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Tuesday, October 29, 2024About 3,000 North Korean soldiers are now fighting alongside Russian troops, with thousands more still to come, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky[1] said."North Korean soldiers and officers are already on the territory of Russia, and they are already being used on our territory—3,000 North Korean soldiers," the Ukrainian president said during an appearance at a conference with Kyiv's Nordic backers in Reykjavik, Iceland. "We believe that the information from our intelligence is true, and soon they will have 12,000," he added, in remarks reported by Ukrainian media. "This should happen soon ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024What’s driving the day in Brussels. By SARAH WHEATONwith ZOYA SHEFTALOVICHSend tips here | Tweet @NicholasVinocur @swheaton @EddyWax | Listen to Playbook and view in your browser[1][2][3][4][5]HOWDY. Playbook’s X feed is a split screen: “Fraud of this extent … is without precedent in Georgia,” says one post[6]. The tweet[7] immediately below: “Crowds are gathering at Georgia Tech ahead of Donald Trump’s 6 p.m. rally here tonight.” Is it any wonder Georgia is on my mind in this Tuesday morning’s Brussels Playbook?DRIVING THE DAY: GEORGIA ON THE EDGE UNCERTAINTY ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones, missiles and bombs smashed into Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukraine’s biggest cities, in nighttime attacks, killing four people and wounding 15 in a continuing aerial onslaught[1], authorities said Tuesday.Russia has bombarded civilian areas of Ukraine almost daily since its full-scale invasion[2] of its neighbor almost three years ago, causing thousands of casualties. The Russian army is also pushing hard against front-line defenses[3] in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.In another worrying development for Kyiv officials, Western countries say North Korea has sent some 10,000 soldiers[4] ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024A new piece of music believed to be penned by Frédéric Chopin[1] has been discovered in the vault [2]of a New York museum[3] nearly 200 years after it was first written.The unknown waltz was found in the Morgan Library and Museum — which dates the music to between 1830 and 1835 — on a card bearing the Polish [4]composer's name, according to the New York Times[5].It was found by curator Robinson McClellan while he was cataloguing new collections, he told the newspaper. McClellan told the BBC [6]he was initially unsure ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024An early morning drone strike damaged a special forces university in the North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov said[1] Tuesday, marking the first such attack on the region since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.“At 6:30 this morning, the roof of an empty building on the territory of the Russian Special Forces University caught fire in Gudermes as a result of an unmanned aerial attack,” Kadyrov said, referring to a town around 36 kilometers (22 miles) east of the capital Grozny.Images shared on social media showed fire and ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024North Korea has emerged as an increasingly valuable partner to the United States' leading adversaries, including Russia and Iran, as they engage in conflicts with nations backed by the U.S. and its allies.While often dismissed in the West as a backward and isolated power dependent on China, North Korea has amassed an expansive and increasingly advanced arsenal of weapons, and it has a history of aiding foreign partners caught up in conflicts abroad. Now, with North Korean arms and personnel appearing on the battlefield in Europe and recent overtures in ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024The EU's top diplomat yesterday slammed Hungary[1]'s Viktor Orban who travelled to Georgia to congratulate the pro-Russian ruling party following a hotly disputed election victory on Saturday.It comes amid wider fears that the Kremlin has sought to garner sway in Europe by lending support to favourable parties in countries that are already members of the EU or are seeking to join the bloc[2]. Josep Borrell said Orban - the current holder of the EU presidency and the Kremlin's closest European ally - 'does not represent the European Union[3]... the union's rotating ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui arrived in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on Tuesday and will visit Moscow on Wednesday, Russian state media said.Choe arrived one day after NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to Russia to support its war with Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not denied the presence of North Korean troops in the country.Russian state news agencies said it was not clear who Choe, who is visiting for the second time in six weeks, would meet in ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024A South Korean delegation will visit Ukraine in the second part of the week to share information on North Korea's troops in Russia and discuss cooperation, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Oct. 28, the Yonhap news agency reported.Yoon's comments[1] come shortly after NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed[2] on Oct. 28 that North Korea[3] had sent troops to Russia[4] following a meeting with South Korean[5] defense and intelligence officials."I hope that under Secretary General Rutte's leadership, NATO will redouble efforts to monitor and block illegal exchanges between ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024As the war enters its 