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Russian forces and the Donbass militias continue to advance in Ukraine. On Saturday 19 March, the Russian Air Force targeted 59 Ukrainian military infrastructure objects and downed 5 UAVs, the Defence Ministry said. Russia launched an operation in Ukraine on 24 February, after Kiev intensified attacks in Donbass, prompting the mass evacuation of civilians from the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. President Vladimir Putin stressed that the op was started to stop the genocide of the people in the region, adding that Russia’s goal is the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine. Source: Sputnik

The press service of the DPR military released a POV video of the battle tank work near the town of Mariinka in the sector east of Donetsk city. At least two battle tanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were eliminated in this battle. Earlier, on March 19, pro-DPR sources reported that DPR troops already entered this important stronghold of Kyiv’s forces and engaged them in clashes inside it. The potential fall of Mariinka will allow DPR forces to kick off the operation to push back Kyiv troops from the sector east of Donetsk thus preventing them from further strikes on…

South Korea’s National Security Council has held an emergency meeting following the action North Korea appeared to fire four shots from its multiple rocket launchers into the Yellow Sea early on Sunday, military officials in Seoul have said. “There were shots believed to be that of North Korea’s multiple rocket launchers this morning,” a South Korean military official told Yonhap news agency. “We are maintaining our defense readiness posture, while closely following related developments,” he added. Four shots were fired in the span of an hour from an unspecified location in North Korea’s Pyongan province, with the projectiles landing in the Yellow…

The S-400 issue has been a prickly topic in US-Turkish ties since Ankara inked a contract with Moscow for the supply of the Russian-made missile defence systems in 2017. Washington claims that the S-400s pose a threat to NATO and are incompatible with the alliance’s military hardware, something that Turkey rejects.Washington and Ankara discussed “the unlikely possibility” of Turkey delivering its Russian-made S-400 missile defence systems to Kiev’s forces in order to help them fight Russian troops amid Moscow’s ongoing special operation in Ukraine, according to Reuters. The news agency cited three unnamed sources as saying that “US officials have floated…

Late on March 19, a large-scale attack with suicide drones targeted vital facilities in the southern region of Saudi Arabia. The Saudi-led coalition said that the attack targeted a water desalination plant in the city of al-Shuqaiq and an oil facility of Aramco near the city of Jizan. The coalition didn’t provide any details on the damaged caused by the large attack. However, it claimed in two separate statements shared by the Saudi Press Agency that five suicide drones were intercepted over the Kingdom’s southern region by its air defense means. According to the coalition, the drones were launched by…

Business between countries was booming before Western sanctions South Korea plans to open temporary settlement lines between domestic banks and their units in Russia in order to help local firms finance trade that’s been made difficult by international sanctions against the country over its military operation in Ukraine, Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday. The measure – to be introduced at the end of this month – is aimed at minimizing the use of global intermediary banks that avoid dealing with Russia due to sanctions, causing the transactions to be delayed or rejected. “The method is expected to enable swift…

On 24 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of Moscow’s special military operation to demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine, stressing that Russia is not seeking to occupy the territory of its immediate neighbour. With Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to Italian MPs slated for 22 March, several members from Italy’s ruling coalition of the 5 Star Movement and the League “would like to hear” Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Italian Parliament “as well” in order “to counterbalance” the Ukrainian president, according to La Repubblica.The newspaper recalled that it was previously announced that Zelensky would speak before the Chamber of Deputies,…

The country has sent thousands of rocket launchers, grenades, and kit to assist Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia Canada has depleted its own stock of weapons in its bid to support Ukraine amid Russia’s military operation in the country, Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand has acknowledged. “I believe that we have exhausted our inventory … to the extent that we are able to provide [more] weapons,” Anand said during a live appearance on CBC on Friday. “There are capacity issues we need to make sure we are on top of for the purposes of ensuring the Canadian Armed Forces are…

The head of US Central Command admits he’s worried about losing troops after Iran and Israel traded missile strikes No Americans were killed in a recent Iranian missile strike in northern Iraq, but the top US general in the Middle East said on Friday he was concerned how long that will remain the case as Tehran and Tel Aviv keep targeting each other. “I do worry about these exchanges between Iran and Israel, because many times our forces are at risk, whether in Iraq or in Syria. So that, in fact, does concern me,” Marine General Frank McKenzie told reporters at…

Polish Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki urges EU to add trade blockade to new package of anti-Russian penalties Russia should face a complete ban on trade with the members of the EU as part of the tougher sanctions over the military operation in the neighboring Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateus Morawiecki has said. “Poland is proposing to add a trade blockade to this package of sanctions as soon as possible, [including] both of its seaports… but also a ban on land trade,” the PM said, as quoted by Reuters. “Fully cutting off Russia’s trade would further force Russia to consider whether it…