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Thursday, 03 October 2024 04:29
What to know after Day 952 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Drones now capable of missions that used to be assigned exclusively to planes — Putin Modern-day drones can perform missions that only combat planes used to be able to take on, Russian President Vladimir Putin said as he met with college students majoring in drone technology. The president held the meeting at the Rudnevo industrial park, where Moscow-based colleges hold professional training for students studying how to assemble and operate drones. The students told Putin about their inventions and skills. "Modern unmanned aerial vehicles are gradually but fundamentally changing the principles of military operations," Putin said. "They can…
Wednesday, 02 October 2024 04:47
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 362
Iran says attack on Israel is over as fears grow of wider conflict Iran said early on Wednesday that its missile attack on Israel was over barring further provocation, while Israel and the U.S. promised to retaliate against Tehran as fears of a wider war intensified. Washington said it would work with longtime ally Israel to make sure Iran faced "severe consequences" for Tuesday's attack, which Israel said involved more than 180 ballistic missiles. The United Nations Security Council scheduled a meeting about the Middle East for Wednesday, and the European Union called for an immediate ceasefire. "Our action is…
Wednesday, 02 October 2024 04:46
What to know after Day 951 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian troops reach centre of Ukrainian bastion Vuhledar Russian troops have reached the centre of Vuhledar, a bastion on strategic high ground in eastern Ukraine's industrial Donbas region that had resisted Russian assaults since Moscow's full-scale invasion, a regional Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. Footage posted to social media showed Russian soldiers waving a flag from atop a bombed-out multi-storey building and unfurling another flag on a metal spire on a roof. Reuters determined the footage matched street patterns of Vuhledar. Other images showed smoke rising over the ruins of the once small mining town, now a deserted…
Tuesday, 01 October 2024 04:44
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 361
Israel launches ground raids in south Lebanon, saying it is targeting Hezbollah Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive against Hezbollah militants and opening a new front in a yearlong war against its Iranian-backed adversaries. The incursion follows weeks of heavy blows by Israel against Hezbollah — including an airstrike that killed its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah – and seeks to step up the pressure on the group, which began firing rockets into northern Israel after the start of the war in Gaza. The last time Israel and Hezbollah engaged in…
Tuesday, 01 October 2024 04:43
What to know after Day 950 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Putin orders conscription of 133,000 servicemen in Russia's autumn draft Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the conscription of 133,000 new servicemen in Russia's autumn draft that starts Oct. 1 and goes until the end of the year, according to a Kremlin decree published on Monday. The decree, published in Russian state-run newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, calls to carry out the draft of citizens "aged 18 to 30 years, who are not in the reserve and are subject to conscription in accordance with the Federal Law ... in the amount of 133,000 people." The head of Russia's conscription office, Vice-Admiral…
Monday, 30 September 2024 04:27
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 360
Three Palestinian leaders killed in Israel strike in Beirut A Palestinian militant group said on Monday that three of its leaders were killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut, the first attack within city limits as Israel escalated hostilities against Iran's allies in the region. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said the three leaders were killed in a strike that targeted Beirut's Kola district. The strike hit the upper floor of an apartment building in the Kola district of Lebanon's capital, Reuters witnesses said. There was no immediate comment from Israel's military. Israel's increasing frequency of…
Monday, 30 September 2024 04:26
What to know after Day 949 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine's military says Russia launched several waves of drone attacks targeting Kyiv early on Monday, with air defence units engaged in repelling the strikes for several hours, Ukraine's military said. Reuters' witnesses heard numerous blasts in Kyiv in what sounded like air defence systems in operation and saw objects being hit in the air. Kyiv, its surrounding region and all eastern part of Ukraine have been under air raid alerts since around 1 a.m. on Monday (2200 GMT on Sunday). "Several enemy UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) are over and…
Sunday, 29 September 2024 04:54
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 359
Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's penetration of Hezbollah In the wake of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's killing, Hezbollah faces the enormous challenge of plugging the infiltration in its ranks that allowed its arch enemy Israel to destroy weapons sites, booby-trap its communications and assassinate the veteran leader, whose whereabouts had been a closely guarded secret for years. Nasrallah's killing in a command HQ on Friday came barely a week after Israel's deadly detonation of hundreds of booby-trapped pagers and radios. It was the culmination of a rapid succession of strikes that have eliminated half of Hezbollah's leadership council and decimated…
Sunday, 29 September 2024 04:53
What to know after Day 948 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian attacks on hospital in Ukraine's Sumy kill 10, Kyiv says Russia attacked a hospital in Sumy in northeastern Ukraine early on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring at least 22 others, Ukrainian officials said. Danielle Bell, head of the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, said "loitering munitions" - or suicide drones - hit the Saint Panteleimon Clinical Hospital in two attacks 45 minutes apart. "Most of the fatalities occurred during the second strike, which hit as first responders arrived at the site and patients attempted to evacuate," she said. Sumy's regional administration said late on…
Saturday, 28 September 2024 04:41
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 358
Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut, Hezbollah command centre hit A wave of air raids hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Saturday as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah, after a massive strike on the Iran-backed movement's command centre that apparently targeted leader Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters witnesses heard more than 20 airstrikes before dawn on Saturday. Abandoning their homes in the southern suburbs, thousands of Lebanese congregated in squares, parks and sidewalks in downtown Beirut and seaside areas. "They want to destroy Dahiye, they want to destroy all of us," said Sari, a man in his 30s who gave only his first…
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Saturday, 28 September 2024 04:40
What to know after Day 947 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy presents 'victory plan' to Trump at New York meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented his war "victory plan" to Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting on Friday, after the Republican presidential candidate said he would work with both Ukraine and Russia to end their conflict. The meeting between the two men at Trump Tower in Manhattan was their first in-person encounter since 2019. Zelenskiy said he was talking with both Trump and his Democratic rival in the Nov. 5 election, Vice President Kamala Harris, because Ukraine needed strong U.S. support in its continuing war with Russia.…
Friday, 27 September 2024 04:41
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 357
Israel rejects US-backed Lebanon ceasefire plan, hits Beirut again Israel rejected global calls on Thursday for a ceasefire with the Hezbollah movement, defying its biggest ally in Washington and pressing ahead with strikes that have killed hundreds in Lebanon and heightened fears of an all-out regional war. Despite Israel's stance, the U.S. and France sought to keep prospects alive for an immediate 21-day truce they proposed on Wednesday, and said negotiations continued, including on the sidelines of a United Nations meeting in New York. An Israeli warplane struck the edges of the capital Beirut, killing two people and wounding 15,…
Friday, 27 September 2024 04:38
What to know after Day 946 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kremlin says changes to Russia's nuclear policy are a signal to the West The Kremlin said on Thursday that changes to Russia's nuclear weapons doctrine outlined by President Vladimir Putin should be considered a signal to Western countries that there will be consequences if they participate in attacks on Russia. Putin said on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack. The decision to change Russia's official nuclear doctrine is the Kremlin's answer…
Thursday, 26 September 2024 04:57
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 356
Hezbollah's tunnels and flexible command weather Israel's deadly blows Hezbollah's flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and weapons it has bolstered over the past year, is helping it weather unprecedented Israeli strikes, three sources familiar with the Lebanese militant group's operations said. Israel's assault on Hezbollah over the past week, including the targeting of senior commanders and the detonation of booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies, has left the powerful Lebanese Shiite militant group and political party reeling. On Friday, Israel killed the commander who founded and led the group's elite Radwan…