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Monday, 14 October 2024 04:38
What to know after Day 963 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian recruiters descend on Kyiv's nightlife in search of men not registered for conscription Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media and witnesses reported Saturday. Officers descended on Kyiv’s Palace of Sports venue after a concert Friday night by Ukrainian rock band Okean Elzy. Video footage aired by local media outlets appears to show officers stationed outside the doors of the concert hall intercepting men as they exit. In the footage, officers appear to be forcibly detaining some men.…
Sunday, 13 October 2024 04:49
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 373
Heavy Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza as UN peacekeepers in Lebanon are hit again Palestinians in northern Gazadescribed heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups. In Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping force said its headquarters in Naqoura was hit again, with a peacekeeper struck by gunfire late Friday and in stable condition. It wasn’t clear who fired. It occurred a day after Israel’s military fired on the headquarters for a…
Sunday, 13 October 2024 04:48
What to know after Day 962 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia to rebuild everything destroyed in Donbass, Novorossiya — Putin Russia will create conditions to realize the agricultural potential of Donbass and Novorossiya and will restore all the damaged facilities, President Vladimir Putin said in the video address on the occasion of the Agriculture and Processing Industry Workers’ Day. "Special words of gratitude go to the agricultural workers from the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions and Donbass, as well as the border regions of the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions," the head of state said. They are putting a lot of efforts and doing their best despite the challenging…
Saturday, 12 October 2024 04:53
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 372
Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war after heavy Israeli blows Hezbollah is preparing for a long war of attrition in south Lebanon, after Israel wiped out its top leadership, with a new military command directing rocket fire and the ground conflict, two sources familiar with its operations said. Hezbollah has been diminished by three weeks of devastating Israeli blows - most notably the killing of its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Friends and foes alike are now watching how effectively it resists Israeli troops that have crossed into Lebanon with the stated aim of driving it away from the…
Saturday, 12 October 2024 04:52
What to know after Day 961 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches 4th aerial attack in a week against Ukraine's grain-exporting Odesa region Russia's Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs, an entente viewed with concern by the United States. At odds with Washington and the European Union over Russia's war in Ukraine, something he casts as part of a wider existential struggle against an arrogant and self-interested West - Putin is keen to deepen ties with what he calls the Global East and Global South.…
Friday, 11 October 2024 04:49
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 371
Senior Hezbollah official survives Israeli assassination attempt, sources say A senior Hezbollah official eluded an Israeli assassination attempt on Thursday in Beirut, three security sources said, as Israeli strikes there killed 22 people and the U.N. said its peacekeepers in southern Lebanon were in growing danger. Wafiq Safa, who heads Hezbollah's liaison and coordination unit responsible for working with Lebanese security agencies, was targeted by Israel on Thursday night but survived, the security sources said. Earlier on Thursday, a Lebanese security source told Reuters that Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut targeted at least one senior official in Iran-backed Hezbollah. The…
Friday, 11 October 2024 04:48
What to know after Day 960 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia strikes US-made Patriot battery – MOD Russian forces have destroyed elements of a US-made Patriot long-range air defense system in Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Wednesday. The Russian military released footage of the purported strike, showing a Patriot battery it claims was stationed near the settlement of Pashena Balka, roughly 20km southwest of the regional capital, Dnepr. The battery included four missile launchers, the associated radar set, and an engagement control station, according to the ministry. Footage shows the deployment of two interceptor missiles by the launchers, which the report said had…
Thursday, 10 October 2024 04:31
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 370
Biden, Netanyahu speak, Israel vows lethal retaliation against Iran U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a call on Wednesday amid tensions with Iran, while Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant promised an Israeli strike against Iran will be "lethal, precise and surprising." The 30-minute call was the first known chat for Biden and Netanyahu since August and coincides with a sharp escalation of Israel's conflict with Iran and the Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah, but with no sign of an imminent ceasefire to end the conflict with Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza. Advertisement · Scroll to continue The call…
Thursday, 10 October 2024 04:28
What to know after Day 959 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine is receiving chemical weapons from the West – Moscow The collective West has been facilitating the supply of banned toxic chemicals to Kiev to be used as chemical weaponry on the frontlines, the Russian Embassy in the UK has said. The mission made the remarks on Tuesday, responding to a new round of sanctions imposed by London. The restrictions target Russia’s Radiological Chemical and Biological Defense Forces (RChBZ) and its head, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, with the British government accusing Moscow of “flagrant violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).” The mission strongly rejected the accusations, pointing…
Wednesday, 09 October 2024 04:55
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 369
Hezbollah targets Israeli troops on Lebanese border, sirens in Beirut Hezbollah militants targeted Israeli soldiers near the Lebanese border village of Labbouneh with artillery shells and rockets on Wednesday, the group said in a statement, a day after Israel said it had killed two successors to Hezbollah's slain leader. Sirens sounded in northern Israel on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, adding three Israeli military personnel were severely injured on Tuesday and Wednesday during combat in southern Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday Israeli airstrikes had killed two successors to Hezbollah's slain leader. Netanyahu spoke in a video…
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Wednesday, 09 October 2024 04:54
What to know after Day 958 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy wants missiles, faster results on battlefield President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine needed to secure and deploy advanced missiles and to achieve faster results with them on the battlefield. Speaking in his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said a meeting with top commanders had been devoted to the development of domestic weapons supplies in the more than 2-1/2-year war against Russia. This, he said, involved drones, electronic warfare and, above all, deploying missiles that would reap rapid benefits in battlefield confrontations with Russian forces. "Special emphasis is on our national missile programme in all its…
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 04:57
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 368
Israel tallies a year of Gaza war: 40,000 targets bombed, 4,700 tunnels hit In the past year in the Gaza Strip, Israel has bombed more than 40,000 targets, found 4,700 tunnel shafts and destroyed 1,000 rocket launcher sites, the military said on Monday's one-year anniversary of the Hamas-led militant attacks that triggered Israel's assault on the enclave. Tallying troops whose names it received permission to publish, Israel's military said 726 Israeli soldiers had been killed since Oct. 7, 2023. Of those, 380 died in the Oct. 7 attacks and 346 in Gaza combat starting Oct. 27, 2023. Injured troops numbered…
Tuesday, 08 October 2024 04:56
What to know after Day 957 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces reach another key frontline city, Ukraine's military says Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, Ukraine's military said late on Monday, less than a week after the fall of the nearby bastion town of Vuhledar. "The situation is unstable, fighting is taking place literally at every entrance (to the city)," Anastasiia Bobovnikova, spokesperson of the Operational Tactical Group "Luhansk" told Ukraine's national broadcaster. "The Russians have entered the eastern outskirts of the city." Russia, which controls now just under a fifth of Ukrainian territory, has been advancing towards Toretsk…
Monday, 07 October 2024 04:38
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 367
Israel bombs Lebanon, Gaza ahead of one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks Israel bombed targets in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks that sparked its war, as Israel's defence minister declared all options were open for retaliation against arch-enemy Iran. Hezbollah rockets launched late on Sunday got past Israeli air defence systems and landed in Haifa, Israel's third-largest city, causing damage to buildings, police said. Israeli media reported 10 people wounded in rocket strikes in Haifa and the city of Tiberias. Hezbollah said it had targeted a military site…