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Friday, 21 July 2023 04:46

What to know after Day 512 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia bombs Ukraine ports, threatens ships, as Kyiv deploys cluster munitions Russia jolted world grain markets with an escalation in the Black Sea, mounting a third straight night of air strikes on Ukrainian ports and issuing a threat against Ukraine-bound vessels to which Kyiv responded in kind. At least 27 civilians were reported hurt in the air strikes on the ports, which set buildings ablaze and damaged China's consulate in Odesa. The United States said Russia's warning to ships indicated Moscow might attack vessels at sea following Moscow's withdrawal on Monday from a U.N.-brokered deal to let Ukraine…

Thursday, 20 July 2023 03:43

What to know after Day 511 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia warns ships in Black Sea, Ukraine to create temporary grains export route Russia warned that ships sailing to Ukraine's Black Sea ports from Thursday will be seen as potential military targets, days after its withdrawal from a safe-passage deal that threatens to worsen global food supplies. Ukraine said on Wednesday it was establishing a temporary shipping route via Romania, one of the neighbouring Black Sea countries. "Its goal is to facilitate the unblocking of international shipping in the north-western part of the Black Sea," Vasyl Shkurakov, Ukraine's acting minister for communities, territories and infrastructure development, said in…

Wednesday, 19 July 2023 04:55

What to know after Day 510 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia carries out air strikes for second night on Ukraine's Odesa port - governor Ukrainian air defence systems were engaged in the early hours of Wednesday in repelling a Russian air attack on the southern port of Odesa for a second consecutive night, the region's governor said. Russia struck Ukrainian ports on Tuesday, a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal for safe Black Sea grain exports, a decision that raised concern primarily in Africa and Asia of rising food prices and hunger. "Do not approach the windows, do not shoot or show the work of air…

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 04:02

What to know after Day 509 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches drones, missiles on Ukraine's south and east - Ukraine's Air Force Russia launched overnight air attacks on Ukraine's south and east using drones and possibly ballistic missiles, Ukraine's Air Force and officials said early on Tuesday. A fire broke out at one of the "facilities" in the port of Mykolaiv late on Monday, the city mayor said. The port city provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea. "It's quite serious," Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said on the Telegram messaging app of the fire, adding that more detail will come in the morning. The southern port of…

Tuesday, 18 July 2023 04:01

All we know after Day 92 of battles of Sudan military factions

Attacks and displacement spread in Sudan's Darfur The paramilitary force battling the army in Sudan has taken control of a town in South Darfur, triggering clashes, looting and a new wave of displacement, conflict monitors and a witness said on Monday. Clashes between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army around the town of Kas had caused up to 5,000 households to flee, some of them from camps for displaced people, according to a tracking system run by the International Organization for Migration. The war that erupted between the army and the RSF in the capital Khartoum has led…

Monday, 17 July 2023 04:43

What to know after Day 508 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine having ‘no success’ with counteroffensive – Putin The much-touted Ukrainian counteroffensive has seen no success more than a month after it was launched, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired on Sunday. Putin praised Russia’s “heroic” troops and insisted that the direction of Moscow’s military campaign was “positive.” “All attempts by the enemy to breach our defenses… including through the use of strategic reserves have fallen flat throughout the counteroffensive. Our enemy remains unsuccessful,” the Russian leader told journalist Pavel Zarubin. According to Putin, Russian troops are launching counterattacks of their own in some sections…

Sunday, 16 July 2023 03:27

What to know after Day 507 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE 20% of Ukrainian weapons destroyed in just two weeks – New York Times The Ukrainian military lost 20% of the equipment it sent to the battlefield during the first two weeks of its counteroffensive, the New York Times reported on Saturday. This high attrition rate was reportedly a key factor in Kiev’s decision to pause the operation. Beginning in early June, Ukrainian forces launched a series of attacks all along the front line from Kherson to Donetsk. Advancing through minefields and without air support, the Ukrainian military lost 26,000 men and more than 3,000 pieces of military hardware,…

