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Russia has launched the largest attack on Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s Air Force reported on Aug. 26.
Seven people were killed and 47 were injured, according to the State Emergency Service.
Hezbollah says it has successfully completed the first phase of a retaliatory attack on Israel in response to the killing of commander Fuad Shukr at the end of July.
Earlier on Sunday, Israel said it had launched airstrikes on southern Lebanon in a “preemptive” attack when it detected Hezbollah’s preparation to attack northern Israel.
Russia is more focused on pushing towards Porkrovsk in the east, as Ukrainian forces withdrew from some positions in the area.
The Russian military has recently moved units from at least one airborne (VDV) regiment from the western Zaporizhzhia region to the Kursk region in response to Ukraine’s recent incursion. This move, which also includes redeployments from the northern Kharkiv region, is seen as an effort to stabilise the front lines and improve command and control over Russian conscripts.
More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its war on Hamas following the group’s October 7 attack, the health ministry in the enclave said Thursday, yet another dark milestone in the 10-month-old conflict.
The ministry said 40 people had died in Gaza during the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths since October 7 to 40,005 – about one in every 55 people in the enclave. More than 92,401 have been injured.
The Arakan Army (AA) captured Kyeintali town in Gwa Township in southern Rakhine State in western Myanmar on Wednesday morning.
Kyeintali is just 67 km from Gwa, the southernmost town in Rakhine State bordering Ayeyarwady Region.