Ukraine plans to reorganize its troops and launch a new counteroffensive this year, the commander of the ground forces has said. Speaking to ICTV on Wednesday, Lieutenant General Aleksandr Pavlyuk said the most pressing goal is to stop Russian advances and to regroup Ukrainian units, so that exhausted forces can …
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“Pumping up” Ukraine with Western weapons will only lead Russia “to perform more missions on the ground,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference, the minister claimed that the position of the West when it comes to the situation in Ukraine wais “absolutely counterproductive …
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The Israeli Ministry of Defense revealed on Thursday that its laser air defense system has successfully completed the “ground-breaking” tests involving “steep-track” threats, “challenging” ranges and timings, as well as “multiple scenarios.” According to the ministry’s statement, the system, which has been dubbed the Iron Beam, successfully intercepted “shrapnel, rockets, …
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Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have agreed that a permanent ceasefire in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbass region must be observed “unconditionally,” following talks held as part of the Normandy Format, which also includes France and Germany. The group met in Paris on Wednesday to discuss de-escalation in the region amid an ongoing …
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Canada announced on Wednesday that it would extend its mission to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces by three years and would provide an extra 60 soldiers, with the possibility of raising boots on the ground to as high as 400. While 200 Canadian military personnel are already stationed in Ukraine, …
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Amid a flurry of accusations in recent weeks that Russia’s armed forces could invade neighboring Ukraine, Kiev has briefed companies in the capital on how to act in an emergency situation or in the event of war. Ukraine’s Vesti outlet shared the guide, more than 20 pages long, prepared by …
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The crowd, reportedly numbering in the hundreds, began its protest march from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and continued into Manhattan, shutting down a pair of bridges as they made their way across the borough. READ MORE: ‘This verdict is disgusting’: How Democrats reacted to acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse Activists were filmed …
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The cable car detached from its cable at the Jested mountain in northern Czech Republic on Sunday. Footage from the scene, run by a local TV broadcaster, shows the damaged car laying on the ground under the cable road with multiple emergency services vehicles present at the scene. One person …
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“We need to have people on the ground in Afghanistan, in addition to our humanitarian workers,” Borrell wrote in a blogpost on Sunday, without specifying who those “people” might be. “So, the question is not if we should have a minimal EU presence on which all member states agree, but …
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On September 29, Jordan’s Nassib border crossing to Syria re-opened, meaning a resumption not only of travel but of trade between the two nations. In early October, Royal Jordanian will start flying again to Syria’s capital. In Syria’s south, after years of government and allied attempts to restore full peace, …
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