977th day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Tuesday, October 29, 2024:FightingAt least four people were killed in Russia’s overnight bombing of Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv[1], Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on the Telegram messaging app. Kharkiv lies about 30km (18 miles) from the Russian border and has been repeatedly targeted by Russian aerial attacks.An earlier attack on Kharkiv injured six people and destroyed much of the Derzhprom building, one of the most celebrated landmarks in the city, dating from the 1920s.Two ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024A more stable government means Mr Trump would have far more scope to press ahead with his objectives, primarily on trade, Mr Ross said.Mr Trump kicked off a trade war with China in 2018[1] by imposing significant tariffs on imports. Now, he has proposed a blanket 10pc tariff on all imports and charges as high as 60pc on goods from China.The idea of free trade is “a myth”, Mr Ross said.“This wonderful, enchanting theory that as a country you would make and export what you do best, and you would import ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday its top diplomat is visiting Russia, in another sign of their deepening relations as rival South Korea and Western nations say the North has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said a delegation led by Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui departed for Russia on Monday, but didn’t specify the purpose of the visit. In a closed-door hearing at South Korea’s parliament, the South’s spy agency said Choe may be involved in ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024Ukrainian paratroopers[1] foiled a Russian assault in Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region, destroying 12 Russian armored vehicles, the 79th Separate Tavriyya Assault Brigade reported[2]. The brigade shared a video on Telegram, stating: “The enemy continues to forcefully test the defenses of our paratroopers, who are holding back their advance in the area of the settlement of Novomykhailivka[3].”JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official[4]. According to the brigade, Russian forces launched a coordinated attack from multiple axes on Wednesday, March 6, bolstered by a substantial armored presence. “The ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Tuesday its top diplomat is visiting Russia, in another sign of their deepening relations as rival South Korea and Western nations say the North has sent thousands of troops to support Russia’s war in Ukraine.North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said a delegation led by Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui departed for Russia on Monday, but didn’t specify the purpose of the visit. In a closed-door hearing at South Korea’s parliament, the South’s spy agency said Choe may be involved in high-level ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia took 196.1 square km of Ukrainian territory over the week of Oct. 20-27, making it the swiftest weekly advance for Russian forces this year, according to the Russian media group Agentstvo which analysed Ukrainian open source maps.The 2-1/2-year-old war in Ukraine is entering what Russian officials say is its most dangerous phase as Russian forces advance and the West ponders how the war will end.Russian forces, which President Vladimir Putin ordered into Ukraine in February 2022, advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024PENTAGON — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday that military cooperation between North Korea and Russia “poses a significant security threat to the international community.”The comments at a Cabinet meeting in Seoul followed Yoon saying Monday that the deployment of North Korean troops to the battlefield in Ukraine could happen “more quickly than anticipated,” according to South Korean intelligence assessments.The U.S. Defense Department said Monday that North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to train in Russia, more than tripling the previous estimate. "We believe that the DPRK has ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024What’s one word to describe Donald Trump? What’s one word to describeDonald Trump? “Dangerous.” Aaron, 54, Black, Dem. “Charismatic.” Muhammad, 25, Asian, indep. “Ruthless.” Sarah, 43, white, Repub. As the votes were counted on election night 2016, the first big sign of trouble for Hillary Clinton came from Michigan, arguably the most Democratic of the presidential swing states. In 2020, Joe Biden flipped it back to the Democrats. Now, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump appear to be in a dead heat in Michigan, and it’s once again crucial for winning ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024BRUSSELS (AP) — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war[1] and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region.[2]Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion[3].Earlier Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024Your support helps us to tell the storyRead moreThis election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024Over the past few years, Russia-affiliated hackers have conducted attacks against critical American and European infrastructure networks and disrupted hospital operations across the US. The scope and boldness of these attacks have increased as Russia seeks to expand its war against Ukraine and its supporters on multiple fronts.In recent years, Russia has not only focused on waging cyber war on Western states but has attempted to infiltrate the heart of the internet[1] through open-source software. The heads of MI6 and the CIA made a joint statement[2] highlighting that Russian intelligence has been conducting a ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024BRUSSELS (AP) — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war[1] and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region.