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Thursday, 01 August 2024 04:53

What to know after Day 889 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia vs Ukraine: the biggest war of the fake news era - In early April, some residents of Kharkiv received a series of chilling text messages from government officials telling them to flee the city before Russian forces surrounded it. "Due to the threat of enemy encirclement, we urge the civilian population of Kharkiv leave the city by April 22," said one alert, which bore the logo of the State Emergencies Service of Ukraine and mapped out safe escape routes on a slick infographic. It was fake. Volodymyr Tymoshko knew immediately. He's the police chief of Kharkiv region…

Wednesday, 31 July 2024 04:50

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 299

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, Hamas says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran on Wednesday, the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said in separate statements. The Islamist faction mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in "a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran". Hanieh attended Iran's new president's swearing in ceremony on Tuesday. "Early this morning, the residence of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was struck, resulting in his and one of his body guards' martyrdom. The cause is under investigation and will be announced soon," the Revolutionary…

Wednesday, 31 July 2024 04:49

What to know after Day 888 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches drone attack on Ukraine capital Kyiv, military says Russia launched an overnight drone attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and its surrounding region, the military administration said on Wednesday. "Air defence systems are being engaged in the region and on the approaches to Kyiv in particular," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. Reuters witnesses reported hearing blasts in what sounded like air defence systems engaged in repelling an air attack. The city and most of Ukraine were under air raid alerts that were issued at around 2000 GMT…

Tuesday, 30 July 2024 04:55

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 298

Hamas, Israel trade blame for not reaching Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal Israel and the Islamist group Hamas traded blame on Monday over the lack of progress in reaching a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the Gaza Strip despite international mediation. Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of adding new conditions and demands to a U.S.-backed truce proposal, after the latest talks conducted through mediators. Netanyahu, however, denied making any alterations and said Hamas was the one insisting on numerous changes to the original proposal. The Iran-backed Palestinian Islamist group said it had received the latest response from…

Tuesday, 30 July 2024 04:54

What to know after Day 887 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages Russian forces have overrun two front-line villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Ukrainian army sergeant said Monday, after relentless assaults that are part of a Kremlin summer push to overwhelm battlefield defenses there. Separately, attacks in Russia’s Kursk region by the Security Service of Ukraine, also known as the SBU, struck a number of substations causing power outages, according to a statement from the General Staff of Ukraine. The claim of responsibility came after Russia said it thwarted a nighttime Ukrainian drone attack.…

Monday, 29 July 2024 04:46

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 297

Israel cabinet authorizes government to respond to Hezbollah rocket strike Israel's security cabinet on Sunday authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to decide on the "manner and timing" of a response to a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 teenagers and children, and which Israel and the United States blamed on Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. Hezbollah denied responsibility for the attack on Majdal Shams on Saturday, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct. 7 assault sparked the war in Gaza. That conflict has spread to several fronts and risks spilling…

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…

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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,…

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