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Sunday, 03 November 2024 04:42

What to know after Day 983 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine 'holding back' powerful Russian offensive, Kyiv top commander says Ukrainian forces are restraining one of Russia's most powerful offensives since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour, the top commander of Kyiv's forces said on Saturday. Russian troops advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, the month after President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, according to open-source data. Ukraine in August took part of Russia's Kursk region. "The Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding back one of the most powerful Russian offensives from launching a full-scale invasion," General Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote…

Saturday, 02 November 2024 04:58

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 393

Ceasefire hopes fade as Israel bombards Gaza, Lebanon Prospects of a ceasefire between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground on Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 people in the Gaza Strip, according to medics in the Palestinian enclave, and bombed Beirut's southern suburbs. The Israeli military said it killed senior Hamas official Izz al-Din Kassab in an airstrike in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis and described him as one of the last surviving high-ranking members of Hamas responsible for coordinating with other groups in Gaza. U.S. envoys had been working to secure ceasefires…

Saturday, 02 November 2024 04:56

What to know after Day 982 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian missile destroys ‘police building’ – Ukrainian officials Russian troops have struck a police building in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkov on Friday, killing at least one officer and injuring dozens, Ukrainian officials said. According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, a Russian S-400 missile hit an unspecified “facility that housed police officers.” A 43-year-old police colonel has been killed, while 30 police officers, a first responder and nine civilians were injured, the ministry said. Interior Minister Igor Klimenko wrote on Facebook that some of the wounded officers are in critical condition. Russian military blogger Boris Rozhin wrote on…

Friday, 01 November 2024 04:51

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 392

Rocket fire from Lebanon kills 7 in Israel as US officials try to push for cease-fires Rocket barrages from Lebanon into northern Israel killed four foreign workers and three Israelis on Thursday, Israeli medics said, the deadliest cross-border strikes in Israel since it invaded Lebanon. Israel kept up airstrikes it says targeted Hezbollah militants across Lebanon, where health authorities on Thursday reported 24 people killed. U.S. diplomats were in the region pushing for cease-fires in both Lebanon and Gaza, hoping to wind down the wars in the Middle East as the Biden administration enters its final months. Pressure has been…

Friday, 01 November 2024 04:49

What to know after Day 981 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy blasts allies for 'zero' response to North Korean deployment President Volodymyr Zelenskiy blasted what he called his allies' "zero" response to Russia's deployment of North Korean troops for the war in Ukraine,saying on Thursday a weak reaction would encourage Russia's Vladimir Putin to beef up the contingent. The Ukrainian leader, in an interview with South Korea's KBS television channel, said he believed Moscow was already trying to agree for North Korea to send engineering troops and a "large number of civilians" to work at Russian military plants. "Putin is checking the reaction of the West ... And…

Thursday, 31 October 2024 04:39

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 391

Lebanon, Israel could agree to ceasefire within days, Lebanese prime minister says Lebanon's prime minister expressed hope on Wednesday that a ceasefire deal with Israel would be announced within days as Israel's public broadcaster published what it said was a draft agreement providing for an initial 60-day truce. The document, which broadcaster Kan said was a leaked proposal written by Washington, said Israel would withdraw its forces from Lebanon within the first week of the 60-day ceasefire. It largely aligned with details reported earlier by Reuters based on two sources familiar with the matter. Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati…

Thursday, 31 October 2024 04:38

What to know after Day 980 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia asks at UN: If West aids Ukraine, why can't North Korea help us? Russia's envoy to the United Nations on Wednesday questioned why its allies like North Korea could not help Moscow in its war against Ukraine given Western countries claim to the right to help Kyiv. Vassily Nebenzia faced a blunt argument at a Security Council meeting from the United States, Britain, South Korea, Ukraine and others, who all accused Russia of violating U.N. resolutions and the founding U.N. Charter with the deployment of troops from North Korea (DPRK) to help Moscow. "Supporting an act of…