[2]Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion[3].Earlier Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024US increases estimated number of North Korean troops sent to Russia amid fears Moscow’s war on Ukraine could expand.An estimated 10,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia to train and fight against Ukraine in “the next several weeks”, the Pentagon has announced, significantly increasing the estimated number of soldiers deployed by North Korea[1] and raising fears the war in Ukraine could widen as a result of Pyongyang’s military intervention.Some of the 10,000 North Korean troops deployed to eastern Russia for training – up from an initial US estimate ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia attacked Kharkiv's Osnovyanskyi district with a Grom-E1 hybrid missile overnight on Oct. 29, killing at least four people, local authorities reported. Four people — two women and two men — were killed in the attack, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said[1]. Their bodies were retrieved from the rubble of destroyed homes. The attack destroyed one house and damaged 19 others, along with four cars, the agency reported. Rescuers are searching[2] for other victims, including children, who may still be trapped ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024WASHINGTON: North Korea has sent some 10,000 troops to train in Russia, Washington said Monday, tripling its estimate and prompting Nato as well as EU warnings of a dangerous expansion of the Ukraine war.Pyongyang -- with whom Moscow signed a mutual defense pact -- is already widely believed to be arming Russia for its invasion, but troops on the ground would mark a new escalation in the conflict. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned North Korea could "soon" have as many as 12,000 soldiers on Russian soil, while US President Joe ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024BRUSSELS (AP) — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war[1] and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region.[2]Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion[3].Earlier Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024state department — Top diplomatic and military officials from the United States and South Korea are set to convene in Washington this Thursday as the two allies closely monitor and express concerns about North Korea's deployment of about 10,000 troops to Russia.Meanwhile, U.S. officials and analysts say that China could be displeased by Russia's growing influence over North Korea, and that if Beijing chose, it could restrict exports of materials that Pyongyang might use for munitions production.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will co-host South ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin is the legislation’s chief advocate:It is important to protect people, primarily the younger generation, from having the ideology of childlessness imposed on them on the internet, in the media, in movies, and in advertising. We continue to form a unified legal framework for the protection of children, families, and traditional values.Volodin further accused the “child-free movement” of devaluing families through spreading a pernicious ideology promoting the “conscious refusal to have children.”Deputy Speaker Anna Kuznetsova went further, calling the legislation an integral element of Russia’s “national security ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store announced on Oct. 28 that Norway will provide Ukraine with a new 500-million-euro ($543 million) aid package, allocating over half for military assistance.Several Nordic countries[1], including Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden, have agreed to provide defense support to Ukraine, including weapons production, assistance in preparing for winter, shelter construction, and support for the victory plan. The Nordic countries have provided Ukraine with more than 20 billion euros ($21 billion) in military, financial, and humanitarian support since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024In the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, a Russian missile struck a three-storey residential building, killing one person and wounding at least 11. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, deplored the attack on his home town, as well as on Kharkiv, and called for renewed efforts to force Vladimir Putin to halt the war. In the southern Kherson region, a drone attack killed a medic, the regional governor said. Three people were killed in Kherson region on Sunday. The Russian army advanced 478 sq km into Ukrainian territory in October, a ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024The huge burden that the war lays on Russia’s economy lead to its overheating, but the Kremlin still has the resources to pursue the war. That’s according to a report by the The Washington Post.