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North Korea suffers 1,100 casualties
More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia’s war with Ukraine, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said yesterday.
North Korea suffers 1,100 casualties
Says South Korea
More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia's war with Ukraine, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said yesterday.
The new figure follows a report by Seoul's spy agency to MPs last week, which said at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed since entering combat in December.
Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to reinforce the Russian military, including to the Kursk border region where Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this year.
"Through various sources of information and intelligence, we assess that North Korean troops who have recently engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces have suffered around 1,100 casualties," the JCS said in a statement.
Says South Korea
More than 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in Russia's war with Ukraine, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said yesterday.
The new figure follows a report by Seoul's spy agency to MPs last week, which said at least 100 North Korean soldiers had been killed since entering combat in December.
Pyongyang has sent thousands of troops to reinforce the Russian military, including to the Kursk border region where Ukrainian forces seized territory earlier this year.
"Through various sources of information and intelligence, we assess that North Korean troops who have recently engaged in combat with Ukrainian forces have suffered around 1,100 casualties," the JCS said in a statement.
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They can't touch Iraand bhai......So far Iraannd hasn't lost a penny worth quibbling about.
Araam say Iran tamasha dekh ra hae......This pullout of Syria was a calculated decision.
If the allies are unreliable/ untrustworthy, then you let em go bhai.
Last generation or so Iran's invested in Hezb.....so it's performing as are the Ansarallah allies. Syria couldn't cuz theys wuz only 10% or even less of the population and its just too hard.
Iran is confident it can resupply Hezb and Ansarallah.
And don't forget, Iran is still in Iraq.....very well entrenched.
Irans been playing this game since Achaemenid times.......It's the oldest player out there in recorded history.
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Syria will now become yet another festering ground for all sorts of nasty jihadist groups, watch.
This was always going to be the case after Russian priorities shifted back home. Russian air power had swung it nicely in Asad's favor in the early days of their intervention.. Iran wasn't strong enough to keep the advantage, not with the west and Ijrael funding the opposition "rebels"
Sad scene, big loss for Iran, houthis also being bombed, hezbollah all bur dismantled, cracks in the crescent.
It is all going very poorly for Iraand, dunno how you staying so pojitive about the situation.
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Russia says it foils Ukrainian plots to kill senior officers with disguised bombs
Russia's Federal Security Service said on Thursday it had foiled several plots by Ukrainian intelligence services to kill high-ranking Russian officers and their families in Moscow using bombs disguised as power banks or document folders. On Dec. 17, Ukraine's SBU intelligence service kill
Russia says it foils Ukrainian plots to kill senior officers with disguised bombs
REUTERS
Published :
Dec 26, 2024 21:00
Updated :
Dec 26, 2024 21:00
The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower, while the roof shows what appears to be marks from the recent drone incident, in central Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Russia's Federal Security Service said on Thursday it had foiled several plots by Ukrainian intelligence services to kill high-ranking Russian officers and their families in Moscow using bombs disguised as power banks or document folders.
On Dec. 17, Ukraine's SBU intelligence service killed Lieutenant General Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, in Moscow outside his apartment building by detonating a bomb attached to an electric scooter.
An SBU source confirmed to Reuters that the Ukrainian intelligence agency had been behind the hit. Russia said the killing was a terrorist attack by Ukraine, with which it has been at war since February 2022, and vowed revenge.
"The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has prevented a series of assassination attempts on high-ranking military personnel of the Defence Ministry," the FSB said.
"Four Russian citizens involved in the preparation of these attacks have been detained," it said in a statement.
Ukraine's SBU did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said that the Russian citizens had been recruited by the Ukrainian intelligence services.
One of the men retrieved a bomb disguised as a portable charger in Moscow that was to be attached with magnets to the car of one of the Defence Ministry's top officials, the FSB said.
Another Russian man was tasked with reconnaissance of senior Russian defence officials, it said, with one plot involving the delivery of a bomb disguised as a document folder.
