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His unit decimated by Ukrainian fire, the last surviving soldier in a Russian attack hid in a shallow crater while the Ukrainians shouted at him to surrender. As he hoisted two grenades into the air, a Ukrainian drone swooped overhead and exploded.Soon, the smoke cleared, a surveillance drone appeared overhead, revealing the body of the Russian soldier. That day’s attack, just north of the ruined city of Avdiivka, was repulsed. But Ukrainians were under no illusions: There would be many more.”They’re coming in waves,” said Lt. Oleksandr Shyrshyn, 29, the deputy battalion commander in the 47th Mechanized Brigade. “And they…
Kenya’s government will not wait for an appeals court ruling before deploying forces to Haiti, a senior government official said, further underscoring the government’s determination to press ahead with a proposed multinational force aimed at bringing stability to the Caribbean nation ravaged by gangs.Abraham Korir Sing’Oei, the principal secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, told The New York Times in an interview that Kenya and Haiti are working to finalize a bilateral agreement in the next two weeks and that, once in place, its forces Kenya will direct development.Mr Sing’Oei’s statement comes just a week after the country’s Supreme…
The United States launched dozens of raids across the Middle East over the weekend as Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken headed to the region to advance negotiations to secure the release of Israelis still being held hostage in Gaza and bring in more humanitarian aid. in the abused pockets.The latest strike came on Sunday in Yemen, where the US military said it destroyed an anti-ship cruise missile belonging to Houthi fighters that posed “an immediate threat to US naval vessels and commercial vessels in the area”.It was the third U.S. military action against Iranian-backed militias in as many days:…
Days after devastating wildfires ripped through Chile’s Pacific coast, ravaging entire neighborhoods and trapping people fleeing in cars, officials said Sunday that at least 99 people had been killed and hundreds were still missing, and warned that the death toll could rise sharply. .”This number will increase, we know it will increase significantly,” President Gabriel Boric said Sunday, describing the fires in the Valparaiso region as the country’s worst disaster since the 2010 earthquake that killed more than 400 people. dead and displaced 1.5 million.”We are facing a tragedy of enormous proportions,” said the president, who visited the fire and…