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Saturday, 04 November 2023 04:49

What to know after Day 618 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter Istoryk, a 26-year-old soldier in eastern Ukraine, finally managed to fall asleep one morning, exhausted from the relentless battles against Russian forces in the pinewood forests near Kreminna. His rest was cut short just an hour later when a fresh firefight broke out, forcing the senior combat medic back into action in a fierce and lengthy exchange. "We had a firefight for over 20 hours," said Istoryk, identified by his military call sign. "Non-stop fighting, assaults, evacuations, and you know, I managed it," he told a Reuters reporter…

Friday, 03 November 2023 04:49

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 28

Pressure rises on Israel to pause fighting and ease siege as battles intensify near Gaza City Israeli troops battling Hamas militants encircled Gaza City on Thursday, the military said, as the Palestinian death toll rose above 9,000. U.S. and Arab leaders raised pressure on Israel to ease its siege of Gaza and at least briefly halt its attacks in order to aid civilians. Nearly four weeks after Hamas’ deadly rampage in Israel sparked the war, U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading to the region for talks Friday in Israel and Jordan following President Joe Biden’s suggestion for a…

Friday, 03 November 2023 04:48

What to know after Day 617 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE US imposes sweeping new sanctions targeting Russia over war in Ukraine The United States on Thursday imposed sweeping new measures against Moscow over the war in Ukraine, targeting Russia's future energy capabilities, sanctions evasion and a suicide drone that has been a menace to Ukrainian troops and equipment, among others, in sanctions on hundreds of people and entities. The latest measures target a major entity involved in the development, operation and ownership of a massive project in Siberia known as Arctic-2 LNG, the State Department said in a statement. The project expected to ship chilled natural gas, known…

Thursday, 02 November 2023 04:50

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 27

After weeks in besieged Gaza, some foreign nationals and wounded Palestinians are allowed to leave Israeli ground troops have advanced to “the gates of Gaza City” in heavy fighting with militants, the military said Wednesday, as hundreds of foreign nationals and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians were allowed to leave Gaza after more than three weeks under siege. The news came as U.S. President Joe Biden called for a humanitarian “pause” in the fighting. Biden was speaking at a Minneapolis campaign fundraiser when a protester interrupted him, calling for a cease-fire. “I think we need a pause,” Biden responded. White…

Thursday, 02 November 2023 04:49

What to know after Day 616 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine must innovate as war moves to static, attritional phase -army chief Ukraine's war with Russia is moving towards a new stage of static and attritional fighting, a phase that could allow Moscow to rebuild its military power, Ukraine's commander-in-chief has said. In an article for The Economist published on Wednesday, General Valery Zaluzhnyi said his army needed key new military capabilities and technological innovation to break out of the new phase of the war, now in its 21st month. Using stark language, he described risks of prolonged, attritional fighting: "This will benefit Russia, allowing it to rebuild…

Wednesday, 01 November 2023 04:36

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 26

Israeli airstrikes crush apartments in Gaza refugee camp, as ground troops battle Hamas militants A barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City on Tuesday, with rescuers clawing through the destruction to pull men, women and children from the rubble. Israel said the strike, which targeted a senior Hamas military leader, destroyed a militant command center and an underground tunnel network. The toll from the attack in the Jabaliya camp was not immediately known. The director of the nearby hospital where casualties were taken, Atef Al-Kahlot, said hundreds of people were wounded or killed,…

Wednesday, 01 November 2023 04:35

What to know after Day 615 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Don't expect instant success, Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns as he rallies his troops Ukraine's attacks on the Russian Navy in the Black Sea have crippled Moscow's war efforts, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, seeking to rally his troops even as the outside world expects instant successes. Despite Kyiv's gruelling months-long offensive, the vast frontline in Ukraine's east and south has moved little in the past year, spurring criticism and impatience among some of Ukraine's Western allies. "We live in a world that gets used to success too quickly. When the full-scale invasion began, many people around the world…

Tuesday, 31 October 2023 05:33

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 25

Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded. The military said a soldier captured during Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 incursion was rescued in Gaza — the first rescue since the weekslong war began. Military officials provided few details but said in…

Tuesday, 31 October 2023 05:32

What to know after Day 614 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Zelensky ‘feels betrayed’ by West – Time Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky feels “betrayed” by his Western backers, who have denied him the support and attention he has grown used to, his aides told Time magazine. According to the report, published on Monday, the president’s circle now see him as “delusional” and the conflict with Russia as impossible to win. Zelensky and his advisors spoke to the US magazine after the Ukrainian president visited Washington last month. Unlike the hero’s welcome he received last December, the most recent visit saw Zelensky grilled about corruption in Ukraine and forbidden from…

Monday, 30 October 2023 04:52

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 24

Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products. The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll among Palestinians passed 8,000, mostly women and minors, as Israeli tanks and infantry pursued what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a “second stage” in the war ignited by…

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Monday, 30 October 2023 04:52

What to know after Day 613 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia's Shoigu accuses West of seeking to expand Ukraine war to Asia-Pacific Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the West wants to expand the conflict in the Ukraine to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian state media reported, citing comments made at a Beijing defence forum on Monday. Speaking at the Xiangshan Forum, China's biggest military diplomacy event, Shoigu said NATO is covering up a build-up of forces in the Asia-Pacific region with an "ostentatious desire for dialogue", Russia's TASS news agency reported. Shoigu said NATO countries were promoting an arms race in the region, increasing their military presence and…

Sunday, 29 October 2023 04:37

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 23

Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be 'long and difficult' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Saturday night that the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea. Casting the war as a fight for his country’s very survival, he warned that the assault would only intensify ahead of a broad ground invasion into the territory. “There are moments in which a nation faces two possibilities: to do or die,” Netanyahu said. “We now…

Sunday, 29 October 2023 04:36

What to know after Day 612 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian drone struck Russian nuclear waste facility risking disaster, Moscow says A Ukrainian drone crashed into a nuclear waste storage facility at the Kursk power plant in western Russia on Thursday, damaging its walls, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday, calling on other governments to condemn "an act of nuclear terrorism". A ministry statement said Ukraine must have known that its actions could have caused a full-scale nuclear catastrophe that would have affected many countries. "We call on all governments to issue a strong condemnation of Kyiv's barbaric actions, which are extremely dangerous and could lead to irreparable…

Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:49

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 22

Israel steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza and cuts off territory's communications Israel knocked out internet and communications in the Gaza Strip in stepped-up bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from contact with each other and the outside world and creating a near-blackout of information, as the military said it was “expanding” ground operations in the territory. The military’s announcement signaled it was moving closer to an all-out invasion of Gaza, where it has vowed to crush the ruling Hamas militant group after its bloody incursion in southern Israel three weeks ago. Explosions from…

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