Russia launches “inhuman” Christmas Day attacks, Ukraine says
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia attacked Ukraine’s energy system and some cities with cruise and ballistic missiles plus drones on Wednesday in an “inhuman” Christmas Day assault, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Nearly three years into the war, the strikes wounded at least six people in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv and killed one in the […]
Russia hits Ukrainian energy facilities, Kyiv sees “despicable escalation”
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russia unleashed on Thursday its second big attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure this month, triggering deep power cuts across the country. President Vladimir Putin said Moscow had struck in response to Ukraine’s strikes on Russian territory with US medium-range ATACMS missiles. He said Russia’s future targets could include “decision-making centres” in Kyiv. […]
Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia
Updated: 12:20pm (AEDT) Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden’s administration has allowed Ukraine to use US-made weapons to strike deep into Russia, two US officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Sunday, in a significant reversal of Washington’s policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks […]
No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins fight, Pentagon says
Washington DC, US/Brussels, Belgium Reuters The United States will not impose new limits on Ukraine’s use of American weapons if North Korea enters the fight, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to Russia’s Kursk region. The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the two-and-a-half-year […]
Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia with US-made weapons
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukraine said on Wednesday it had destroyed Russian pontoon bridges with US-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, while Moscow said its forces had halted Kyiv’s advance there and gained ground in eastern Ukraine. Kyiv has announced a string of battlefield successes since it crossed unexpectedly into Kursk region […]
Biden allows Ukraine limited use of US arms to strike inside Russia, say US officials
Washington DC, US/Prague, Czech Republic Reuters President Joe Biden quietly has authorised Kyiv to launch US-supplied weapons at military targets inside Russia that are supporting an offensive against the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, three US officials said on Thursday. The decision marks a policy shift by Biden, who had steadfastly refused to allow Ukraine […]
Inflection point: Ukraine struggles to hold eastern front as Russians advance on cities
DAN PELESCHUK, of Reuters, reports from Donetsk in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine…
Israel lacks “credible plan” to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken
Washington DC, US Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said Israel lacked a “credible plan” to protect some 1.4 million Palestinian civilians in Rafah and warned an Israeli attack could create an insurgency by failing to kill all Hamas fighters in the southern Gaza city. “Israel is on a trajectory potentially to […]
Israelis ready to fight with their fingernails, Netanyahu says in veiled Biden rebuff
Jerusalem Reuters Israelis are ready to fight with their “fingernails”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday in a thinly veiled rebuff to US President Joe Biden’s warning that arms supplies could be withheld over a planned operation in Gaza. Israel’s long-threatened move against Rafah, where it says thousands of Hamas fighters and potentially dozens […]
Israel strikes eastern Rafah as ceasefire talks end with no deal
Cairo, Egypt/Rafah, Gaza Strip/Washington DC, US Reuters Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed US President Joe Biden’s threat to withhold weapons from Israel if it assaults the southern Gaza city. A senior Israeli official said late on Thursday that the latest round of indirect […]