[1]The publication refers to Russian economists, including Vladislav Inozemtsev, a fellow at the Center of Analysis and Strategies in Europe (recognized as a "foreign agent" in Russia), who believe that Moscow is able to sustain the war against Ukraine for one to three years due to huge revenues off the sale of oil and ineffectiveness of ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024It’s one thing to discover, as we have, that North Korea is deploying troops to support Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. It’s quite another to decide what to do about it.It’s clearly a “significant escalation” of “Russia’s illegal war”, a breach of UN Security Council resolutions and a “dangerous expansion” of the fighting, as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said[1] on October 28.The British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have both said[2] that the deployment (now said[3] by the US to number 10,000 men) ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024By Phil Stewart and Andrew GrayWASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia.The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the 2-1/2-year conflict in Ukraine could widen, even as attention shifts to the Middle East.It could signal how Russia hopes to offset mounting battlefield losses and continue making slow, steady gains in eastern Ukraine."The deepening ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Six Russian agencies and individuals accused of being part of a disinformation network face sanctions from the UK government.The so-called Doppelganger group had been linked earlier this year to spreading false rumours about the Princess of Wales.The Foreign Office warned of a "vast malign online network" intended to cause disruption and confusion, distributing fake news and undermining democracy.The Doppelganger group are accused of trying to incite division within countries supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia.In March this year the group had been claimed as amplifying a wave of rumours ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Will next US president be able to drive a wedge between Russia and China? - South China Morning PostThe presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris comes at a time of rising geopolitical tensions on multiple fronts. In the 12th report of an in-depth series, Orange Wang looks at Russia’s impact on the race and US-China relations.[1][2][3]Russia is one of the most divisive topics in the 2024 United States election[4], with many observers questioning whether Washington would continue to support Ukraine if Donald Trump wins.The Republican candidate has repeatedly claimed that Russia would not have invaded Ukraine[5] if he had still been in the White House and ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Donald Trump headlines a rally in Madison Square Garden after racist and crude remarks from his allies. Quarter Pounders are back on the menu at McDonald's after tests show patties were not the source of the E.coli outbreak. And highlights from Week 8 of the NFL. Here’s what to know today.Trump’s MSG rally overshadowed by his allies’ crude remarksJulia Demaree Nikhinson / APFormer President Donald Trump delivered his standard lines on topics from immigration to the economy at a packed rally in Madison Square Garden, but his remarks were overshadowed by ...
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Monday, October 28, 202410,000 North Korean Troops Now in Russia and May Fight on Front Lines, Pentagon Warns - Military.comThe Pentagon says that North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia, some of whom are heading for the front lines, and that the move has serious implications for the conflict and the rest of the European continent."We believe that the DPRK has sent around 10,000 soldiers in total to train in eastern Russia that will probably augment Russian forces near Ukraine over the next several weeks," Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters Monday, using the acronym for the repressive authoritarian state.The news comes just days after South Korean officials ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024“What’s the point of a world without Russia in it?” asked a well-known politician, now a wanted war criminal, back in 2018. A less prominent Russian figure echoed this sentiment in 2024, though less threateningly, when he remarked, “The disintegration of Russia would be a catastrophe, not only for
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Monday, October 28, 2024North Korea Sent 10,000 Troops to Aid Russian War Efforts against Ukraine, Pentagon Says National Review
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Monday, October 28, 2024BRUSSELS — North Korea has sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and fight in Ukraine within “the next several weeks,” the Pentagon said Monday, in a move that Western leaders say will intensify the almost three-year war and jolt relations in the Indo-Pacific region.Some of the North Korean soldiers have already moved closer to Ukraine, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said, and were believed to be heading for the Kursk border region, where Russia has been struggling to push back a Ukrainian incursion.Earlier Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte NATO confirmed ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Key developments on Oct. 28:Russia strikes downtown Kharkiv with FAB-500 bomb, damages key landmarkUS won't impose new restrictions on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins war, Pentagon says650,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded in war against Ukraine, Zelensky saysTrump plans to end Russia's war in Ukraine by freezing it if he wins presidential election, FT reportsAlmost 80% of Vovchansk's buildings destroyed, damaged in Russian attacks, analysis saysUS won't impose new restrictions on Kyiv's use of American weapons if North Korea joins warThe United States will ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024After months of political wrangling in Congress, frustration in Kyiv and a deteriorating