Wednesday, 30 October 2024 05:16

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 390

Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader, Israel says he won't last long Lebanese armed group Hezbollah named Naim Qassem as its new leader on Tuesday but Israel said his tenure would be "temporary", an apparent threat after it killed his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut over a month ago. "Temporary appointment. Not for long," Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant posted on X with a photo of Qassem. Earlier, Iran-backed Hezbollah said in a written statement that its Shura Council had elected Qassem, 71, in accordance with its established mechanism for choosing a secretary general. Qassem was appointed as Hezbollah's…

Wednesday, 30 October 2024 05:15

What to know after Day 979 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia fires missiles to simulate 'massive' response to a nuclear attack Russia test-fired missiles over distances of thousands of miles on Tuesday to simulate a "massive" nuclear response to an enemy first strike. "Given the growing geopolitical tensions and the emergence of new external threats and risks, it is important to have modern and constantly ready-to-use strategic forces," President Vladimir Putin said as he announced the exercise. It took place at a critical moment in the Russia-Ukraine war, after weeks of Russian signals to the West that Moscow will respond if the United States and its allies allow…

Tuesday, 29 October 2024 04:47

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 389

Israeli campaign leaves Lebanese border towns in ruins, satellite images show Israel's military campaign in southern Lebanon has caused vast destruction in more than a dozen border towns and villages, reducing many of them to clusters of grey craters, according to satellite imagery provided to Reuters by Planet Labs Inc. Many of the towns, emptied of their residents by the bombing, had been inhabited for at least two centuries. The imagery reviewed includes towns between Kfarkela in southeastern Lebanon, south past Meiss al-Jabal, and then west past a base used by U.N. peacekeepers to the small village of Labbouneh. "There…

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Tuesday, 29 October 2024 04:43

What to know after Day 978 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian glide bomb obliterates Ukrainian headquarters – MOD Russian warplanes have obliterated a Ukrainian-held building in the border Kharkov Region where a number of officers were posted, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced on Monday, releasing video footage of the strike. The ministry said in a statement that its forces had destroyed a Ukrainian temporary deployment point near the town of Volchansk, which is about six miles from the Russian border. The area around the town has been the scene of fierce fighting since Russia launched its offensive in Kharkov Region to establish a ‘cordon sanitaire’ to protect…

Monday, 28 October 2024 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 388

Netanyahu says Israel hit Iran hard; Khamenei says damage should not be exaggerated Israel's airstrikes "hit hard" Iran's defences and missile production, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the country was considering its response. With warfare raging in Gaza and Lebanon, direct confrontation between Israel and Iran risks spiralling into a regional conflagration. But a day after the airstrikes, there was no sign they would spark another round of escalation. However, heavy fighting in Lebanon between Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which sharply intensified over recent weeks, continued on Sunday with…

Monday, 28 October 2024 04:43

What to know after Day 977 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Putin hopes NATO heard warning on long-range strikes President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that NATO has “heard” his warning about the consequences of allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia. Putin said last month that Moscow would treat any such attacks as a direct attack by the countries that supplied the weapons. Amid growing Western involvement in the Ukraine conflict, the Russian president has also proposed updating the national nuclear doctrine. When asked whether Kiev’s backers had listened to his warning, Putin told Rossiya-1 correspondent Pavel Zarubin “They didn’t tell me anything…

Sunday, 27 October 2024 04:38

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 387

Iran plays down Israel's strikes, says they caused 'limited damage' Iran on Saturday played down Israel's overnight air attack against Iranian military targets, saying it caused only limited damage, as U.S. President Joe Biden called for a halt to escalation that has raised fears of an all-out conflagration in the Middle East. Scores of Israeli jets completed three waves of strikes before dawn against missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in western Iran, Israel's military said. It was retaliation for Iran's Oct. 1 attack on Israel with about 200 ballistic missiles, and Israel warned its heavily armed arch-foe…

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