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Moscow warns 'retaliatory actions are being prepared' after accusing Ukraine of launching another round of ATACMS strikes into Russian territory

Moscow has warned that retaliatory actions are being prepared after accusing Ukraine of launching another round of ATACMS strikes into Russian territory. Russian military on Tuesday pledged a response to the fresh air attacks using the US-supplied missiles, which Russia's defence ministry said were carried out on November 23 and 25. Remains of US-produced ATACMS missiles, fired by Ukrainian armed …

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1 month ago

Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia

Deccan Chronicle

US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine's power grid in a deadly barrage.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was confirming reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post that the major policy shift -- long …

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Putin Unleashes Nuclear Might in Simulated War with Russia's Nuclear Forces

The Hindu

Russian President Vladimir Putin launches a massive exercise of the country's nuclear forces featuring missile launches in a simulation of a retaliatory strike. The drills will simulate top officials' action in using nuclear weapons and include launches of nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles.

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Israel Strikes Iran in Retaliatory Move, Heightening Regional Tension

CNN

Israel launched strikes on Iran in response to earlier Iranian attacks. The strikes were conducted in a highly calculated response that avoided critical energy infrastructure. Iran appeared to downplay the impact of the attack, claiming its air defenses had successfully countered the strikes. The attack is part of Israel's long-awaited retaliation to Iran's missile attack earlier this month, as the …

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5 months ago

Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after a deadly Israeli strike on Houthi rebels

Associated Press

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula country. Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, vowed to carry out similar strikes “in any place where it may be required.” The Houthis are among several Iranian-backed groups to have attacked Israel in solidarity …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Russian missile strikes kill 14 in Ukraine's Chernihiv city as Kyiv runs out of options

India TV News

Kyiv: At least three Russian missile strikes struck an eight-floor apartment building in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 61 others, according to authorities. "This would not have happened if Ukraine had received sufficient air defence equipment and if the world's determination to counter Russian terror had been sufficient," he said. …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Joe Biden's stark choice: Ceasefire in Gaza — or regional war in Middle East

Salon

In the topsy-turvy world of corporate media reporting on U.S. foreign policy, we have been led to believe that air strikes on Yemen, Iraq and Syria are legitimate and responsible efforts to contain the expanding war over Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, while the actions of the Houthi government in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Iran and its allies in Iraq …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Gunmen in Iran kill nine Pakistanis days after missile strikes

Firstpost

Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers in a restive southeastern border area of Iran on Saturday, as confirmed by Pakistan’s ambassador and a rights group. “According to witnesses, this morning unknown armed men killed nine non-Iranians in a house in the Sirkan neighbourhood of Saravan city” in Sistan-Baluchistan province, the Mehr news agency reported. “We are in touch with Iranian …

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11 months ago

Iran's regional flashpoints are increasing. Here's what to know

NPR

Iran's regional flashpoints are increasing. Pakistan launched an attack Thursday using rockets and drones against a Balochistan separatist group inside neighboring Iran, killing nine people, just two days after Iran fired rockets at a rival separatist group on Pakistan's side of the border. On Tuesday, Iran fired missiles and drones into Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, saying it was targeting a …

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11 months, 1 week ago

'Attack flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty': Iraq summons Iran envoy over missile strikes

Firstpost

The Iraqi foreign ministry said it called in Iran’s envoy in Baghdad on Tuesday to protest after its ally’s Revolutionary Guards carried out deadly missile strikes on its soil. Peshraw Dizayi, a prominent local businessman with a portfolio that included real estate and security services companies, was killed in one of the strikes along with members of his family, according …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

US forces swing into action in Red Sea, shoot over a dozen of Houthi's drone and missile strikes

India TV News

Amid a series of attacks in the Red Sea, the United States defence forces struck more than a dozen drone attacks and several missiles fired by Houthi rebels. "U.S. assets, including the USS LABOON and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot down twelve one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles, and two land attack cruise missiles …

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1 year ago

Russia threatens military strikes on Western countries if Ukraine's newly-donated F-16s are based in NATO territory

Daily Mail

Russia has threatened to target Western countries with missile strikes if Ukraine's newly-donated F-16 fighters are based in NATO territory. Maria Zakharova - spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry - warned the West that the advanced F-16 fighters delivered to Ukraine will be a fair target for Russia if they are based in NATO countries. Russia has threatened to target …

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1 year, 9 months ago

In Ukraine, Russia strikes apartments and dorms, killing civilians

LA Times

Russia stepped up its missile and drone attacks against Ukraine on Wednesday, killing students and other civilians in a violent follow-up to dueling high-level diplomatic missions aimed at bringing peace after 13 months of war. “Russia is shelling the city with bestial savagery,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a message accompanying video showing what he said was a Russian missile …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Israeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service

The Hindu

Israel’s military fired missiles toward the international airport of Syria's capital early on January 2, putting it out of service and killing two soldiers and wounding two others, the Syrian army said. The attack, the second in seven months to put the Damascus International Airport out of service, caused material damage in a nearby area, the army said, without giving …

