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Russian troopers have been killed by North Korean troops in pleasant hearth whereas combating in Kursk, Ukraine’s navy intelligence company stated.
The HUR stated a group of North Korean troopers opened hearth on and killed eight members of the Chechen Akhmat unit combating for Russia.
The assault was the results of the language barrier between Russian and North Korean troops, which continues to be a “tough impediment” on the battlefield, in accordance with the HUR.
Ukrainian and Western officers warned earlier this yr that over 10,000 North Korean troops had amassed in Kursk Oblast, prepared to help Russia’s try and oust Ukrainian forces within the area.
It comes as Kyiv’s armed forces claimed Vladimir Putin misplaced over 1,000 troopers prior to now day as Russia pushes forwards to seize floor in japanese Ukraine.
The Russian defence ministry claimed its troops took management of the villages of Veselyi Hai and Pushkino in Ukraine’s Donetsk area.
In the meantime, two Russian oil tankers cut up in half within the Black Sea, as Ukraine accused Vladimir Putin of “violating working guidelines” for sending outdated vessels out into the water throughout unhealthy climate.
Ukraine says it shot down 27 Russian drones in a single day
The Ukrainian navy stated it downed 27 drones launched by Russia in a single day.
Ukraine stated Russia launched a complete of 49 drones, out of which the air power shot down 27 and misplaced monitor of 19, probably attributable to digital warfare.
Three drones remained within the Ukrainian air area as of this morning, it added.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 December 2024 07:30
Putin ‘loses 1,000 troopers in previous day’
Vladimir Putin has misplaced over 1,000 troopers prior to now day as Russia pushes fowards to seize floor in japanese Ukraine, Kyiv’s armed forces stated.
It comes as Russian forces took management of the villages of Veselyi Hai and Pushkino in Ukraine’s Donetsk area, Russia’s defence ministry stated.
The ministry additionally stated Russian forces had hit and destroyed 4 Ukrainian Patriot air defence programs.
Alexander Butler16 December 2024 07:27
How can Putin be defeated? Assad’s fall offers lesson for West
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to questions over Russia’s skill to maintain its navy adventures overseas. Russia had supported Assad militarily for over a decade, constructing on longstanding ties between Moscow and Damascus.
However the fast advance of anti-government forces this month noticed Russia apparently powerless to affect the state of affairs past plenty of airstrikes (as all the time, apparently principally delivered on civilian targets) in help of presidency forces.
That has inevitably led folks to attract conclusions about Russia’s skill to challenge energy abroad, and what it could imply for the course of the struggle in Ukraine.
Alexander Butler16 December 2024 07:00
Russian troops seize ‘two villages’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk area
Russian forces took management of the villages of Veselyi Hai and Pushkino in Ukraine’s Donetsk area, Russia’s defence ministry stated.
The ministry additionally stated Russian forces had hit and destroyed 4 Patriot air defence programs.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 December 2024 06:45
Britain is failing to arrange itself for struggle with Russia, prime normal warns
Britain isn’t correctly ready to defend itself in a struggle with Russia and can’t depend on america and Nato, a retired senior normal has warned.
Writing in The Impartial, Sir Richard Shirreff, who served as Nato’s deputy supreme allied commander in Europe from 2011 to 2014, stated one other international battle will solely be prevented if there’s a “band of deterrent metal from the Baltic to the Black Sea” – one thing he stated the UK could must be ready to assist realise with out the help of Washington.
His dramatic intervention comes alongside warnings from former defence secretary Ben Wallace and Labour peer Admiral Lord West {that a} failure to prioritise defence could be a grave error for the prime minister.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 December 2024 06:30
Russia has begun utilizing North Korean troops in ‘vital numbers’
Russia has deployed North Korean troopers in vital numbers for the primary time to help its offensive in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky stated.
The Ukrainian president stated North Korean troops are reportedly being utilized in assaults on Ukrainian forces defending an enclave in Russia’s Kursk area.
“In the present day, we have already got preliminary knowledge that the Russians have begun to make use of North Korean troopers of their assaults. A major variety of them,” Mr Zelensky stated throughout his nightly wartime deal with.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 December 2024 06:00
Zelensky proclaims humanitarian support for Syria
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says his nation might present meals support to Syria from its “Grain from Ukraine” programme.
“Now we might help the Syrians with Ukrainian wheat, flour and our oil – our merchandise which might be used worldwide to make sure meals safety,” Mr Zelensky stated.
Greater than one million Syrians have been displaced since armed rebels started a lightning offensive that finally pressured president Bashar al-Assad in a foreign country, ending his household’s 50-year rule.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 December 2024 05:30
Russian oil depot set ablaze after ‘huge drone assault’ by Kyiv
A serious Russian oil depot was set ablaze after Ukrainian troops launched a “huge drone assault” over 100 miles inside Russian territory.
The Stalnoy Kon oil refinery, a part of Vladimir Putin’s “navy industrial complicated” that provides Russian troops, was struck in a single day on Friday, Kyiv’s chief of employees stated.
The Russian governor of Oryol stated on Telegram that gasoline had caught hearth at “a facility” within the area after the “huge drone assault”.
Russian media reported pictures, purportedly of the assault, displaying clouds of smoke billowing up into the evening sky from a hearth.
Alexander Butler16 December 2024 05:00
Ukrainian drone hits goal 800km away in Chechnya
A Ukrainian drone struck a campus of Russia’s Nationwide Guard in Chechnya, some 800km southeast of the entrance line in Ukraine, in accordance with experiences.
Chechen chief Ramzan Kadyrov confirmed the drone strike, saying it hit a web site that belonged to the Akhmat Grozny riot police battalion.
He stated two different drones had been shot down by Russian air defences.
The Russian defence ministry yesterday stated it downed 15 Ukrainian drones in a single day over Kursk and Belgorod areas.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar16 December 2024 04:30