"An explosive device disguised as a portable charger (power bank), with magnets attached, had to be placed under the official car of one of the senior leaders of the Russian Defence Ministry," it said.
The exact date of the planned attacks was unclear though one of the suspects said he had retrieved a bomb on Dec. 23, according to the FSB.
Russian state TV showed what it said was footage of some of the suspects who admitted to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence for bombings against Russian defence ministry officials.
Moscow holds Ukraine responsible for a string of high-profile assassinations on its soil designed to weaken morale - and says the West is supporting a "terrorist regime" in Kyiv.
Ukraine, which says Russia's war against it poses an existential threat to the Ukrainian state, has made clear it regards such targeted killings as a legitimate tool.
Darya Dugina, the 29-year-old daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, was killed in August 2022 near Moscow.
The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence agencies, believe parts of the Ukrainian government authorised the killing.
U.S. officials later admonished Ukrainian officials over the assassination, the Times said. Ukraine denied it killed Dugina.
REUTERS
Published :
Dec 26, 2024 21:00
Updated :
Dec 26, 2024 21:00
The Russian flag flies on the dome of the Kremlin Senate building behind Spasskaya Tower, while the roof shows what appears to be marks from the recent drone incident, in central Moscow, Russia, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Russia's Federal Security Service said on Thursday it had foiled several plots by Ukrainian intelligence services to kill high-ranking Russian officers and their families in Moscow using bombs disguised as power banks or document folders.
On Dec. 17, Ukraine's SBU intelligence service killed Lieutenant General Kirillov, chief of Russia's Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, in Moscow outside his apartment building by detonating a bomb attached to an electric scooter.
An SBU source confirmed to Reuters that the Ukrainian intelligence agency had been behind the hit. Russia said the killing was a terrorist attack by Ukraine, with which it has been at war since February 2022, and vowed revenge.
"The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has prevented a series of assassination attempts on high-ranking military personnel of the Defence Ministry," the FSB said.
"Four Russian citizens involved in the preparation of these attacks have been detained," it said in a statement.
Ukraine's SBU did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said that the Russian citizens had been recruited by the Ukrainian intelligence services.
One of the men retrieved a bomb disguised as a portable charger in Moscow that was to be attached with magnets to the car of one of the Defence Ministry's top officials, the FSB said.
Another Russian man was tasked with reconnaissance of senior Russian defence officials, it said, with one plot involving the delivery of a bomb disguised as a document folder.
"An explosive device disguised as a portable charger (power bank), with magnets attached, had to be placed under the official car of one of the senior leaders of the Russian Defence Ministry," it said.
The exact date of the planned attacks was unclear though one of the suspects said he had retrieved a bomb on Dec. 23, according to the FSB.
Russian state TV showed what it said was footage of some of the suspects who admitted to being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence for bombings against Russian defence ministry officials.
Moscow holds Ukraine responsible for a string of high-profile assassinations on its soil designed to weaken morale - and says the West is supporting a "terrorist regime" in Kyiv.
Ukraine, which says Russia's war against it poses an existential threat to the Ukrainian state, has made clear it regards such targeted killings as a legitimate tool.
Darya Dugina, the 29-year-old daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, was killed in August 2022 near Moscow.
The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence agencies, believe parts of the Ukrainian government authorised the killing.
U.S. officials later admonished Ukrainian officials over the assassination, the Times said. Ukraine denied it killed Dugina.
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Russia opposes Western peacekeepers in Ukraine
Russia is against the deployment of Western peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
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Russia opposes Western peacekeepers in Ukraine
Agence France-Presse . Moscow 31 December, 2024, 00:55
Russia is against the deployment of Western peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
Talk of the possible stationing of foreign troops in Ukraine to enforce any peace deal is circulating in Western capitals, with French president Emmanuel Macron and Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk discussing the issue in a meeting in Warsaw this month.