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2 years ago

Russia launches another major missile attack on Ukraine

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s capital came under one of the biggest attacks of the war on Friday as Russia’s invading forces fired dozens of missiles across the country, triggering widespread power outages, Ukrainian officials said. The city administration said Kyiv withstood “one of the biggest rocket attacks” it has faced since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly 10 months ago. He said …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Russian missile strikes overshadow cyberattacks as Ukraine reels from blackouts

CNN

Washington CNN — Russia has pummeled Ukrainian cities with missile and drone strikes for much of the past month, targeting civilians and large swaths of the country’s critical infrastructure. “Imagine your ordinary day in the face of constant disruptions of power or water supply, mobile communication or everything combined.” ‘Big, showy public response’ Cyber operations aimed at industrial plants can …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Vladimir Putin ‘rational actor’ who miscalculated with Ukraine: Joe Biden

Hindustan Times

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he doubted whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would use a tactical nuclear weapon as Ukraine pleaded for a rapid increase in Western military aid to defend against missile strikes on its cities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he expects a positive response on Wednesday from Western allies in Brussels to his requests for …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Associated Press

LYMAN, Ukraine — Covered head-to-toe in protective suits, forensic workers pulled several bodies wrapped in black plastic from a mass grave Tuesday in Ukraine’s devastated city of Lyman. He said those concerns involve “the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.” ___ KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the West to impose even tougher sanctions on Russia’s …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly started debating Monday whether to demand that Russia reverse course on annexing four regions of Ukraine. ___ KEY DEVELOPMENTS: UN assembly to meet on Ukraine hours after Russian strikes Analysts: Russian missiles seek to levy pain, could backfire Top EU diplomat laments slow start for Ukraine training plan Kyrgyzstan cancels Russian-led military drill …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Germany says air defence shield to reach Ukraine ’in days’

Live Mint

Germany said Monday it was rushing long-promised air defence systems, capable of protecting an entire city, to Ukraine after Russia unleashed a barrage of missile strikes on the country. Calling the latest attacks "despicable", German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wrote on Twitter that "we are doing everything to strengthen Ukraine's air defences". Germany had earlier expected to deliver the first …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Ukrainians send defiant message after missile strikes: Videos show people singing as they shelter

Daily Mail

Ukrainians sent a defiant message to Vladimir Putin today after Russia hit the country with nationwide missile strikes. Pictured: People sing together in a Kyiv Metro station on Monday Footage from a shelter shows children gathered around tables covered in school work singing the Ukrainian national anthem. Pictured: Video shows more citizens in Kyiv taking shelter following several missile strikes …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Ukraine war: Putin ally warns missile salvo is 'first episode' of Russian revenge

Daily Mail

A huge missile barrage unleashed on Ukraine today is merely the 'first episode' of Russia's revenge for a blast which crippled the Crimea Bridge and 'there will be others', one of Putin's staunchest allies has warned today. KYIV: A rescuer helps an injured woman at the site of shelling, which Vladimir Putin said he ordered in response to 'terrorist' attacks …

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2 years, 3 months ago

War monitor: Israeli strike targeted missile depot in Syria

Associated Press

BEIRUT — Satellite imagery showed widespread destruction at a giant military facility in western Syria targeted in a recent Israeli airstrike, and the head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said Sunday the strike targeted a depot housing hundreds of middle-range missiles for Iran-backed fighters. Syrian opposition activists at the time said the strike targeted an arms depot and a …

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2 years, 4 months ago

China conducts ‘precision missile strikes’ in Taiwan Strait

Associated Press

KEELUNG, Taiwan — China conducted “precision missile strikes” Thursday in waters off Taiwan’s coasts as part of military exercises that have raised tensions in the region to their highest level in decades following a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “China has chosen to overreact and use the speaker’s visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in …

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Moscow warns 'retaliatory actions are being prepared' after accusing Ukraine of launching another round of ATACMS strikes into Russian territory

Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia

Putin Unleashes Nuclear Might in Simulated War with Russia's Nuclear Forces

Israel Strikes Iran in Retaliatory Move, Heightening Regional Tension

Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after a deadly Israeli strike on Houthi rebels

Russian missile strikes kill 14 in Ukraine's Chernihiv city as Kyiv runs out of options

Joe Biden's stark choice: Ceasefire in Gaza — or regional war in Middle East

Gunmen in Iran kill nine Pakistanis days after missile strikes

Iran's regional flashpoints are increasing. Here's what to know

'Attack flagrant violation of Iraqi sovereignty': Iraq summons Iran envoy over missile strikes

US forces swing into action in Red Sea, shoot over a dozen of Houthi's drone and missile strikes

Russia threatens military strikes on Western countries if Ukraine's newly-donated F-16s are based in NATO territory

In Ukraine, Russia strikes apartments and dorms, killing civilians

Israeli missile strikes put Damascus airport out of service

Russia launches another major missile attack on Ukraine

Russian missile strikes overshadow cyberattacks as Ukraine reels from blackouts

Vladimir Putin ‘rational actor’ who miscalculated with Ukraine: Joe Biden

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Germany says air defence shield to reach Ukraine ’in days’

Ukrainians send defiant message after missile strikes: Videos show people singing as they shelter

Ukraine war: Putin ally warns missile salvo is 'first episode' of Russian revenge

War monitor: Israeli strike targeted missile depot in Syria

China conducts ‘precision missile strikes’ in Taiwan Strait