WARS
Thursday, 13 June 2024 04:45
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 251
Blinken says some of Hamas' proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal for Gaza after Hamas proposed changes to a U.S.-backed plan, some of which he said were “workable” and some not. The back-and-forth laid bare frustration over the difficulty of reaching an accord that could end eight months of war that has decimated the territory, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and left scores of Israeli hostages still languishing in militant captivity. Previous moments…
Thursday, 13 June 2024 04:44
What to know after Day 840 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian missile strike kills 9, injures 29 in Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday killed nine people and injured 29, including five children, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said. The deadliest attack in weeks damaged an administrative building and an apartment block, Ukraine's military command said on the Telegram messaging app. Klymenko said recovery work was now complete. "Every day and every hour, Russian terror proves that Ukraine, together with its partners, should strengthen air defences," President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, commenting on the attack. Kryvyi Rih is his…
Wednesday, 12 June 2024 04:41
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 250
Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan seeking some changes. US says it's 'evaluating' the reply Hamas said Tuesday that it gave mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some “amendments” on the deal. It appeared the reply was short of an outright acceptance that the United States has been pushing for but kept negotiations alive over an elusive halt to the eight-month war. The foreign ministries of Qatar and Egypt — who have been key mediators alongside the United States — confirmed that they had received Hamas’ response and said mediators were studying it.…
Wednesday, 12 June 2024 04:40
What to know after Day 839 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches missile and drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine's military says Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Kyiv early on Wednesday with preliminary information showing there were no injuries or damage in the Ukrainian capital, Ukrainian military said. Ukraine's air defence systems destroyed all air weapons on their approach to the city, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration said on the Telegram messaging app. He added that according to preliminary information, Russia used a combination of cruise and ballistic missiles as well as drones in its attack. The size of the attack was not immediately…
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 04:47
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 249
UN Security Council backs Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan The United Nations Security Council on Monday backed a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged the Palestinian militants to accept the deal aimed at ending the eight-month-long war. Hamas welcomed the adoption of the U.S.-drafted resolution and said in a statement that it is ready to cooperate with mediators over implementing the principles of the plan "that are consistent with the demands of our people and resistance." Russia abstained from the U.N. vote, while the remaining 14 Security Council members…
Tuesday, 11 June 2024 04:46
What to know after Day 838 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's air force may keep some F-16 warplanes abroad to protect them from Russian strikes Ukraine may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it’s set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes, a senior Ukrainian military officer said Monday. Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have committed to providing Ukraine with over 60 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to help it fend off Russian attacks. Ukrainian pilots are currently undergoing training to fly the warplanes ahead of the deliveries expected to start later this year. Serhii Holubtsov, head of aviation…
Monday, 10 June 2024 04:34
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 248
Israel keeps pounding central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274 Israeli forces pounded central Gaza anew on Sunday, a day after killing 274 Palestinians during a hostage rescue raid, and tanks advanced further into Rafah in an apparent bid to seal off part of the southern city, residents and Hamas media said. Palestinians remained in shock over Saturday's death toll, the worst over a 24-hour period of the Gaza war for months and including many women and children, Palestinian medics said. In an update on Sunday, Gaza's health ministry said 274 Palestinians were killed…
Monday, 10 June 2024 04:33
What to know after Day 837 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Chechen leader Kadyrov says Russian troops capture Ukrainian border village The leader of Russia's Chechnya region, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Sunday that Russian forces, led by a Chechen-based special forces unit, have seized control of a Ukrainian border village. Kadyrov, who has led his South Caucasus region as a Kremlin loyalist since 2007, said the Akhmat-Chechnya unit led Russian troops in taking control of Ukraine's Ryzhivka, in Sumy region, opposite the southern Russia region of Kursk. Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Kadyrov said the "large-scale planned advance" inflicted "significant losses on the Ukrainian side, which was forced…
Sunday, 09 June 2024 04:38
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 247
Israel rescues 4 hostages taken in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, and 210 Palestinians are reported killed Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza in a heavy air and ground assault. At least 210 Palestinians were killed, a Gaza health official said. Israelis were jubilant as the army said it freed Noa Argamani, 26; Almog Meir Jan, 22; Andrey Kozlov, 27; and Shlomi Ziv, 41, in a daytime operation in the heart of Nuseirat, raiding two locations at once while under fire. All…
Sunday, 09 June 2024 04:35
What to know after Day 836 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian forces destroy Ukrainian US-supplied armor Russian forces have destroyed another Ukrainian US-made M1 Abrams tank and an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in Donbass, the Defense Ministry has said, as quoted by TASS. In a statement to the agency on Saturday, the ministry said that both vehicles had been taken out in the Avdeevka sector of the front. The strategic city was liberated by Russia in February. Officials told TASS that the Abrams was hit by a high-precision guided Krasnopol artillery shell fired by troops from the ‘Center’ group of forces, adding that the Bradley was destroyed…
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Saturday, 08 June 2024 04:54
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 246
Israeli forces batter central, south Gaza as tanks advance in Rafah With a renewed ceasefire push in the eight-month-old Gaza war stalled, Israel bombarded central and southern areas again on Friday, killing at least 28 Palestinians, and tank forces advanced to the western edges of Rafah. U.S.-backed Qatari and Egyptian mediators have tried again this week to reconcile clashing demands preventing a halt to the hostilities, a release of Israeli hostages and Palestinians jailed in Israel, and an unrestricted flow of aid into Gaza to alleviate a humanitarian disaster. But sources close to the talks said there were still no…
Saturday, 08 June 2024 04:53
What to know after Day 835 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia will win – Putin Peace talks are based on either victory or defeat, and Russia intends to win, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, when asked about the Ukraine conflict. Putin’s comments came during a question-and-answer panel at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). Stating that the leadership in Kiev is illegitimate and that the West cannot be trusted, the Russian leader said this will not get in Moscow’s way. “All negotiations are based on either military defeat, or military victory. Of course, we will win,” Putin said. Moscow is open to negotiations, Putin repeated, but…
Friday, 07 June 2024 04:27
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 245
Diminished Hamas switches to full insurgent mode in Gaza Hamas has seen about half its forces wiped out in eight months of war and is relying on hit-and-run insurgent tactics to frustrate Israel's attempts to take control of Gaza, U.S. and Israeli officials told Reuters. The enclave's ruling group has been reduced to between 9,000 and 12,000 fighters, according to three senior U.S. officials familiar with battlefield developments, down from American estimates of 20,000-25,000 before the conflict. By contrast, Israel says it has lost almost 300 troops in the Gaza campaign. Hamas fighters are now largely avoiding sustained skirmishes with…
Friday, 07 June 2024 04:23
What to know after Day 834 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin warns West over providing long-range weapons to Ukraine The Kremlin said on Thursday that Western nations supplying Ukraine with weapons to strike Russian territory will have to reckon with Russia, after President Vladimir Putin said he was considering arming the West's enemies in retaliation. Speaking with senior editors of international news agencies in St Petersburg on Wednesday, the Russian leader said Moscow was thinking about providing advanced long-range weapons - of a similar nature to those the West is giving Ukraine - to the West's adversaries around the world. Putin in his comments mentioned long-range missiles being…