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Monday, 29 July 2024 04:45

What to know after Day 886 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine keeps pounding Russia's Kursk region with drones, Russian official says Kyiv launched more than two dozen drones on the Russian region of Kursk in several waves of attacks that started Saturday night and damaged an oil depot, the acting governor of the region that borders Ukraine said late on Sunday. At least 13 drones launched from Ukraine were destroyed by Russia's air defence systems late on Sunday, Andrei Smirnov, the governor, said on the Telegram messaging app. That follows 19 drones destroyed over the region during the day, he said. Smirnov did not say how many drones…

Sunday, 28 July 2024 04:57

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 296

Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 12 at football ground, vows response A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heightskilled 12 people including children on Saturday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict a heavy price on the Iran-backed Lebanese group. Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the strike, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since the start of the conflict in Gaza. The attack sharply escalated tensions in the hostilities which have been fought in parallel to the Gaza war and has raised fears of a full-blown conflict between the heavily armed adversaries. The…

Sunday, 28 July 2024 04:56

What to know after Day 885 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian shelling kills five in Ukrainian regions, one dead on Russian side of border Russian shelling killed at least five civilians on Saturday in separate regions of Ukraine, officials said. In the Kherson region, in Ukraine's south, officials said three people were killed, one in the administrative centre also called Kherson, one outside the city and one near the city of Beryslav, to the north. Kherson region was occupied in the first days of Russia's February 2022 invasion, but Ukrainian troops recaptured large swathes of it later in the year. Russian troops continue to shell Ukrainian-held areas from…

Saturday, 27 July 2024 04:50

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 295

Netanyahu meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, offering measured optimism on a Gaza cease-fire Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to mend ties with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday and offered measured optimism about progress toward a cease-fire deal for Gaza as he neared the end of a contentious U.S. visit that put on display the growing American divisions over support for the Israeli-Hamas war. At Trump’s Florida Mar-a-Lago estate, where the two men met face-to-face for the first time in nearly four years, Netanyahu told journalists he wanted to see U.S.-mediated talks succeed for a cease-fire and release…

Saturday, 27 July 2024 04:48

What to know after Day 884 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia deploys cheap drones to locate Ukraine's air defences Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a Ukrainian military spy official said. The two new types of drone, which Russia has used in five drone attacks in the last two to three weeks including an overnight strike on Thursday, are produced from materials like foam plastic and plywood, the official told Reuters. One type carries a camera and a Ukrainian mobile phone SIM card to send images back to…

Friday, 26 July 2024 04:22

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 294

Battered Hamas confounds Israel's bid to declare victory Senior figures in Israel's government have said it is closing in on its war aims of defeating Hamas militarily and the return of hostages seized on Oct. 7. But Hamas' survival as a guerrilla force and its sway in Gaza may overshadow any deal. After nine months of pummelling by one of the most powerful militaries in the Middle East, Hamas is much weakened from the force that carried out the cross-border attack on Israel on Oct. 7. Early in the war, Hamas propaganda videos showed well-drilled fighters in body armour and…

Friday, 26 July 2024 04:21

What to know after Day 883 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin names barriers to Ukraine peace talks Russia is open to peace talks with Kiev but there are numerous issues that must first be resolved, including Vladimir Zelensky’s status and Ukrainian law, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press briefing on Thursday. According to the spokesman, a number of points need to be clarified before negotiations can become possible. “First, we need to understand how ready the Ukrainian side is and whether the Ukrainian side has permission for [peace talks] from its backers. So far, we are seeing very different statements,” Peskov stated, referring to Kiev’s Western…

Thursday, 25 July 2024 04:54

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 293

Israeli forces recover bodies of four hostages from Gaza, military says Israeli forces recovered on Wednesday the bodies of four hostages killed in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack and held in Gaza since then, the Israeli military said. Maya Goren, a 56-year-old kindergarden teacher was killed during the attack on her kibbutz, Nir Oz, according to Israeli Army Radio, one of the communities worst-hit in the deadly Hamas attack through southern Israel that triggered the devastating war in Gaza. The three other hostages were a reserve soldier and two conscript soldiers who were killed in combat during the Oct. 7 attack,…

Thursday, 25 July 2024 04:51

What to know after Day 882 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin says Ukraine's signal on talks appears to be in unison with Russia's position The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Ukraine's signal on talks with Moscow appeared to be in unison with Russia's own position, but that more details were needed. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv was ready for talks with Russia if Moscow was prepared to negotiate in good faith, though he said that Ukraine has seen no sign of that. "The message itself can be said to be in unison with our position," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked about Kuleba's remark,…

Wednesday, 24 July 2024 05:08

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 292

Israel tanks advance deeper in southern Gaza as more ceasefire talks expected Palestinian residents of eastern neighbourhoods of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Tuesday as Israeli tanks advanced deep into the area after Israel ordered the population to evacuate. The tanks pushed into the Khan Younis town of Bani Suhaila and several districts nearby were bombed for a second day, forcing tens of thousands of civilians to seek refuge elsewhere. Israel said its action - the latest in a series of major assaults in recent weeks in parts of Gaza where it had long…

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Wednesday, 24 July 2024 05:07

What to know after Day 881 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Poll says 32% of Ukrainians open to territorial concessions for quick peace Nearly a third of Ukrainians would accept some territorial concessions to Russia for a quick end to the war, a more than three-fold increase over the past year, although most still oppose giving up any land, a poll showed on Tuesday. The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology said its poll of 1,067 people on Ukrainian-held territory from May 16-22 found that 32% would agree to some form of territorial concessions, up from just 10% a year earlier and 19% at the end of last year. It…

Tuesday, 23 July 2024 04:28

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 291

Israel declares two more Gaza hostages dead Israel declared dead on Monday two more of its hostages being held in Gaza, as talks to secure a ceasefire deal that would include the release of some 120 captives there were set to resume later this week. The Israeli military said it was still investigating the deaths in captivity of the two hostages, Yagev Buchshtab, a 35-year-old sound technician and Alex Dancyg, 76, a historian, who were abducted from their homes in kibbutzim near the border with Gaza during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. An Israeli negotiation team was due…

Tuesday, 23 July 2024 04:26

What to know after Day 880 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia restricts entry to border areas in southern Belgorod region Russia's southern region of Belgorod is restricting entry from Tuesday to 14 areas on the border with Ukraine that are subject to heavy attack from Kyiv's forces, measures that appeared to be part of a Kremlin strategy to set up a border buffer zone. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the restrictions applied to the localities "where the pertaining operational situation is extremely difficult," according to the Interfax news agency. The move follows on from the Kremlin's order to protect Russian territory from Ukrainian attacks and secure areas and…

Monday, 22 July 2024 04:38

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 290

Israel shoots down missile fired from Yemen after striking Houthis Israel said it shot down a missile launched from Yemen on Sunday and the Yemeni Houthi movement said it had fired several missiles at the Israeli city of Eilat after Israel's first public strike against the Iran-aligned group a day earlier. The Houthis have launched missiles and drones at Israel and disrupted global trade through the Red Sea in response to Israel's assault on Gaza, further destabilising the Middle East as war in the Palestinian enclave rages on after nine months. Israel says the Houthis have launched 200 attacks against…

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