situation on the battlefield, the U.S. House on April 20 passed the critically-needed $61 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine.But while Kyiv breathed a sigh of relief at the news, the next few weeks remain precarious as the Senate needs to support the bill and supplies still need to reach Ukraine[1] as Russia looks likely to intensify its ongoing offensive.What happens next?The next immediate step is another vote in the U.S. Senate on April 23 before the ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024The Pentagon says that North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia, some of whom are heading for the front lines, and that the move has serious implications for the conflict and the rest of the European continent."We believe that the DPRK has sent around 10,000 soldiers in total to train in eastern Russia that will probably augment Russian forces near Ukraine over the next several weeks," Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters Monday, using the acronym for the repressive authoritarian state.The news comes just days after South Korean officials ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Ukrainian efforts to recruit new soldiers to serve in its military in the country's war against Russia is under a two-pronged cyberattack by Kremlin-backed threat actors.Researchers at Google's Threat Intelligence Group (TAG) and Mandiant have tracked down an active campaign that uses a spoofed version of the legitimate Ukrainian-language tool "Civil Defense," a crowdsourced mapping tool used to locate military recruiters. Attackers are using the fake version to perform dual malicious actions — dropping malware and delivering misinformation.The hybrid op, which researchers named UNC5812, uses a Telegram channel to lure ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Ukraine will be allowed to fire US-donated weapons at North Korean troops[1] fighting alongside Russia, the Pentagon has confirmed.Troops from the Communist, hermit state would be seen as “co-belligerents” in Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Pentagon said.Sabrina Singh, the spokeswoman, confirmed intelligence reports that a portion of some 10,000 North Korean soldiers sent for training in Russia have been deployed closer to the front lines.She told reporters on Monday: “We are increasingly concerned that Russia intends to use these soldiers in combat or to support combat operations against Ukrainian forces in ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024By Phil Stewart and Andrew GrayWASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The U.S. will not impose new limits on Ukraine's use of American weapons if North Korea joins Russia's war, the Pentagon said on Monday, as NATO said North Korean military units had been deployed to the Kursk region in Russia.The North Korea deployment is fanning Western concerns that the 2-1/2-year conflict in Ukraine could widen, even as attention shifts to the Middle East.It could signal how Russia hopes to offset mounting battlefield losses and continue making slow, steady gains in eastern Ukraine."The deepening ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Viola Amherd. Stock photo: Amherd on Twitter Swiss President Viola Amherd stated on Monday, 28 October, that she was in favour of revising the ban that currently prevents the re-export of Swiss-made weapons from other nations to Ukraine.Source: Reuters[1], citing Amherd, as reported by European PravdaDetails: Amherd believes the arms re-export embargo harms the country's industry and security.Advertisement:"Personally, I think we need to make a step forward for our industry. It becomes difficult because countries like the Netherlands have decided not to buy in Switzerland as it's not free to ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.Russian forces attacked downtown Kharkiv using a FAB-500 bomb on Oct. 28, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov reported. The strike damaged the Derzhprom building (the State Industry Building), which has been under enhanced UNESCO protection since 2022. "A Russian air strike severely damaged the Derzhprom in Kharkiv, one of the world's most famous constructivist buildings under provisional enhanced UNESCO protection," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on X[1]. "Appeasement never brings peace; it simply feeds the aggressor's appetite. Instead, we must isolate the ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024M-84 tanks.Ex13 photo via Wikimedia CommonsUkraine needs armored vehicles—badly.So it’s good news for the Ukrainian war effort that Croatia is ready to replace its fleet of Cold War-vintage tanks and fighting vehicles. The Croatian government has agreed to sell[1] 30 old M-84 tanks as well as 30 old M-80 fighting vehicles to the German government, which will then donate the vehicles to the Ukrainian government. The Croatians plan to spend the German funds on new German-made Leopard 2A8 tanks.The 46-ton M-84 is a Yugoslav version of the Soviet T-72. The ...
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Monday, October 28, 2024On Friday, Israel conducted a precision strike against military targets in Iran. The strike was a response to an Oct. 1 attack where Iran launched about 200 ballistic missiles into Israel. While most of the missiles from that attack against Israel were destroyed before reaching their target, some did impact and cause minimal damage.During a call this weekend with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant[1], Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III reaffirmed the American ironclad commitment to Israel's security and support for its right to defend itself. He said ...