In an interview published Monday by the Russian foreign ministry, Lavrov told the state-run TASS news agency that Moscow opposed that idea as well as others being proposed by US president-elect Donald Trump.
‘Of course, we are not satisfied with the proposals being voiced by representatives of the president-elect to postpone Ukrainian NATO membership for 20 years and to send to Ukraine a peacekeeping contingent of ‘British and European forces,’’ Lavrov said.
The Kremlin had previously said it was ‘too early to talk about peacekeepers’.
Trump, who comes to power in three weeks, has claimed he can strike a peace deal in 24 hours and said he will use Washington’s multibillion-dollar financial and military support to Kyiv as leverage.
He has yet to propose a concrete plan but members of his team have floated various ideas, including the deployment of European troops to monitor any ceasefire along the 1,000-kilometre front line and a lengthy delay on Kyiv’s ambitions to join the NATO military alliance.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian presidents have ruled out direct talks with each other, and positions in Kyiv and Moscow appear far apart on what would be acceptable terms for a peace deal.
Russian president Vladimir Putin previously demanded that Ukraine withdraw its troops from four eastern and southern regions — Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia — that Russia claims to have annexed, while Kyiv has repeatedly ruled out ceding territory to Moscow in exchange for peace.
Meanwhile, the United States announced a $2.5 billion security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before Trump takes office.
Trump’s November election victory has cast doubt on the future of American aid for Ukraine, providing a limited window for billions of dollars in already authorized assistance to be disbursed before he is sworn in next month.
Monday’s aid includes a $1.25 billion military ‘drawdown package’, which allows the Pentagon to take weapons from US stocks and send them quickly to the battlefield.
Another $1.22 billion will be funded via the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, under which military equipment is procured from the defence industry or partners.
‘Today, I am proud to announce nearly $2.5 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, as the Ukrainian people continue to defend their independence and freedom from Russian aggression,’ president Joe Biden said in a statement.
The drawdowns from the defence department shelves will involve drones, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, optically guided missiles, anti-tank weapons systems, air-to-ground munitions and spare parts, according to a separate statement from the US State Department.
‘The United States and more than 50 nations stand united to ensure Ukraine has the capabilities it needs to defend itself against Russia’s aggression,’ secretary of state Antony Blinken said.
The latest assistance for Ukraine follows an announcement at the beginning of the month of a nearly $1 billion tranche of drones, ammunition and equipment.
Agence France-Presse . Moscow 31 December, 2024, 00:55
Russia is against the deployment of Western peacekeeping troops to Ukraine as part of any settlement to end the nearly three-year conflict, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
Talk of the possible stationing of foreign troops in Ukraine to enforce any peace deal is circulating in Western capitals, with French president Emmanuel Macron and Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk discussing the issue in a meeting in Warsaw this month.
In an interview published Monday by the Russian foreign ministry, Lavrov told the state-run TASS news agency that Moscow opposed that idea as well as others being proposed by US president-elect Donald Trump.
‘Of course, we are not satisfied with the proposals being voiced by representatives of the president-elect to postpone Ukrainian NATO membership for 20 years and to send to Ukraine a peacekeeping contingent of ‘British and European forces,’’ Lavrov said.
The Kremlin had previously said it was ‘too early to talk about peacekeepers’.
Trump, who comes to power in three weeks, has claimed he can strike a peace deal in 24 hours and said he will use Washington’s multibillion-dollar financial and military support to Kyiv as leverage.
He has yet to propose a concrete plan but members of his team have floated various ideas, including the deployment of European troops to monitor any ceasefire along the 1,000-kilometre front line and a lengthy delay on Kyiv’s ambitions to join the NATO military alliance.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian presidents have ruled out direct talks with each other, and positions in Kyiv and Moscow appear far apart on what would be acceptable terms for a peace deal.
Russian president Vladimir Putin previously demanded that Ukraine withdraw its troops from four eastern and southern regions — Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia — that Russia claims to have annexed, while Kyiv has repeatedly ruled out ceding territory to Moscow in exchange for peace.
