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Monday, 30 October 2023 04:52
What to know after Day 613 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia's Shoigu accuses West of seeking to expand Ukraine war to Asia-Pacific Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the West wants to expand the conflict in the Ukraine to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian state media reported, citing comments made at a Beijing defence forum on Monday. Speaking at the Xiangshan Forum, China's biggest military diplomacy event, Shoigu said NATO is covering up a build-up of forces in the Asia-Pacific region with an "ostentatious desire for dialogue", Russia's TASS news agency reported. Shoigu said NATO countries were promoting an arms race in the region, increasing their military presence and…
Sunday, 29 October 2023 04:37
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 23
Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be 'long and difficult' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Saturday night that the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea. Casting the war as a fight for his country’s very survival, he warned that the assault would only intensify ahead of a broad ground invasion into the territory. “There are moments in which a nation faces two possibilities: to do or die,” Netanyahu said. “We now…
Sunday, 29 October 2023 04:36
What to know after Day 612 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian drone struck Russian nuclear waste facility risking disaster, Moscow says A Ukrainian drone crashed into a nuclear waste storage facility at the Kursk power plant in western Russia on Thursday, damaging its walls, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday, calling on other governments to condemn "an act of nuclear terrorism". A ministry statement said Ukraine must have known that its actions could have caused a full-scale nuclear catastrophe that would have affected many countries. "We call on all governments to issue a strong condemnation of Kyiv's barbaric actions, which are extremely dangerous and could lead to irreparable…
Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:49
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 22
Israel steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza and cuts off territory's communications Israel knocked out internet and communications in the Gaza Strip in stepped-up bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from contact with each other and the outside world and creating a near-blackout of information, as the military said it was “expanding” ground operations in the territory. The military’s announcement signaled it was moving closer to an all-out invasion of Gaza, where it has vowed to crush the ruling Hamas militant group after its bloody incursion in southern Israel three weeks ago. Explosions from…
Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:48
What to know after Day 611 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia shells Ukraine's Kherson, injuring 8, damaging buildings Russian forces heavily shelled the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Friday, injuring eight people and destroying or damaging at least 15 buildings, a senior city official said. Pictures posted on social media showed at least three sites dotted with piles of rubble and the interior of one building strewn with shattered building materials and other debris. Roman Mrochko, head of the city's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app that three of the injured were being treated in hospital. He said two buildings had been…
Friday, 27 October 2023 04:58
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 21
Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to 'prepare' for an expected full-scale incursion Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight, the military said Thursday, engaging with Hamas fighters and targeting anti-tank weapons in order to “prepare the battlefield” before an expected ground invasion. The third Israeli raid since the war began came after more than two weeks of devastating airstrikes that have left thousands dead, and more than 1 million displaced from their homes, in the small, densely-populated territory. The U.S. military, meanwhile, launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard…
Friday, 27 October 2023 04:57
What to know after Day 610 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Biden trying to rebrand Ukraine aid as job-creation stimulus – Politico The White House is attempting to spin continued support for Kiev as being beneficial to the US economy, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing sources in Washington. According to the magazine, US officials are concerned that they are “losing the messaging war on Ukraine.” Politico interviewed unnamed officials and lawmakers, who said that aides from the administration of President Joe Biden have been distributing talking points among Congress members still willing to funnel money to Kiev. According to Politico, one point states that the administration’s latest request for…
Thursday, 26 October 2023 04:30
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 20
UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief missions as Israeli bombings rise The U.N. warned Wednesday that it is on the verge of running out of fuel in the Gaza Strip, forcing it to sharply curtail relief efforts in the territory blockaded and devastated by Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The warning came as hospitals in Gaza struggled to treat masses of wounded with dwindling resources. Meanwhile, the U.N.’s top official faced backlash from Israel after saying the Hamas massacre that sparked the fighting did not…
Thursday, 26 October 2023 04:29
What to know after Day 609 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian military getting weaker – Shoigu Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said on Tuesday that the current situation in the combat zone suggests that the Ukrainian armed forces are losing strength and “panicking.” He cited a substantial takedown of aviation potential to back up his assertion. Shoigu claimed that his forces downed 24 Ukrainian military planes in just five days, crediting “new weapons systems” for the achievement. He also pointed to manpower losses reducing Kiev’s offensive potential. “Today’s situation shows that the enemy has fewer and fewer capabilities. And there are fewer of their soldiers thanks exclusively to your…
Wednesday, 25 October 2023 04:46
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 19
Israeli airstrikes surge in Gaza, destroying homes and killing dozens at a time Israel escalated airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, crushing families in the rubble of residential buildings, as health officials said hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the past day and medical facilities were shut down because of bomb damage and lack of power. The soaring death toll from the bombardment is unprecedented in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It augurs an even greater loss of life in Gaza once Israeli forces backed by tanks and artillery launch an expected ground offensive aimed at crushing Hamas militants. Gaza’s…
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Wednesday, 25 October 2023 04:45
What to know after Day 608 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces pound eastern Ukraine's Avdiivka Russian forces pounded the shattered eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka on Tuesday, but heavy losses forced them to switch to air attacks and rely less on full-on ground advances, Ukrainian officials said. Russia has focused on advancing in the east -- in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk -- after failing to move on Kyiv in the early days of its invasion, launched in February 2022. Ukraine in June undertook a counteroffensive, capturing villages in the east and south, but at a much slower pace than a rapid advance through the northeast…
Tuesday, 24 October 2023 04:31
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 18
Hamas frees two Israeli women as US advises delaying ground war to allow talks on captives Hamas on Monday released two elderly Israeli women held hostage in Gaza as the United States expressed increasing concern that the escalating Israel-Hamas war will spark a wider conflict in the region, including attacks on American troops. The death toll in Gaza rose rapidly as Israel ramped up airstrikes that flattened buildings in what it said was preparation for an eventual ground assault. The United States advised Israel to delay the expected invasion to allow time to negotiate the release of more hostages taken…
Tuesday, 24 October 2023 04:30
What to know after Day 607 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces apply pressure on Ukraine's Avdiivka, Kupiansk Russian forces on Monday pressed their attacks on two frontline areas of eastern Ukraine, seeking to sever the sole supply route into the devastated city of Avdiivka and advance on the key town of Kupiansk farther north. The General Staff of Ukraine's armed forces said its troops had repelled about 10 Russian attacks on Avdiivka. Vitaly Barabash, head of Avdiivka's military administration, said there were round-the-clocks strikes on Avdiivka's town centre and on the sole road used to bring in supplies. "A very difficult situation with supplies, with 22 km…
Monday, 23 October 2023 04:50
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 17
Israel strikes Gaza, Lebanon overnight; Netanyahu convenes meeting of generals Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes early on Monday and its aircraft struck southern Lebanon overnight, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a meeting of his top generals and his war cabinet to assess the escalating conflict. Israel's attacks concentrated on the Gaza Strip's centre and north, Palestinian media reported. A strike on a house near the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza, killed several Palestinians and wounded others, according to media reports. Health authorities in Gaza said at least 4,600 people were killed in Israel's two-week bombardment that…