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Saturday, 13 January 2024 04:42
What to know after Day 688 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Britain's Sunak, in Ukraine, announces increase in military aid British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited wartime Kyiv on Friday to sign a new security agreement and announce an increase in military funding for Ukraine to buy drones, including surveillance, long-range strike and sea drones. Britain, one of Ukraine's closest allies during President Vladimir Putin's Russian invasion, will increase its support in the next financial year to 2.5 billion pounds ($3.19 billion), an increase of 200 million pounds on the previous two years, Sunak said. "Our opponents around the world believe that we have neither the patience nor resources…
Friday, 12 January 2024 04:56
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 98
UN top court hears genocide allegation as Israel focuses fighting in central Gaza The United Nations’ top court began hearings Thursday on South Africa’s allegation that Israel’s war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians. Israel strongly denies the claim. Although the case is likely to take years to resolve, South Africa is asking the International Court of Justice to order an immediate suspension of Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israeli military operations in Gaza have recently focused on the southern city of Khan Younis and urban refugee camps in the territory’s center. Hundreds of people have been…
Friday, 12 January 2024 04:55
What to know after Day 687 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE US confirms Ukraine military supplies have stopped The military aid Washington has been providing Kiev has come to a halt, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday. His remarks came amid the resurgence of debate in Congress about the importance of continuing support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. “We have issued the last drawdown package that we had funding to support, and that’s why it’s critical that Congress move on that national security supplemental request,” Kirby told reporters at a press briefing, admitting that “the assistance that [the US had] provided has now…
Thursday, 11 January 2024 04:43
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 97
Israeli military says it found traces of hostages in an underground tunnel in Gaza The Israeli military said Wednesday it has found evidence that hostages were present in an underground tunnel in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, which has become the focus of Israel’s ground offensive. The military showed the tunnel to journalists who were escorted into a neighborhood near the ruins of destroyed homes and streets. A corrugated tin hut covered the tunnel’s entrance in a residential yard. A makeshift ladder led to the narrow underground pathway, about 2.5 meters (8 feet) below. The tunnel was hot…
Thursday, 11 January 2024 04:42
What to know after Day 686 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Number of heavily wounded Ukrainian soldiers up by 30% — ABC The number of heavily wounded Ukrainian soldiers grew by 30% over the past few weeks, the ABC television reported citing a Ukrainian doctor. Sergey Ryzhenko, a chief doctor of a hospital in the city of Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk), said between 40 and 100 heavily wounded soldiers are admitted to the facility daily, with between 50 and 100 surgical operations performed every day. He added that the majority of surgeries are amputations. The channel quoted doctors as saying that, according to their information, around 30,000 Ukrainian servicemen are…
Wednesday, 10 January 2024 04:35
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 96
Blinken presses Israel on Gaza’s postwar future as Lebanon border clashes escalate U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in Tel Aviv and, after meeting with top leaders Tuesday, said Israel must do more to lessen the Gaza war’s toll on civilians and said Washington rejects any proposal for settling Palestinians outside the territory. Hundreds of people have been killed in recent days as the Israeli offensive’s focus shifts to the southern city of Khan Younis and built-up refugee camps in the central Gaza. The entire 2.3 million population is also in a food crisis, with 576,000 people at…
Wednesday, 10 January 2024 04:33
What to know after Day 685 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian air defenses depleted by Russian strikes Kiev’s air defense arsenal has been depleted as the country tries to shoot down increasing barrages of Russian missiles and drones, a Ukrainian Air Force official has acknowledged. “Intense Russian air attacks force us to use a corresponding amount of air defense means,” Air Force spokesman Yury Ignat said on Tuesday in a Ukrainian television interview. “That’s why we need more of them, as Russia keeps increasing its attack capabilities.” Moscow’s forces have ramped up airstrikes in the past two weeks, launching hundreds of missiles and drones targeting weapons plants and…
Tuesday, 09 January 2024 04:45
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 95