Saturday, 15 July 2023 04:31

What to know after Day 506 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv's troops, general notes advances in south President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians that Russia was throwing all its resources into a campaign to stop Kyiv's troops from pressing their counter offensive and a top general reported new progress on the southern front. But Ukrainian military analysts suggested that things were not easy for Ukrainian forces in their bid to advance southward. Ukraine has launched a counter offensive to take back swathes of land in eastern and southern Ukraine captured by Russian forces in their invasion launched in February 2022. It has…

Friday, 14 July 2023 04:01

What to know after Day 505 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Western tanks burn more fiercely than Soviet ones – Putin Ukrainian troops are reluctant to make use of the heavy equipment supplied by Western backers, as it has become a liability, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Western tanks are a priority target for Russian forces, and burn more fiercely than Soviet-made equivalents when hit, the president told the Rossiya 24 TV channel. Russian troops have destroyed a total of 311 Ukrainian tanks since June 4, Putin said, adding that “at least a third of them, I believe, were Western-made tanks, including Leopards.” “I can say that…

Friday, 14 July 2023 04:00

All we know after Day 89 of battles of Sudan military factions

Egypt launches new Sudan mediation bid at neighbours' summit Egypt on Thursday embarked on a fresh bid to halt fighting between Sudan's warring factions and contain the humanitarian crisis it has unleashed, using a summit of neighbouring states to try to revive international efforts to contain the war. The leaders of Sudan's seven neighbours in a joint statement called on the warring parties to commit to a ceasefire, appealed to regional states not to interfere in the conflict, and agreed to facilitate delivery of aid. They also warned of the possibility of Sudan's fragmentation or "descent into chaos that could…

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Thursday, 13 July 2023 04:31

What to know after Day 504 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE NATO allies offer Ukraine security assurances as Biden hits out at 'craven' Putin President Joe Biden accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of having a "craven lust for land and power" at the end of a NATO summit on Wednesday where Ukraine won new security assurances from the U.S. and its allies for its defence against Moscow. Members of the world's most powerful military bloc offered the prospect of long-term protection a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy decried as "absurd" a refusal to offer an invitation or timetable for Ukraine's entry into NATO. Ukraine has been pushing for…

Thursday, 13 July 2023 04:29

All we know after Day 88 of battles of Sudan military factions

Number of displaced by Sudan war surpasses 3 million, International Organization for Migration The number of people uprooted by a conflict between military factions in Sudan that erupted nearly three months ago has surpassed 3 million, according to estimates from the International Organization for Migration. More than 2.4 million people have been displaced internally and more than 730,000 have crossed into neighbouring countries, data published late on Tuesday said. Most have fled either from the capital Khartoum, the focus of the power struggle between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that broke out on April 15, or…

Wednesday, 12 July 2023 04:06

What to know after Day 503 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Military aid to Ukraine makes World War III more likely – ex-Russian president The continuing Western military aid to Kiev only increases the risk of escalating the standoff with Russia, etching the world closer to a global war, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned after NATO members gathered for a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on Tuesday. In a post on his Telegram channel, Medvedev blasted the new defense packages announced by Ukraine’s supporters. “The completely crazed West could not come up with anything else,”Medvedev, who is currently the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, wrote. “In fact,…

Tuesday, 11 July 2023 05:06

What to know after Day 502 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Wagner fighters neared Russian nuclear base during revolt As rebellious Wagner forces drove north toward Moscow on June 24, a contingent of military vehicles diverted east on a highway in the direction of a fortified Russian army base that holds nuclear weapons, according to videos posted online and interviews with local residents. Once the Wagner fighters reach more rural regions, the surveillance trail goes cold – about 100 km from the nuclear base, Voronezh-45. Reuters could not confirm what happened next, and Western officials have repeatedly said that Russia's nuclear stockpile was never in danger during the uprising,…

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