par This Is Beirut, 17/08 14:24 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Ukraine claimed on Friday to be continuing its unprecedented advance into Russia's Kursk region, saying it wanted to force Russia into “fair” negotiations after nearly two and a half years of a large-scale invasion of its territory by Moscow. The Russian army, for its part, is maintaining its pressure further south, in Ukraine's Donbas ...
par This Is Beirut, 18/08 10:23 - Reading : less than a minute
Ukrainian forces said they thwarted a Russian missile attack on the capital, Kyiv, where air raid sirens sounded before dawn on Sunday. "This is the third ballistic missile attack on the capital in August, with a clear interval of six days between each attack," the Kyiv City Military Administration posted on Telegram after the early morning ...
par This Is Beirut, 19/08 10:37 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
An official from the Russian Investigative Committee has claimed that Ukraine has hit a third strategic bridge in Russia's Kursk region. This follows Ukraine's acknowledgement on Sunday, that it has destroyed two others, seeking to disrupt Moscow's supply routes, as Kyiv's unprecedented incursion on Russian soil stretched through its second ...
par Cian ward, 19/08 16:31 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Kursk Putin Russia Ukraine War
On August 6th, more than two years into Vladimir Putin's "special military operation", Ukraine launched a "special military operation" of its own. It is a risky gambit, but one that may be crucial in eventual peace talks. At 5 a.m. on the 24th of February 2022, President Vladimir Putin addressed the Russian people from deep within the Kremlin, ...
par This Is Beirut, 20/08 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukraine's parliament voted Tuesday to ban the Russian-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a move Kyiv says strengthens its independence as the country cuts ties with institutions it considers aligned with Moscow. Kyiv has been trying to curb spiritual links with Russia for years—a process accelerated by Moscow's 2022 invasion, which the powerful ...
par This Is Beirut, 21/08 11:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Drone attack Moscow Russia Ukraine War
Russian air defenses shot down 11 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow, "one of the largest" such strikes ever against the capital, officials said on Wednesday. "Eleven drones were destroyed" over Moscow and its surrounding region, the Defense Ministry said. "This is one of the largest ever attempts to attack Moscow with drones," Moscow Mayor ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/08 11:02 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Russia said Thursday that it had repelled several Ukrainian drone and missile attacks in the west of the country, including in Volgograd where a fire broke out at a Defense Ministry site. Volgograd region Governor Andrey Bocharov said Russian air defenses repelled a drone attack in the area of Marinovka and that "most of the drones were ...
par This Is Beirut, 25/08 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed more "retribution" against Russia on Saturday as he celebrated Independence Day near where his forces launched a surprise offensive into Russian territory two weeks ago. Zelensky also signed a law banning the Russia-linked branch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, calling the legislation a "liberation ...
par This Is Beirut, 26/08 18:09 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Poland Russia Ukraine Ukraine War
Poland's army stated on Monday that the NATO country's airspace was violated, probably by a drone, after deadly Russian strikes battered Ukraine. A Russian barrage hit Ukraine with more than 100 missiles and around 100 drones, including in its western regions, killing at least four people and targeting its energy infrastructure. During the ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/08 13:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The UAE said on Tuesday that it had requested consular services for Telegram's Pavel Durov after the Dubai-based tech boss was arrested in France over alleged failings to curb criminality on the app. "The UAE is closely following the case of its citizen Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, who was arrested by the French authorities in Paris–Le ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/08 14:42 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
INDIA Modi Putin Russia Ukraine War
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he supports a swift end to the grinding conflict in Ukraine after visiting the war-hit country. Modi, 73, has trodden a delicate balance between maintaining India's historically warm ties with Russia while courting closer security partnerships with Western ...
par This Is Beirut, 27/08 17:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Ballistic Missile F-16 Jets Military Industry Russia Ukraine Ukraine War
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that his military had recently carried out the first successful test of a domestically-produced ballistic missile. His announcement in Kyiv came in the wake of two consecutive nights of large-scale Russian bombardments across Ukraine that killed several people and battered energy ...
