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Zelensky warned of a brand new Russian offensive
A day after a Russian missile strike on a {hardware} superstore in Kharkiv, Ukraine, killed at the very least 16 individuals, based on officers there, its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, stated that Moscow’s forces had been massing for a brand new floor offensive within the northeast.
Kharkiv has seen a pointy escalation within the ferocity of aerial assaults this month, forcing many to flee. On Saturday, a second strike, which got here simply hours after the assault on the superstore, hit industrial infrastructure, wounding at the very least 25 individuals.
Far from the entrance traces, U.S. and allied intelligence officers are monitoring a rise in low-level sabotage operations in Europe, saying that the acts are a part of a Russian marketing campaign to undermine help for Ukraine.
The covert operations have largely been arsons or tried arsons concentrating on a variety of web sites, together with a warehouse in England, a paint manufacturing unit in Poland, properties in Latvia and an Ikea retailer in Lithuania. People accused of being Russian operatives have additionally been arrested on fees of plotting assaults on U.S. navy bases.
Hamas fired rockets at central Israel
Hamas launched a barrage of rockets yesterday afternoon, setting off air-raid sirens within the Tel Aviv space for the primary time since at the very least late January. The assault confirmed that the group retained some long-range missile capabilities.
The Israeli navy stated that at the very least eight rockets had been fired from the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah, the place Israeli forces have been advancing. There had been no fast studies of main harm. Israel’s emergency service stated that two girls had been flippantly wounded as they fled to a bomb shelter.
In Rafah: Hours after the Hamas rocket assault, an Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians killed at the very least 35 individuals, the Gaza Health Ministry stated. The Israeli navy stated that its operation was geared toward a Hamas compound. The Times wasn’t in a position to instantly affirm the small print.
Cease-fire talks: Officials stated that negotiations may restart within the subsequent week, after a gathering in Paris amongst U.S. and Israeli intelligence chiefs and Qatar’s prime minister.
A landslide in Papua New Guinea killed tons of
More than 48 hours after a landslide struck a densely populated area of Papua New Guinea with boulders the dimensions of transport containers, a U.N. official within the nation stated that at the very least 670 individuals had been estimated to have died.
The landslide occurred round 3 a.m. on Friday, when many residents had been asleep. As of Sunday afternoon, land was nonetheless sliding, rocks had been falling, and the soil was cracking from elevated strain and operating groundwater, hampering search-and-rescue efforts and forcing residents from their properties.
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