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Thursday, 27 June 2024 04:47

What to know after Day 854 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia keeps up pressure on the front line as Ukraine gets a boost from Western military aid Relentless Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions defending the strategically important eastern town of Chasiv Yar are disrupting troop rotations and the delivery of some supplies, soldiers in the area say. Russian troops are seeking to press their advantage in troop numbers and weaponry before Ukrainian forces are bulked up by promised new Western military aid that is already trickling to the front line, analysts say. The Kremlin’s military has been hitting civilian targets just as hard, using powerful glide bombsthat obliterate…

Wednesday, 26 June 2024 04:42

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 264

Israelis' lawsuit says UN agency helps Hamas by paying Gaza staff in dollars Israelis who were taken hostage or lost loved ones during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack are suing the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians, claiming it has helped finance the militants by paying agency staffers in U.S. dollars and thereby funneling them to money-changers in Gaza who allegedly give a cut to Hamas. But the agency, known as UNWRA, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the staffers were paid in dollars by their own choice. Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank don’t have their own national currency,…

Wednesday, 26 June 2024 04:41

What to know after Day 853 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian proposal can end Ukraine conflict – Putin Russia’s offer for a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict is a realistic way to end the hostilities, but the West is simply ignoring it, President Vladimir Putin has said. In a keynote foreign policy speech earlier this month, the Russian leader promised to order a ceasefire if Ukraine vows not to seek membership in NATO and withdraws its troops from all territories claimed by Russia. Kiev immediately rejected the proposal. In an address to an international forum hosted by Russia this week, Putin said his offer should be carefully…

Tuesday, 25 June 2024 05:07

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 263

Netanyahu says he won't agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza has been cast into doubt after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a “partial” cease-fire deal that would not end the war, comments that sparked an uproar from families of hostages held by Hamas. In an interview broadcast late Sunday on Israeli Channel 14, a conservative, pro-Netanyahu station, the Israeli leader said he was “prepared to make a partial…

Tuesday, 25 June 2024 05:06

What to know after Day 852 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian troops wipe out large Western-supplied armament depot in Ukraine operation Russian troops destroyed a large Ukrainian army logistics center of Western-supplied armament over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday. "Operational/tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces destroyed a large logistics center of the Ukrainian army accumulating, storing and redistributing armament, including missiles delivered to the Kiev regime by Western countries," the ministry said in a statement. During the last 24-hour period, Russian troops struck massed enemy manpower and military…

Monday, 24 June 2024 04:50

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 262

Netanyahu says intense fighting against Hamas is ending but war to go on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was coming to an end but that the war would not end until the Islamist group no longer controls the Palestinian enclave. Once the intense fighting is over in Gaza, Netanyahu said, Israel will be able to deploy more forces along the northern border with Lebanon, where fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah has escalated . "After the intense phase is finished, we will have the possibility to move…

Monday, 24 June 2024 04:49

What to know after Day 851 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine launches tens of drones on Russia's Bryansk region, Russian official says Ukraine launched tens of drones overnight targeting Russia's western region of Bryansk and other regions but with no reported damage, Russian officials said on Sunday. At least 30 drones were destroyed over Bryansk, which borders Ukraine, the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz, said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia's air defence systems also destroyed drones over the Smolensk region, Vasily Anokhin, governor of the region in Russia's west, said on Telegram. It was not immediately clear how many drones were downed. According to preliminary information,…

Sunday, 23 June 2024 04:47

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 261

Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza, enclave's government media office says At least 42 people were killed in Israeli attacks on districts of Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian enclave on Saturday, the director of the Hamas-run government media office said. One Israeli strike on houses in Al-Shati, one of the Gaza Strip's eight historic refugee camps, killed 24 people, Ismail Al-Thawabta told Reuters. Another 18 Palestinians were killed in a strike on houses in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood. The Israeli military released a brief statement saying: "A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck two Hamas…

Sunday, 23 June 2024 04:46

What to know after Day 850 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Has Russia just dropped a deadly new 3,000kg glide bomb in Ukraine? The multistorey building stands alone just off a main road. The houses around it are completely destroyed, razed to the ground by relentless Russian shelling, and the dirt road is scarred by shrapnel. All that can be heard is the sound of a bomb being dropped, followed seconds later by a mighty explosion. The bomb smashes into the ground 10 metres from the building, opening up a huge crater before a swelling fireball engulfs the entire three floors. When the smoke eventually dissipates, the footage shows…

Saturday, 22 June 2024 04:46

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 260

Israel pounds Gaza, killing dozens, as fighting rages Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza on Friday, as well as other areas across the enclave, killing at least 45 Palestinians as troops engaged in close-quarter combat with Hamas militants, residents and Israel's military said. Residents said the Israelis appeared to be trying to complete their capture of Rafah, which borders Egypt and has been the focus of an Israeli assault since early May. Tanks were forcing their way into the western and northern parts of the city, having already captured the east, south and centre. Firing from planes, tanks and…

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Saturday, 22 June 2024 04:45

What to know after Day 849 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE US permits Ukrainian strikes anywhere beyond conflict front line – Politico The US has permitted Ukraine to strike targets on Russian territory using American-made weapons anywhere across the front line – not just in the Kharkov Region, Politico has reported. This doesn’t represent a change to Washington’s policy on the use of US-supplied weapons by Kiev, anonymous sources told the outlet in an article published on Thursday. In late May, media reported that the administration of President Joe Biden had quietly greenlighted Ukrainian attacks using American weapons inside Russian territory for “counterfire purposes in the Kharkov region.” The…

Friday, 21 June 2024 04:45

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 259

Israel's pledge to guard an aid route into Gaza falls flat as lawlessness blocks distribution The Israeli military said Sunday that it was establishing a new safe corridor to deliver aid into southern Gaza. But days later, this self-declared “tactical pause” has brought little relief to desperate Palestinians. The United Nations and international aid organizations say a breakdown in law and order has made the aid route unusable. With thousands of truckloads of aid piled up, groups of armed men are regularly blocking convoys, holding drivers at gunpoint and rifling through their cargo, according to a U.N. official who spoke…

Friday, 21 June 2024 04:44

What to know after Day 848 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE ‘Strategic defeat’ means end of Russia – Putin The West must realize that defeating Russia is not only unlikely, but impossible due to the unity of its people who understand that it would spell the end of the country’s thousand-year history, President Vladimir Putin has argued. Speaking at a press conference in Hanoi following his meetings with the leadership of Vietnam on Thursday, Putin addressed the issue of Western powers “raising the temperature” of the Ukraine conflict through gradual escalation. “Apparently, they expect us to get scared at some point. But at the same time, they also say…

Thursday, 20 June 2024 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 258

Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, forcing people to flee again Israeli tanks backed by warplanes and drones advanced deeper into the western part of the Gaza Strip city of Rafah on Wednesday, killing eight people, according to residents and Palestinian medics. Residents said the tanks moved into five neighbourhoods after midnight. Heavy shelling and gunfire hit the tents of displaced families in the Al-Mawasi area, further to the west of the coastal enclave, they said. Some eight months into the war, there has been no sign of let up in the fighting as efforts by international mediators, backed by…

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