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Monday, 28 August 2023 05:11
What to know after Day 550 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian forces lose more than 4,800 servicemen over week The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 4,855 servicemen over the week, with the most fighters - 1,490 - in the Donetsk area, according to TASS calculations based on the data of the Russian Defense Ministry. The Ukrainian forces lost: 1,180 servicemen in the South Donetsk area, 820 in the Zaporozhye area, 665 in the Kupyansk area, 485 in the Krasny Liman area and 215 in the Kherson area. Since the beginning of the special military operation, the Russian forces have destroyed a total of 466 Ukrainian aircraft, 247…
Sunday, 27 August 2023 04:32
What to know after Day 549 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Three Ukrainian military pilots die in mid-air collision Three Ukrainian military pilots including a "mega talent" who yearned to fly F-16s were killed on Friday when two L-39 combat training aircraft collided over a region west of Kyiv on Friday, the air force said on Saturday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is counting on swift training of crews to fly up to 61 F-16 fighter jets promised by his Western allies, said in his nightly video address that the three men included Andriy Pilshchykov, callsign Juice, "a Ukrainian officer, one of those who greatly helped our state." Air force…
Saturday, 26 August 2023 04:51
What to know after Day 548 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says it hit Russian military base in annexed Crimea Ukraine's GUR military intelligence agency said on Friday a Ukrainian drone attack had hit a Russian military base deep inside annexed Crimea, while residents reported casualties, explosions and a road closure. Early on Friday, Russia reported one of the biggest coordinated Ukrainian air raids yet over Russian-controlled territory but said air defence systems had downed all 42 drones attacking Crimea before they could hit their targets. Ukrainian intelligence officials said the attack struck Russia's 126th Coastal Defence Brigade based in Perevalnoye, a town more than 200 km (120…
Friday, 25 August 2023 05:06
What to know after Day 547 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Pro-Kyiv Russians urge Wagner Group to revenge Prigozhin's death A group of Russian militants who fight on the Ukrainian side called on the Wagner Group of mercenaries to switch sides and join their ranks to revenge the deaths of Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and their commander Dmitry Utkin. Russian air authorities have said Prigozhin, Utkin and eight other people were on a private plane that crashed with no survivors north of Moscow on Wednesday. "You are facing a serious choice now - you can stand in a stall of Russia's defence ministry and serve as watchdogs for executors…
Thursday, 24 August 2023 04:45
What to know after Day 546 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says Russia lost two bombers in attacks on airfields Ukraine's intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said recent attacks on Russian airfields had destroyed two TU-22 bombers and damaged two more bombers. "Two were destroyed, two were damaged. Two can not be repaired," Budanov said in a TV interview on Wednesday night for the Ukrainian service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He said a fifth Russian aircarft could have been hit. Russian officials reported drone attacks on military airfields Soltsy in the Novgorod region on Saturday and Shaykovka in the Kaluga region on Monday and said that one warplane…
Wednesday, 23 August 2023 04:14
What to know after Day 545 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE West ‘perplexed’ by Ukraine’s strategy – NYT Ukraine’s counteroffensive is struggling because some of Kiev’s best troops are “in the wrong places,” the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing senior US and UK officials speaking on condition of anonymity. Kiev's main objective is to reach the Sea of Azov, cutting Crimea off from the Russian mainland. Yet, Ukraine currently has more troops on the eastern front – facing Artyomovsk, also known as Bakhmut – than in the “far more strategically significant” south, according to the Times. “American planners have advised Ukraine to concentrate on the front driving…
Tuesday, 22 August 2023 04:04
What to know after Day 544 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy says F-16s make him 'confident' that Russia will lose the war Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told a crowd in Denmark on Monday that promised deliveries of U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets had made him confident Ukraine could end Russia's invasion. Denmark and the Netherlands on Sunday announced they would supply the first F-16s to Ukraine, with the initial six due to be delivered around New Year. Washington had approved the delivery of the jets ahead of Zelenskiy's trip to Copenhagen. "Today we are confident that Russia will lose this war," Zelenskiy told thousands of people who gathered…
