Russia may target Ukraine with 100 missiles; Govt urges citizens not to ignore air raid sirens
World | May 01, 2023 10:52 ISTUkraine's defence ministry urged citizens not to ignore air raid sirens and suggested to remain in safe locations.
Ukraine's defence ministry urged citizens not to ignore air raid sirens and suggested to remain in safe locations.
Russia-Ukraine War: The strikes on the nine-story residential building in central Ukraine occurred in Uman, a city located around 215 kilometres (134 miles) south of Kyiv.
Russia-Ukraine War: Kyiv forces had carried out the attack on a temporary housing area accommodating Russian servicemen in the city of Makeyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) on January 1, the ministry said in a statement.
The strikes come after Russia blamed Ukraine for a drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet in the annexed Crimea.
Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned Iran's ambassador to protest the attack, calling it a flagrant violation of the country's sovereignty.
The authorities say the number of victims is "being specified" and that an evacuation is underway. The building is located near Kyiv airport, reports suggested.
Hypersonic weapons, which fly at speeds in excess of Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, could pose a crucial challenge to missile defenses because of their speed and maneuverability.
The officials said at least three explosions took place in the Al-Anad Air Base in the southern province of Lahj, which is held by the internationally recognized government. More than two dozen troops were wounded.
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, reported that Israeli strikes targeted military posts near Damascus.
The Green Zone - a diplomatic quarter in central Baghdad that hosts many international facilitates including the US embassy and an Iraqi base - constantly comes under fire, with the latest attack occurring on 16 February.
On January 3, a US drone attacked a convoy near Baghdad International Airport, killing Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of Iraq's paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces.
US President Trump said his National Security Adviser suggested that sanctions and protests have Iran “choked off”, will force them to negotiate, amid escalating tensions with Tehran following the killing of Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike and Iran launching missile attacks at Iraqi airbase.
Satellite images of Ain Al Assad Air Base in Iraq show damage to the air bases housing US troops after Iran's missile attack in retaliation to the killing of its top general in a US airstrike.
Speaking from the foyer of the White House, Trump announced that the U.S. will immediately place new sanctions on Iran “until Iran changes its behavior.” He defended his targeted killing last week of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. He added that Americans should be “extremely grateful and happy” with the outcome.
Iranian state media has claimed that at least '80 terrorist US soldiers' were killed in the missile strikes at Iraqi bases housing US troops. The strike was in retaliation to the killing of Iran's top general Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards has asked US to 'recall troops' from Iraq hours after Iran strike back with ballistic missiles at US troops housing at Iraq bases, taking revenge for killing its top general Qassem Soleimani.
Two missile shells that was fired by Pakistani troops have been defused by Army engineers in a forward area along the LoC in Poonch district.
Although officials said the singular target was Assad’s chemical weapons capability, his air force, including helicopters he allegedly has used to drop chemical weapons on civilians, were spared.
The missile attack followed a suspected poison gas attack Saturday on the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
Washington, Oct 15: While keeping the option of targeted raids on top Haqqani leaders on the table, US administration has opened a new more aggressive approach towards the Afghan insurgent group, it asserts, is supported
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