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Sunday, 06 October 2024 04:52

What to know after Day 955 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia retrains ex-soldiers heading back to the battlefield The bearded ex-driver and foundry worker, who identified himself only by his call sign, signed up with the army on Monday. By Friday, he was going through his paces at a training ground in Russia's southern Rostov region, practising firing from an automatic rifle and simulating the storming of a building. Two and a half years into its war with Ukraine, Russia is offering one-off bonuses of up to 1.9 million roubles ($20,000) - 22 times the average monthly wage - to men prepared to sign volunteer contracts as professional…

Saturday, 05 October 2024 04:25

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 365

Israel targets Hezbollah intel HQ in Lebanon, Iran says it will not back down Israel said it had targeted the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut and was assessing the damage on Friday after a series of strikes on senior figures in the group that Iran's Supreme Leader dismissed as counterproductive. Israel has been weighing options in its response to Iran's ballistic missile attack on Tuesday, which Iran had carried out in response to Israel's military action in Lebanon. Oil prices have risen on the possibility of an attack on Iran's oil facilities as Israel pursues its goals of pushing…

Saturday, 05 October 2024 04:24

What to know after Day 954 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia knocked out most infrastructure in Ukraine's Pokrovsk, local official says Russia knocked out around 80% of critical infrastructure in the town of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in Ukraine's east, as Moscow's troops inched forward, a local official said on Friday. Serhiy Dobriak, Pokrovsk's military administration head, said Russian forces were at about 7 km (4 miles) from the town, which is at an intersection of roads and a railway that makes it an important logistics point for the military and for civilians in the eastern Donetsk region. Russia forces have focused some of their heaviest assaults…

Friday, 04 October 2024 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 364

How might Israel strike back against Iran? Israel has sworn it will retaliate for Iran's missile barrage on Tuesday, which involved more than 180 ballistic missiles and was largely thwarted by Israel's air defense systems. Below are some ways Israel, backed by the United States, could strike back. GO AFTER IRAN'S MILITARY INSTALLATIONS Some analysts believe Israel is most likely to respond by targeting Iranian military installations, especially those that produce ballistic missiles like the ones used in Tuesday's attacks. It could also take out Iranian air defense systems and missile-launching facilities. Washington has accused Tehran of supplying short-range ballistic…

Friday, 04 October 2024 04:43

What to know after Day 953 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Powerful Russian bomb destroys Ukrainian ammunition depot – MOD The Russian military has dropped one of the most powerful bombs in its arsenal on a Ukrainian ammunition depot in the southern part of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the nation’s defense ministry said on Thursday as it published footage from the scene. Moscow’s troops have struck an ammunition storage facility located in the village of Razliv, the statement said. The settlement is located some 23 kilometers to the West from Kurakhovo – a major logistics hub used by Kiev’s forces in the area. The village is also situated…

Thursday, 03 October 2024 04:32

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 363

Israel strikes heart of Beirut, killing six Israel bombed central Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes against Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. Israel said it conducted a precise air strike on Beirut. Reuters witnesses reported hearing a massive blast, and a security source said it targeted a building in central Beirut's Bachoura neighbourhood close to parliament, the nearest Israeli strikes have come to Lebanon's seat of government. At least six people were killed and seven wounded, Lebanese health officials…

Thursday, 03 October 2024 04:29

What to know after Day 952 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Drones now capable of missions that used to be assigned exclusively to planes — Putin Modern-day drones can perform missions that only combat planes used to be able to take on, Russian President Vladimir Putin said as he met with college students majoring in drone technology. The president held the meeting at the Rudnevo industrial park, where Moscow-based colleges hold professional training for students studying how to assemble and operate drones. The students told Putin about their inventions and skills. "Modern unmanned aerial vehicles are gradually but fundamentally changing the principles of military operations," Putin said. "They can…

Wednesday, 02 October 2024 04:47

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 362

Iran says attack on Israel is over as fears grow of wider conflict Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was over barring further provocation, while Israel and the U.S. promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified. Washington said it would work with longtime ally Israel to make sure Iran faced "severe consequences" for Tuesday's attack, which Israel said involved more than 180 ballistic missiles. The United Nations Security Council scheduled a meeting about the Middle East for Wednesday, and the European Union called for an immediate ceasefire. "Our action is…

Wednesday, 02 October 2024 04:46

What to know after Day 951 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian troops reach centre of Ukrainian bastion Vuhledar Russian troops have reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine's industrial Donbas region that had resisted Russian assaults since Moscow's full-scale invasion, a regional Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. Footage posted to social media showed Russian soldiers waving a flag from atop a bombed-out multi-storey building and unfurling another flag on a metal spire on a roof. Reuters determined the footage matched street patterns of Vuhledar. Other images showed smoke rising over the ruins of the once small mining town, now a deserted…

Tuesday, 01 October 2024 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 361

Israel launches ground raids in south Lebanon, saying it is targeting Hezbollah Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants and opening a new front in a yearlong war against its Iranian-backed adversaries. The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by Israel against Hezbollah — including an airstrike that killed its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah – and seeks to step up the pressure on the group, which began firing rockets into northern Israel after the start of the war in Gaza. The last time Israel and Hezbollah engaged in…

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Tuesday, 01 October 2024 04:43

What to know after Day 950 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia's autumn draft Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia's autumn draft that starts Oct. 1 and goes until the end of the year, according to a Kremlin decree published on Monday. The decree, published in Russian state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, calls to carry out the draft of citizens "aged 18 to 30 years, who are not in the reserve and are subject to conscription in accordance with the Federal Law ... in the amount of 133,000 people." The head of Russia's conscription office, Vice-Admiral…

Monday, 30 September 2024 04:27

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 360

Three Palestinian leaders killed in Israel strike in Beirut A Palestinian militant group said on Monday that three of its leaders were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut, the first attack within city limits as Israel escalated hostilities against Iran's allies in the region. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said the three leaders were killed in a strike that targeted Beirut's Kola district. The strike hit the upper floor of an apartment building in the Kola district of Lebanon's capital, Reuters witnesses said. There was no immediate comment from Israel's military. Israel's increasing frequency of…

Monday, 30 September 2024 04:26

What to know after Day 949 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine's military says Russia launched several waves of drone attacks targeting Kyiv early on Monday, with air defence units engaged in repelling the strikes for several hours, Ukraine's military said. Reuters' witnesses heard numerous blasts in Kyiv in what sounded like air defence systems in operation and saw objects being hit in the air. Kyiv, its surrounding region and all eastern part of Ukraine have been under air raid alerts since around 1 a.m. on Monday (2200 GMT on Sunday). "Several enemy UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) are over and…

Sunday, 29 September 2024 04:54

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 359

Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's penetration of Hezbollah In the wake of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's killing, Hezbollah faces the enormous challenge of plugging the infiltration in its ranks that allowed its arch enemy Israel to destroy weapons sites, booby-trap its communications and assassinate the veteran leader, whose whereabouts had been a closely guarded secret for years. Nasrallah's killing in a command HQ on Friday came barely a week after Israel's deadly detonation of hundreds of booby-trapped pagers and radios. It was the culmination of a rapid succession of strikes that have eliminated half of Hezbollah's leadership council and decimated…

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