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Tuesday, 27 August 2024 04:45

What to know after Day 915 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles, drones for second day in row, Kyiv says Russia launched several waves of missile and drone attacks overnight targeting Kyiv and other regions, Ukraine's military said early on Tuesday, a day after Moscow's biggest such attack of the war. At least one person was killed when a civilian object was "wiped out" in the central Ukraine city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said. Kyiv region's air defence systems were deployed several times overnight to repel missiles and drones targeting the Ukrainian capital, the region's military administration said on Telegram. Reuters' witnesses reported at…

Monday, 26 August 2024 04:33

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 325

Israel and Hezbollah in major missile exchange as escalation fears grow Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel early on Sunday, as Israel's military said it struck Lebanon with around 100 jets to thwart a larger attack, in one of the biggest clashes in more than 10 months of border warfare. Missiles were visible curling up through the dawn sky, dark vapour trails behind them, as an air raid siren sounded in Israel and a distant blast lit the horizon, while smoke rose over houses in Khiam in southern Lebanon. On Sunday evening, sirens sounded in Rishon Letsiyon,…

Monday, 26 August 2024 04:32

What to know after Day 914 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 4, injure 37 Russia launched attacks on northern, eastern and southern Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring 37, Ukrainian military and local authorities said on Sunday. Overnight attacks targeted Ukraine's frontline regions of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk, Ukraine's air force said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia has been pummelling Ukrainian border regions with strikes, and Kyiv said its surprise incursion earlier this month into Russia's Kursk regionaimed to hinder Moscow's ability to stage such attacks. "Most of the missiles did not reach their targets," the air force said, adding…

Sunday, 25 August 2024 04:02

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 324

Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Cairo, with no sign of progress Gaza ceasefire and hostage negotiators discussed new compromise proposals in Cairo on Saturday, seeking to bridge gaps between Israel and Hamas, but there was no indication of progress after hours of talks. "The talks in Cairo didn’t make any progress. Israel is insisting to keep eight positions along the Philadelphi corridor," one Palestinian official close to the mediation effort told Reuters, asking not to be named due to the sensitivity of the subject. The Cairo talks came as the humanitarian situation in Gaza deteriorated, with malnutrition soaring and polio…

Sunday, 25 August 2024 04:01

What to know after Day 913 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy touts new 'drone missile', calls Putin 'sick old man' President Volodymyr Zelenskiy touted a newly developed Ukrainian "drone missile" on Saturday that he said would take the war back to Russia and scornfully derided Russia's Vladimir Putin as a "sick old man from Red Square". As Ukraine marked 33 years of post-Soviet independence, Zelenskiy said the new weapon, Palianytsia, was faster and more powerful than the domestically made drones that Kyiv has so far used to fight back against Russia, striking its oil refineries and military airfields. "Our enemy will ... know what the Ukrainian way for…

Saturday, 24 August 2024 04:49

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 323

Israeli shelling in Gaza kills 12 Palestinians, Wafa says At least 12 Palestinians, including two children and a woman, were killed early on Saturday morning by Israeli attacks east of Gaza's Khan Younis and in the Al-Nuseirat camp area, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. At least 15 others were injured in the attacks, Wafa added. Reuters

Saturday, 24 August 2024 04:48

What to know after Day 912 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE In Kyiv, Indian PM urges Zelenskiy to sit down for talks with Russia India's Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine and offered to act as a friend to help bring peace as the two leaders met in wartime Kyiv. The first visit by an Indian prime minister in modern Ukrainian history came at a volatile juncture in the war launched by Russia in February 2022. Moscow is making slow gains in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv presses a cross-border incursion. The optics closely resembled…

Friday, 23 August 2024 04:50

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 322

Israeli demands for troops in Gaza blocking truce deal, sources say Disagreements over Israel's future military presence in Gaza and over Palestinian prisoner releases are obstructing a ceasefire and hostage deal, according to ten sources familiar with the round of U.S.-mediated talks that concluded last week. The sources, who include two Hamas officials and three Western diplomats, told Reuters the disagreements stemmed from demands Israel has introduced since Hamas accepted a version of a ceasefire proposalunveiled by U.S. President Joe Biden in May. All the sources said Hamas was especially concerned about the latest demand to keep troops deployed along…

Friday, 23 August 2024 04:49

What to know after Day 911 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine tried to attack Russian nuclear plant – Putin Ukrainian forces have attempted to strike Russia’s Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), President Vladimir Putin has said during a cabinet meeting. Kiev sent thousands of troops into Russia’s Kursk Region earlier this month, attempting to reach the town of Kurchatov, where the nuclear facility is located. Moscow has declared the incursion an act of terrorism and has deployed additional troops to repel the invaders. “Last night, the enemy attempted to strike the atomic power plant,” Putin said at a cabinet meeting on Thursday afternoon. “The International Atomic Energy Agency…

Thursday, 22 August 2024 04:36

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 321

Israeli military intelligence head leaves post, takes responsibility for Oct. 7 failure Israel's outgoing head of military intelligence took responsibility for his country's failures to defend its border on Oct. 7 at his resignation ceremony on Wednesday. Major General Aharon Haliva, a 38-year veteran of the military, announced his resignation in April and was one of a number of senior Israeli commanders who said they had failed to foresee and prevent the deadliest attack in Israel's history. "The failure of the intelligence corps was my fault," Haliva said at the ceremony on Wednesday, and he called for a national investigation…

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Thursday, 22 August 2024 04:34

What to know after Day 910 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone strikes on Russian capital Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022. The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of eastern Ukraine, escalated on Aug. 6 when Ukraine sent thousands of soldiers over the border into Russia's western Kursk region. For months, Ukraine has also fought an increasingly damaging…

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 04:22

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 320

Israeli military retrieves bodies of six hostages held in Gaza Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza overnight, according to statements from the military and the prime minister's office on Tuesday. The families of Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Chaim Perry have been informed, the statements added. The Hostages Families Forum, an organisation that represents most hostage families, welcomed the news but renewed its call on the government to conclude a hostage release deal with the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group Hamas. "The immediate return of the…

Wednesday, 21 August 2024 04:21

What to know after Day 909 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine launches drone attack on Moscow, other regions, Russian officials say Ukraine launched a widespread drone attack on Russia on Wednesday, with air defence units destroying three drones some 38 kms (24 miles) south of the Kremlin, and 15 over the border Bryansk region, Russian officials said. The three attack drones heading towards Moscow were downed over the city of Podolsk in the Moscow region, Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging app. "According to preliminary data, there is no damage or casualties at the site where the debris fell," Sobyanin said. There were also no…

Tuesday, 20 August 2024 04:40

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 319

Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack. A man who was carrying the bomb was killed and a passerby was injured in the incident late on Sunday, according to police at the scene in Israel's commercial capital. Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer said the man was carrying a backpack loaded with explosives that detonated "before he managed to reach a…

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