Israeli strike kills an elite Hezbollah commander in the latest escalation linked to the war in Gaza An Israeli airstrike killed an elite Hezbollah commander Monday in southern Lebanon, the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes across the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war even as the fighting in Gaza exacts a mounting toll on civilians. The strike on an SUV killed a commander in a secretive Hezbollah unit that operates along the border, according to a Lebanese security official who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with regulations. The commander, Wissam al-Tawil, was a…
Tuesday, 09 January 2024 04:44
What to know after Day 684 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia conducts major strikes on key Ukrainian military-industrial sites Russia has announced that its forces have conducted a range of missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s military-industrial base. Kiev has confirmed the attacks, admitting that its air defenses failed to intercept most of the projectiles. In a statement on Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry said it had carried out “a group strike” using high-precision sea- and air-based weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. The barrage, which took place in the morning, targeted military-industrial facilities, officials said, without providing details on the results of the attack. According to the Ukrainian Air Force,…
Monday, 08 January 2024 04:48
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 94
Israel says Hezbollah struck sensitive air traffic base in the north and warns of 'another war' Hezbollah has struck an air traffic control base in northern Israel, the Israeli military said Sunday, and warned of “another war” with the Iran-backed militant group The increase in fighting across the border with Lebanon as Israel battles Hamas militants in Gaza gave new urgency to U.S. diplomatic efforts as Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to visit Israel on his latest Mideast tour. “This is a conflict that could easily metastasize, causing even more insecurity and even more suffering,” Blinken told reporters after…
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Monday, 08 January 2024 04:47
What to know after Day 683 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia shoots down two Ukrainian jets – MOD Russian forces have downed two Ukrainian warplanes in the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said on Sunday. The ministry identified one as a Su-25 close air support plane, which it said was shot down by Russian air defense not far from Dnepropetrovsk (known as Dnepr in Ukraine), some 150km north of the frontline. The other jet was a Su-27 fighter, downed not far from Krivoy Rog, about 140km west of Dnepropetrovsk, officials added. The Russian military also said it had intercepted 14 missiles fired from US-supplied HIMARS…
Sunday, 07 January 2024 04:34
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 93
Hezbollah, Israel trade heavy cross-border fire as Blinken seeks to prevent regional escalation Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah traded fire Saturday in one of the heaviest days of cross-border fighting in recent weeks, a day after the militia’s leader urged retaliation for the targeted killing, presumably by Israel, of a top Hamas leader in Lebanon’s capital. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that if his group didn’t strike back for the killing Tuesday of Saleh Arouri, Hamas’ deputy political leader, all of Lebanon would be vulnerable to Israeli attacks. With the risk of regional escalation, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
Sunday, 07 January 2024 04:33
What to know after Day 682 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian missile attack kills 11 in Pokrovsk in Ukraine's east, rescue efforts continue A Russian missile strike killed 11 people and injured 10 on Saturday in and around the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, the governor of the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk region said. Five of the dead were children. A U.N. official in Ukraine expressed horror at the incident. Rescue efforts extended into the night. Pictures posted online by regional governor Vadym Filashkin showed teams sifting through piles of smouldering rubble in the dark as well as a burned-out vehicle. Filashkin told Ukrainian television that Russian forces…
Saturday, 06 January 2024 05:02
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 92
US, Europe embark on new diplomatic push to quell Gaza war U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Europe's senior diplomat Josep Borrell began a new diplomatic push on Friday to stop spillover from the Gaza war into Israeli-occupied West Bank, Lebanon and Red Sea shipping lanes. Their Middle East visits came three months since Hamas militants from Gaza attacked Israel, triggering an offensive that has devastated the enclave, uprooted 90% of its population, and killed 22,600 people, according to Palestinian officials. Israel, which says it has killed 8,000 militants since the deaths of 1,200 people in the Oct. 7…