control. But 2026 hasn’t gone according to plan for Moscow. Through the end of October, its forces have gained just 46 square miles of territory in Ukraine , compared with 1,874 square miles in 2025, according to the Institute for the Study of War, a thin...
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