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Friday, 08 March 2024 04:45
What to know after Day 743 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE No attack perpetrated on Zelensky's motorcade in Odessa — Medvedev No one planned to mount an attack on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's motorcade in Odessa, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. "Everything here is obvious to everyone. Both that there was no attack on the motorcade in Odessa, and [moreover] that if a target had been set, they (Russian forces - TASS) would have hit it," Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel, commenting on the explosion that occurred on March 6 in Odessa in close proximity to the motorcade of Zelensky and his guest, visiting Greek…
Thursday, 07 March 2024 04:48
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 153
Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes into Gaza by land and sea as hunger spreads Efforts to get desperately needed humanitarian aid to war-wracked northern Gaza gained momentum Wednesday with the European Union increasing pressure for the creation of a sea route from Cyprus to Gaza and British Foreign Minister David Cameron saying that Israel’s allies were losing patience. While aid groups say all of Gaza is mired in a humanitarian crisis, the situation in the largely isolated north stands out. Many of the estimated 300,000 people still living there have been reduced to eating animal fodder…
Thursday, 07 March 2024 04:47
What to know after Day 742 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelensky’s convoy narrowly avoids Russian missile A Russian missile nearly hit a convoy carrying Volodymyr Zelensky to a meeting with the Greek prime minister in Odesa. The strike landed “very close” to the Ukrainian president’s motorcade in the southern port city, Kyriakos Mitsotakis told reporters. A Greek official later said it exploded just 300 metres from the Ukrainian president. “We saw this strike today,” Mr Zelensky told an open-air news conference outside the ruins of the Transfiguration Cathedral, which was partially reduced to rubble in a Russian missile attack last summer. “You see who we’re dealing with. They…
Wednesday, 06 March 2024 04:35
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 152
Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve a breakthrough with Ramadan just days away, Egypt says Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages failed to achieve a breakthrough on Tuesday, Egyptian officials said, less than a week before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the informal deadline for a deal. The nearly five months of fighting left much of Gaza in ruins and created a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, with many, especially in the devastated northern region, scrambling for food to survive. “We must get more aid into Gaza,”…
Wednesday, 06 March 2024 04:33
What to know after Day 741 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says it has sunk a Russian patrol ship near Crimea Ukrainian sea drones hit and sank a Russian Black Sea Fleet patrol ship off occupied Crimea in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday. Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency said a special unit called Group 13 had fired Magura V5 maritime drones at the Sergey Kotov near the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea. It said on the Telegram messaging app that the vessel had sustained damage to the stern, starboard and port sides, at an estimated cost of…
Tuesday, 05 March 2024 04:34
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 151
UN envoy says 'reasonable grounds' to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7 The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict said in a new report Monday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape, “sexualized torture,” and other cruel and inhumane treatment of women during its surprise attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7. There are also “reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may be ongoing,” said Pramila Patten, who visited Israel and the West Bank from Jan. 29 to Feb. 14 with a nine-member technical team. Based on first-hand accounts of released hostages,…
Tuesday, 05 March 2024 04:33
What to know after Day 740 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Medvedev says 'Ukraine certainly is Russia' Ukraine certainly is Russia, regardless of what Ukrainian politicians say, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. "One of the former Ukrainian leaders said once that Ukraine was not Russia. This concept must disappear forever. Ukraine certainly is Russia," he pointed out in a lecture at the Knowledge First educational marathon. Medvedev noted that there must be no more attempts to ignore Russian public opinion. "It rightfully regards Ukraine and its population as part of our all-Russian civilization. Had Ukraine escaped the stupidest trap set by the United States and its…
Monday, 04 March 2024 04:41
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 150
VP Harris urges Hamas to agree to an immediate ceasefire, pushes Israel on aid to Gaza U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday demanded Palestinian militant group Hamas agree to an immediate six-week ceasefire while forcefully urging Israel to do more to boost aid deliveries into Gaza, where she said innocent people were suffering a "humanitarian catastrophe." In some of the strongest comments by a senior leader of the U.S. government to date on the issue, Harris pressed the Israeli government and outlined specific ways on how more aid can flow into the densely-populated enclave where hundreds of thousands of…
Monday, 04 March 2024 04:40
What to know after Day 739 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian soldier thanks Biden for sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine The Russian troops have seemingly recorded a video, where one of them mockingly thanked US President Joe Biden for supplying Kiev with Abrams tanks and giving Moscow’s forces an opportunity to earn some extra money by destroying them. Footage came amid reports about several such US-made heavy armor pieces being destroyed in less than a week. A short clip that surfaced on social media featured an apparent Russian serviceman wearing full military gear, a helmet and a mask. “We, Russian warriors express our sincere gratitude to you for…
Sunday, 03 March 2024 04:23
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 149
US says Israel has agreed to the framework for a Gaza cease-fire. Hamas must now decide Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt. International mediators have been working for weeks to broker a deal to pause the fighting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins around March 10. A deal would likely allow aid to reach hundreds of thousands of…
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Sunday, 03 March 2024 04:21
What to know after Day 738 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Eight killed in Russian drone attack on Odesa, Ukraine says A Russian drone attack whose multiple victims included an infant and a two-year-old on Saturday could have been avoided if Ukraine was not facing delays to weapons supplies, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Seven Western leaders have signed 10-year security agreements with Ukraine in the last two months as Kyiv fights to plug a big hole in stockpiles with a vital package of U.S. military assistance stuck in Congress and facing months of Republican opposition. "When lives are lost, and partners are simply playing internal political games or disputes,…
Saturday, 02 March 2024 04:39
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 148
US to airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza — how it can help and why it's so complicated President Joe Biden on Friday announced that the U.S. will begin airdropping sorely needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Here’s what you need to know: WHEN WILL THE AIRDROPS START? Biden said the airdrops will be coordinated with Jordan, which has conducted several rounds of airdrops into Gaza in recent months and will begin in the “coming days.” The first deliveries are expected to be pallets of food -– military rations known as MREs — with other assistance potentially…
Saturday, 02 March 2024 04:39
What to know after Day 737 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE CIA has ‘many bases’ in Ukraine – FSB boss The CIA has “many” bases in Ukraine, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Aleksandr Bortnikov told Russian television on Thursday, when asked about a New York Times report on the spy network. The US newspaper described a decade-long record of cooperation between the American spy agency and Ukrainian special services. According to the article, which was published last Sunday, the CIA has 12 secret bases on Ukrainian soil which are actively working against Russia. The paper wrote that over the past eight years, the CIA has…
Friday, 01 March 2024 04:39
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 147
More than 100 killed while seeking aid in Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000 Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over. At least 112 people were killed and more than 280 wounded in the incident near Gaza City, Palestinian health officials said. The loss of civilian lives was the biggest in weeks. Hamas said the incident could jeopardise talks in Qatar aimed at securing a ceasefire and…