WARS
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…
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,…
Tuesday, 11 July 2023 05:05
All we know after Day 86 of battles of Sudan military factions
Eastern African bloc seeks summit to deploy regional force in Sudan An eastern African bloc called on Monday for a regional summit to consider deploying troops into Sudan to protect civilians, after nearly three months of violence between the army and a paramilitary faction. Fighting that erupted on April 15 in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, has spread to other parts of the country and driven more than 2.9 million people from their homes. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), made up of eight states in and around the Horn of Africa, met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to kick-start a…
Monday, 10 July 2023 04:48
What to know after Day 501 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Trump says he can end war in 24 hours; Zelenskyy says Biden could in 5 minutes Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday dismissed claims by Donald Trump that he could end the war in 24 hours, saying the current GOP presidential front-runner failed to do so while president. Zelenskyy, speaking through a translator on ABC’s “This Week," noted that Ukraine has been battling Russian proxies in the Donbas region since Russia seized Crimea in 2014. Trump served as president from 2016 to 2020. "The sole desire to bring the war to an end is beautiful, but this desire…
More...
Monday, 10 July 2023 04:47
All we know after Day 85 of battles of Sudan military factions
Egypt to host summit of Sudan's neighbours as fighting continues Egypt said on Sunday it would host a summit of Sudan's neighbours on July 13 to discuss ways to end a 12-week conflict between rival Sudanese military factions that has triggered a major humanitarian crisis in the region. Diplomatic efforts to halt fighting between Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have so far proved ineffective, with competing initiatives creating confusion over how the warring parties might be brought to negotiate. Neither Egypt, seen as the Sudanese army's most important foreign ally, nor the United Arab Emirates, which has…
Sunday, 09 July 2023 04:43
What to know after Day 500 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says it won't use cluster bombs in Russia Ukraine's Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed a U.S. decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to liberate Ukrainian territory but promised the munitions would not be used in Russia. The U.S. announced on Friday it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces. Reznikov said the munitions would help save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, adding Ukraine would keep a strict record of their use and exchange information with its partners. "Our position is simple - we need…
Saturday, 08 July 2023 04:36
What to know after Day 499 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Pentagon admits disappointment with Ukrainian counteroffensive Washington’s decision to supply Ukraine with controversial cluster munitions was partly influenced by disappointment with lackluster results of Kiev’s much-vaunted summer counteroffensive, the US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl told reporters on Friday. Speaking immediately after the White House announced that President Joe Biden had signed off on the delivery of dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM) to Ukraine, Kahl said that the decision was influenced by “the urgency of the moment.” “We want to make sure that the Ukrainians have sufficient artillery to keep them in the fight in the…
Saturday, 08 July 2023 04:35
All we know after Day 83 of battles of Sudan military factions
'Alarming' rise in rape and abduction from Sudan war, aid agencies say The conflict between military factions in Sudan has caused a surge in cases of rape and the abduction of women and girls, some as young as 12, aid agencies and officials said. Teenage girls are being sexually assaulted and raped by armed combatants in "alarming numbers", Save the Children said in a statement on Friday, while the United Nations reported a "marked increase" in gender-based violence. The war that erupted on April 15 pits Sudan's army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who fell out over plans…