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wi there was no indication asks In their Mid-day communique the Russians claim nothing to confirm Yesterday's stories from Berlin about new German successes south-east of Smolensk and in the Ukraine.
"Threat to Odessa Bub the threat to Odessa, remains. and Rome radio has given a plausible version of German strategy on this part of the front, It claims that a German att/ck north-east of' Kiev prevents Marshal Budenny from counter-attacking with his full strength, and with reinforcements drawn from his defences on the Dniester, farther south. This enables the German. Hungarian and Rumanian "units along the Dniester to break through and threaten the Russian left wing.
The Italian story is linked with accounts of Russian difficulties in the Ouman area, The Russian air force and navy are jed still very active, According to last night's communique from Moscow, 95 German aircraft were destroyed on "Thursday and Friday. with a loss of 12 Russian planes. In the Baltic, Russian warships attacked àn enemy torpedo boat and shelled transports.
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