Monday, 21 August 2023 04:32
What to know after Day 543 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainians torn by evacuation calls as Russian shells fall in northeast Ukrainians living in the northeastern Kupiansk district close to Russia's border on Sunday found themselves torn between the will to stay and protect what they have built and the desire to flee from Russian artillery fire. "If you said the evacuation is going well," Dmytro Lozhenko, who runs a volunteer group that helps civilians flee the fighting, said on television, "It would sound like a bit of sarcasm." Regional authorities announced a mandatory evacuation of civilians from near the Kupiansk front earlier this month due to daily…
Sunday, 20 August 2023 04:47
What to know after Day 542 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Seven killed, 144 wounded in Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Chernihiv Seven people including a 6-year-old girl were killed, 144 wounded, and 41 were in hospital after a Russian missile struck a central square in the historic northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said. "I am sure our soldiers will give a response to Russia for this terrorist attack," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address, delivered early on Sunday at the end of a visit to Sweden. "A notable response." He said that of the 144 people injured, 15 were children, and…
Saturday, 19 August 2023 05:06
What to know after Day 541 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin visits Ukraine military operation headquarters Russian President Vladimir Putin met the head of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, and other high-ranking military commanders during an unannounced visit to the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District, the Kremlin said on Saturday morning. The head of state received classified briefings from Gerasimov and other senior commanding officers involved in the ongoing military operation in Ukraine, the brief statement said. Russian state media shared a video of the rare visit, which shows the head of the General Staff greeting Putin at the headquarters ahead of the closed-door meeting. However, it…
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Friday, 18 August 2023 04:56
What to know after Day 540 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine scrambling to avoid Russian strikes on airbases – FT Russia has ramped up attacks on airbases used by Kiev to launch long-range missile attacks, forcing Ukrainian personnel and aircraft to constantly be on the move to avoid being struck, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing sources. Ukrainian officials told the paper that Kiev and its backers believe that Moscow’s recent attacks on airbases and pilot training facilities in western Ukraine are aimed at decimating its fleet of bombers used to fire British Storm Shadow and French Scalp missiles. Ukraine is “racing to move around crucial weaponry…
Thursday, 17 August 2023 04:56
What to know after Day 539 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says it has no hope of using F-16 fighter jets this year Ukraine will not be able to operate U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets this coming autumn and winter, air force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told Ukrainian television late on Wednesday. "It's already obvious we won't be able to defend Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets during this autumn and winter," Ihnat told a joint telethon broadcast by Ukrainian channels. Ukraine has repeatedly called its Western allies to supply the country with F-16s, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said would be a signal that Russia's invasion would end in defeat.…
Wednesday, 16 August 2023 03:51
What to know after Day 538 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says Russian drones threatened Danube port, key for grain exports Ukraine's air force on Wednesday said a large group of Russian army drones entered the mouth of the Danube river and headed toward the Izmail river port near the border with Romania. Social media groups reported hearing air defence systems firing in the area near two Danube ports - Izmail and Reni. Governor of southern Odesa region, Oleh Kiper, asked residents of Izmail district to take shelter at around 1:30 a.m. (2230 GMT) and cancelled the air raid alert one hour later. Ukraine's Danube ports accounted for…
Wednesday, 16 August 2023 03:50
Sudan 'spiralling out of control' as 1 million flee country, UN warns
More than 1 million people have fled Sudan to neighbouring states and people inside the country are running out of food and dying due to lack of healthcare after four months of war, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has devastated the capital Khartoum and sparked ethnically driven attacks in Darfur, threatening to plunge Sudan into a protracted civil war and destabilise the region. "Time is running out for farmers to plant the crops that will feed them and their neighbours. Medical supplies are scarce. The situation is…