Meanwhile, the United States announced a $2.5 billion security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday as Washington races to provide aid to Kyiv before Trump takes office.
Trump’s November election victory has cast doubt on the future of American aid for Ukraine, providing a limited window for billions of dollars in already authorized assistance to be disbursed before he is sworn in next month.
Monday’s aid includes a $1.25 billion military ‘drawdown package’, which allows the Pentagon to take weapons from US stocks and send them quickly to the battlefield.
Another $1.22 billion will be funded via the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, under which military equipment is procured from the defence industry or partners.
‘Today, I am proud to announce nearly $2.5 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, as the Ukrainian people continue to defend their independence and freedom from Russian aggression,’ president Joe Biden said in a statement.
The drawdowns from the defence department shelves will involve drones, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, optically guided missiles, anti-tank weapons systems, air-to-ground munitions and spare parts, according to a separate statement from the US State Department.
‘The United States and more than 50 nations stand united to ensure Ukraine has the capabilities it needs to defend itself against Russia’s aggression,’ secretary of state Antony Blinken said.
The latest assistance for Ukraine follows an announcement at the beginning of the month of a nearly $1 billion tranche of drones, ammunition and equipment.
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Russia advanced 4,000 sq km in Ukraine in 2024
Russian forces advanced by 3,985 square kilometres in Ukraine in 2024, seven times more than in 2023, according to an AFP analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War.
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Russia advanced 4,000 sq km in Ukraine in 2024
Agence France-Presse . Paris 01 January, 2025, 01:00
Russian forces advanced by 3,985 square kilometres in Ukraine in 2024, seven times more than in 2023, according to an AFP analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War.
Much of the Russian gains came in the autumn, as they took 610 square kilometres in October and 725 square kilometres in November. Those two months saw the Russians conquer the most territory since March 2022, in the early weeks of the conflict.
The Russian advance slowed in December, coming to 465 square kilometres in the first 30 days of the month.
However it is already nearly four times bigger than in the same month of the previous year and two and a half times more than in December 2022.
Nearly three quarters of the territory taken by the Russians in Ukraine in 2024 was in the eastern region of Donetsk, which includes Pokrovsk, an Ukrainian logistical hub.
Russia now controls or is operating in 70 per cent of the region, against 59 per cent at the end of 2023.
The Russian advance accelerated in August 2024, with nearly 400 square kilometres taken over the month, reaching a gain of 629 square kilometres in November.
2024 was also marked by a major Ukrainian offensive in the Russian region of Kursk which started in July.
Ukrainian advances peaked on August 20-21, extending over some 1,320 square kilometres. The area of operations had been reduced to 482 square kilometres by December 30.
Agence France-Presse . Paris 01 January, 2025, 01:00
Russian forces advanced by 3,985 square kilometres in Ukraine in 2024, seven times more than in 2023, according to an AFP analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War.
Much of the Russian gains came in the autumn, as they took 610 square kilometres in October and 725 square kilometres in November. Those two months saw the Russians conquer the most territory since March 2022, in the early weeks of the conflict.
The Russian advance slowed in December, coming to 465 square kilometres in the first 30 days of the month.
However it is already nearly four times bigger than in the same month of the previous year and two and a half times more than in December 2022.
Nearly three quarters of the territory taken by the Russians in Ukraine in 2024 was in the eastern region of Donetsk, which includes Pokrovsk, an Ukrainian logistical hub.
Russia now controls or is operating in 70 per cent of the region, against 59 per cent at the end of 2023.
The Russian advance accelerated in August 2024, with nearly 400 square kilometres taken over the month, reaching a gain of 629 square kilometres in November.
2024 was also marked by a major Ukrainian offensive in the Russian region of Kursk which started in July.
Ukrainian advances peaked on August 20-21, extending over some 1,320 square kilometres. The area of operations had been reduced to 482 square kilometres by December 30.
