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Wednesday, 13 December 2023 04:35

What to know after Day 657 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Dozens injured in Kyiv in Russia's second missile assault this week -Ukraine Russia's second missile assault on Kyiv this week injured at least 34 people and damaged homes and a children's hospital, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pleaded in Washington for more help for his country. Ukraine's air defence systems downed all missiles targeting the capital about 3 a.m. (0100 GMT), Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. The full scale of the attack was not immediately clear. Falling debris caused injuries and destruction in three of Kyiv's…

Wednesday, 13 December 2023 04:34

Ukraine war: Soldier tells BBC of front-line 'hell'

Outnumbered and outgunned, one front-line soldier has given a sobering account of Ukraine's struggle to cling on to its foothold on the east bank of the vast Dnipro river. Several hundred Ukrainian soldiers have made it there as part of a counter-offensive launched six months ago. Under relentless Russian fire, the soldier spent several weeks on the Russian-occupied side of the river as Ukraine sought to establish a bridgehead around the village of Krynky. The BBC is not naming him to protect his identity. His account, sent via a messaging app, speaks of troop boats blown out of the water,…

Tuesday, 12 December 2023 04:37

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 67

Israeli defense chief resists pressure to halt Gaza offensive, says campaign will 'take time' Israel’s defense minister on Monday pushed back against international calls to wrap up the country’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the current phase of the operation against the Hamas militant group will “take time.” Yoav Gallant, a member of Israel’s three-man war cabinet, remained unswayed by a growing chorus of criticism over the widespread damage and heavy civilian death toll caused by the two-month military campaign. The U.N. secretary-general and leading Arab states have called for an immediate cease-fire. The United States has urged…

Tuesday, 12 December 2023 04:36

What to know after Day 656 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Zelenskiy, in Washington, urges Congress not to play into Putin's hands Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told a U.S. military audience on Monday that he hoped he can still count on the United States and urged Congress not play into Russian President Vladimir Putin's hands, as he started a critical visit to Washington to shore up security assistance. "We won't give up. We know what to do and you can count on Ukraine. And we hope just as much to be able to count on you," Zelenskiy said in an address to the National Defense University. U.S. President Joe…

Monday, 11 December 2023 04:45

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 66

Battles rage across Gaza as Israel indicates it's willing to fight for months or more to beat Hamas Battles raged across Gaza on Sunday as Israel indicated it was prepared to fight for months or longer to defeat the territory’s Hamas rulers, and a key mediator said willingness to discuss a cease-fire was fading. Israel faces international outrage after its military offensive, with diplomatic support and arms from close ally the United States, has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians. About 90% of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced within the besieged territory, where U.N. agencies say there is no…

Monday, 11 December 2023 04:45

What to know after Day 655 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's leaders have gone 'totally crazy' – Putin Persistent persecution of ethnic Russians in Ukraine was one of the key reasons behind the decision to launch the military offensive of February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin has explained. He added that he believes the authorities in Kiev have since gone completely “crazy”. The president made the remarks earlier this week when he hosted distinguished servicemen at the Kremlin to award them "Hero of Russia" medals. Excerpts from Putin’s speech on the sidelines of the event were published by Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on Sunday. “We would never have…

Sunday, 10 December 2023 04:26

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 65

Israel presses on with its Gaza offensive after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war Israel’s military pushed ahead with its punishing air and ground offensive in Gaza on Saturday, bolstered by a U.S. veto derailing U.N. Security Council efforts to end the war and word that an emergency sale of $106 million worth of tank ammunition had been approved by Washington. Unable to leave Gaza, a territory 25 miles (40 kilometers) long by about 7 miles (11 kilometers) wide, more than 2 million Palestinians faced more bombardment Saturday, even in areas that Israel had described as safe…

Sunday, 10 December 2023 04:25

What to know after Day 654 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine condemns Russian plans for elections on occupied territory Ukraine on Saturday strongly condemned Russian plans to hold presidential elections next spring on occupied territory, declaring them "null and void" and pledging to prosecute any observers sent to monitor them. Russia's upper house set the country's presidential election this week for next March, and chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko said residents in four occupied Ukrainian regions would be able to vote for the first time. Russia claims to have annexed the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions in the east and south of Ukraine during referenda last year dismissed by…

Saturday, 09 December 2023 04:44

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 64

Israeli troops round up Palestinian men in northern Gaza as UN warns aid operation is 'in tatters' Israel said Friday that the military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation, searching for Hamas militants, while desperate Palestinians in the south crowded into an ever-shrinking area, and the U.N. warned that its aid operation is “in tatters.” The detentions pointed to Israeli efforts to secure the military’s hold on northern Gaza as the war entered its third month. Furious urban fighting has continued in the north, underscoring Hamas’ heavy resistance, and tens of thousands of residents are believed…

Saturday, 09 December 2023 04:43

What to know after Day 653 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says Russian missiles kill one, troops press on Avdiivka Russian warplanes fired 19 long-range missiles at targets in Ukraine on Friday, killing one civilian in a central region, wounding eight and damaging an industrial facility and power lines, Ukrainian officials said. On the 1,000-km (600-mile) front line in the war against Russia, Ukrainian officials said Moscow's forces pressed on with a drive to encircle the shattered eastern town of Avdiivka. Officials also reported heavy battles in the northeast near Kupiansk, a town seized by Russian forces soon after their February 2022 invasion but later retaken by Ukraine.…

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Friday, 08 December 2023 04:29

Son of Israeli war cabinet minister killed in Gaza, IDF says

Master Sgt. (Res.) Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25, a combat soldier in the 551st reserve commando Brigade’s 699th Battalion, died in battle, the IDF said in a statement. His father was chief of the general staff of the IDF from February 2015 to January 2018, and served in the military for more than four decades. Gadi Eisenkot joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime cabinet as minister without portfolio in the wake of Hamas’ October 7 attack. He was elected to the Knesset in 2022 and is a member of Benny Gantz’s National Unity Party. Gantz paid tribute to Gal Meir…

Friday, 08 December 2023 04:28

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 63

Israel designates safe zone in Gaza. Palestinians and aid groups say it offers little relief Israel has designated a small slice of mostly undeveloped land along Gaza’s Mediterranean coast as a safe zone — a place where waves of people fleeing the war can find protection from airstrikes and receive humanitarian supplies for their families. The reality? The area of Muwasi is a makeshift tent camp where thousands of dazed Palestinians live in squalid conditions in scattered farm fields and waterlogged dirt roads. Their numbers have swelled in recent days as people flee an Israeli military offensive in nearby areas…

Friday, 08 December 2023 04:27

What to know after Day 652 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Western aid to Ukraine falls off a cliff – German monitor New commitments of weapons and money to Ukraine by the US and its allies have reached a new low in the past three months, down to almost one tenth of what they were a year ago, Germany’s Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) reported on Thursday. The research institution updated this week its Ukraine Support Tracker, a database of public aid pledges, which it has been tracking since January last year. Between August and October, the value of new packages dropped to just €2.11 billion…

Thursday, 07 December 2023 04:42

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 62

Fighting between Israel and Hamas rages in Gaza's second-largest city, blocking aid from population Israeli troops battled Hamas militants Wednesday in the center of the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city, the military said, pressing a ground offensive that has sent tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing to the territory’s southernmost edge and prevented aid groups from delivering food, water and other supplies. Two months into the war, Israel’s offensive into southern Gaza was bringing to Khan Younis the same fierce urban fighting and intensified bombardment that obliterated much of Gaza City and the north of the territory in past weeks. But…

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