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Monday, 13 November 2023 04:49
What to know after Day 627 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy tells Ukrainians to prepare for Russian winter onslaught President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians on Sunday to prepare for new waves of Russian attacks on infrastructure as winter approached and said troops were anticipating an onslaught in the eastern theatre of the war. A military spokesman said Russian attacks on the shattered eastern town of Avdiivka had eased in the past day, but were likely to intensify in the coming days. And Ukrainian military intelligence said an explosion killed at least three Russian servicemen in the Russian-occupied southern town of Melitopol, which it described as an "act of…
Sunday, 12 November 2023 04:48
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 37
Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital. Shells hissed through the hospital courtyard and crashed into wards while Israeli soldiers and Hamas militants locked in close quarters combat. Doctors tried to help patients even as they ran for cover. Abu Sada described Shifa as a deathtrap for thousands of war-wounded, medical staff and displaced civilians…
Sunday, 12 November 2023 04:46
What to know after Day 626 of Russia-Ukraine war
Russia renews missile attacks on Kyiv, attacks intensify in the east Russia on Saturday launched a missile attack on Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the surrounding region for the first time in more than seven weeks and pounded the east and south of the country with drones, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian border guards said they had retaken a village in the country's northeast adjacent to the Russian border. Officials in the east, the focus of Russia's slow 20-month-old advance, said Ukrainian forces had repelled numerous attacks by Moscow's troops and they anticipated further assaults, particularly around the devastated town of Avdiivka.…
Saturday, 11 November 2023 04:43
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 36
Thousands who were sheltering at Gaza City’s hospitals flee as Israel-Hamas war closes in Thousands of Palestinians sheltering from the Israel-Hamas war at Gaza City’s main hospital fled south Friday after several reported strikes in and around the compound overnight. They joined a growing exodus of people escaping intense urban fighting in the north — including near other hospitals — as Gaza officials said the territory’s death toll surpassed 11,000. The search for safety across the besieged Gaza Strip has grown desperate as Israel intensified its assault on the territory’s largest city. The Israeli army says Hamas’ military infrastructure is…
Saturday, 11 November 2023 04:42
What to know after Day 625 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian victory 'a tragedy' – NATO Russia’s victory in the conflict with Ukraine would affect NATO’s security as well, the US-led bloc’s secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg told reporters on Friday. NATO will continue to support Kiev with weapons and ammunition to avoid such a “dangerous” outcome, he added. Washington and its allies and partners are supporting Ukraine not just because they “agreed” to it at various meetings, but also because “it is in our interests to do so,” Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in Berlin. “We have to remember and understand…
Friday, 10 November 2023 04:59
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 35
Israel agrees to 4-hour daily pauses in Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee, White House says Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza, the White House said Thursday, as President Joe Biden pressed Israelis for a multi-day stoppage in the fighting in a bid to negotiate the release of hostages held by the militant group. Biden had asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to institute the daily pauses during a Monday call and said he had also asked the Israelis for a pause of at least three…
Friday, 10 November 2023 04:58
What to know after Day 624 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin visits Ukraine military operation HQ President Vladimir Putin has held a closed-door meeting with high-ranking commanders during an unannounced visit to the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District, which oversees the military operation in Ukraine. Putin made a stopover in Rostov-on-Don on his way back from a state visit to Kazakhstan, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters early Friday morning. Accompanied by Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and the head of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, Putin “inspected new models of military equipment,” Peskov said, without offering details. The Russian leader also spoke with other top…
Thursday, 09 November 2023 04:51
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 34
Israel-Hamas fighting heats up in Gaza City, accelerating the exodus of Palestinians to the south Palestinians living in the heart of Gaza’s largest city said Wednesday they could see and hear Israeli ground forces closing in from multiple directions, accelerating the exodus of thousands of civilians as food and water become scarce and urban fighting between Israel and Hamas heats up. The Israeli army has not given specifics on troop movements as it presses its ground assault, vowing to crush Hamas after its deadly Oct. 7 assault inside Israel. But residents said Israeli forces had moved into inner neighborhoods of…
Thursday, 09 November 2023 04:50
What to know after Day 623 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian command post in Zaporozhye area over past day Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian army’s integrated command post in the Zaporozhye area over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday. "An integrated command post of the Ukrainian army’s 10th army corps was destroyed near the settlement of Volnoandreyevka in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said in a statement. "A radar station of an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed near the settlement of Artsiz in the Odessa Region. Near the settlement of Serebryanka in the…
Wednesday, 08 November 2023 04:56
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 33
Israel fights Hamas deep in Gaza City and foresees control of enclave’s security after war Israel said Tuesday that its ground forces were battling Hamas fighters deep inside Gaza’s largest city, signaling a major new stage in the month-old conflict, and its leaders foresee controlling the enclave’s security after the war. The push into Gaza City guarantees that the already staggering death toll will rise further, while comments from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about controlling Gaza’s security for “an indefinite period” pointed to the uncertain endgame of a war that Israel says will be long and difficult. Israeli ground troops…
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Wednesday, 08 November 2023 04:55
What to know after Day 622 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine increasingly conscripting older men – media Ukraine’s military has been forced to conscript more older men to fill its battalions amid the heavy losses suffered in its conflict with Russia, reportedly increasing the average age of its troops by nearly ten years since shortly after the crisis began last year. The average age of a Ukrainian soldier has risen to around 43, Time magazine reported in a cover story posted last week. That compares with an average of 30-35 in March 2022, when thousands of men were rushing to enlist voluntarily, according to the Financial Times. The…
Tuesday, 07 November 2023 04:54
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 32
Israeli forces cut off north Gaza to isolate Hamas as advance on urban center looms The Israeli army severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory and pounded it with airstrikes Monday, preparing for expected ground battles with Hamas militants in Gaza’s largest city and an even bloodier phase of the month-old war. Already, the Palestinian death toll surpassed 10,000, the Health Ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Monday. The ministry does not distinguish between fighters and civilians. About 1,400 people in Israel have died, mostly civilians killed in the Oct. 7 incursion by Hamas that started…
Tuesday, 07 November 2023 04:53
What to know after Day 621 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy dismisses talk of wartime election as irresponsible Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed as irresponsible any notion of holding an election in wartime as talks have heated up recently whether Kyiv should be voting when under Russia's assault. Calling for unity to avoid pointless political discussion, Zelenskiy's comments appeared to rule out any suggestion Ukraine should hold a vote to demonstrate its democratic credentials remain in good order. While the martial law declared in the country at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022 prohibits authorities from holding elections, there has been increased debate at…
Monday, 06 November 2023 04:45
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 31
Gaza has lost telecom contact again, while Israel's military says it has surrounded Gaza City Gaza lost communications Sunday in its third total outage of the Israel-Hamas war, while Israel’s military said it encircled Gaza City and divided the besieged coastal strip into two. “Today there is north Gaza and south Gaza,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told reporters, calling it a “significant stage” in Israel’s war against the Hamas militant group ruling the enclave. Israeli media reported troops were expected to enter Gaza City within 48 hours. Strong explosions were seen in northern Gaza after nightfall. The “collapse in connectivity”…