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The third year of the Ukraine war in facts and figures
Paris (AFP) Feb 17, 2025 The last year of war in Ukraine - a conflict about to enter its fourth year - was marked by billions in aid, Ukraine seizing Russian territory and Moscow using a new hypersonic missile. On February 16, US president Donald Trump said he could meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "very soon" to discuss ending the fighting, raising fears in Kyiv and Europe that they are being sidelined. Here are some key facts and figures that have marked this past year of war - the third since the fully fled ... read more |
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Chemical weapons watchdog says found banned CS agent in Ukraine-supplied samplesThe Hague (AFP) Feb 14, 2025 The international chemical weapons watchdog said Friday it had found the banned riot control agent CS in nine samples handed to it by Ukraine from the front line in its war against Russia. ... more 
EU pushes to boost weapons deliveries for UkraineBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 17, 2025 The EU is pressing its member states to bolster supplies of key weaponry to Ukraine this year, including air defences, missiles and at least 1.5 million artillery shells, a proposal seen by AFP Monday said. ... more 
Israel army says killed Hamas commander in Lebanon for planning attacksJerusalem (AFP) Feb 17, 2025 The Israeli military said it killed a Hamas commander in an air strike in southern Lebanon on Monday, accusing him of planning attacks against Israel from Lebanese territory. ... more 
Israel says targeted senior militant from Hezbollah aerial unit in Lebanon strikeJerusalem (AFP) Feb 15, 2025 The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike in south Lebanon Saturday that targeted a senior militant from Hezbollah's aerial unit, accusing him of repeatedly violating a ceasefire. ... more |
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Zelensky says Putin 'peace' comments not to be trustedBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 13, 2025 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday warned against trusting Vladimir Putin, as US President Donald Trump insisted he believed the Russian leader "wants peace". ... more 
Trump's new defence chief to pressure allies on first NATO visitBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 New US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his first meetings at NATO headquarters Wednesday looking to push European nations over support for Ukraine and ramping up military spending. ... more 
Russian delegation arrives in Saudi Arabia for talks with U.S. to end Ukraine warWashington DC (UPI) Feb 17, 2025 Russia's foreign minister and his delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday for scheduled negotiations with the United States to end the war in Ukraine. ... more 
Russia rejects swapping occupied territory with UkraineKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 12, 2025 Russia on Wednesday rejected swapping occupied territory with Kyiv as part of any future peace deal hours after launching a barrage of drones and missiles on Kyiv that killed one person. ... more 
Netanyahu warns Hamas to free all hostages by Saturday or face 'intense fighting'Washington DC (UPI) Feb 11, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas, in a video statement Wednesday night local time, that if the rest of the hostages are not released by Saturday at noon, the "cease-fire will be terminated" and Hamas will be "decisively defeated." ... more |
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Israel says strikes Hezbollah smuggling tunnel on Syria-Lebanon border
Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 9, 2025 The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike on Sunday targeting a tunnel on the border between Syria and Lebanon used by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to smuggle weapons. Israeli "aircraft conducted a precise intelligence based strike on an underground tunnel crossing from Syrian territory into Lebanese territory that was used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons," the military said a day after it struck a weapons depot used by Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Syria. In ... read more 
Israeli officers warned against criticising Trump's Gaza plan; Israel hits Hamas weapons facility in SyriaJerusalem (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Friday warned officers not to "speak out" against US President Donald Trump's plan to "take over" Gaza, which the army's intelligence chief reportedly criticised. ... more |
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Russia says Ukraine launched new Kursk offensiveMoscow (AFP) Feb 6, 2025 Moscow said Thursday that Ukraine's army had launched a fresh offensive in the Russian Kursk border region, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed Kyiv troops fighting on Russian soil. ... more
EU: Legal foundations laid in Europe to hold Russia account for Ukraine warWashington DC (UPI) Feb 5, 2025 Senior legal experts have laid the foundations to establish a special tribunal to hold Russia accountable for its war against Ukraine, according to officials, who said the move represented a major step toward securing justice for the victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin's war of aggression. ... more 
Palestinian ministry says Israeli raid in West Bank kills oneJerusalem (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 The Palestinian health ministry said one person was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Sunday, a day after a deadly series of air strikes in the occupied territory. ... more
Russia and Ukraine trade blame for attack on Kursk schoolKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 Kyiv and Moscow traded blame on Sunday for a strike on a school in a Ukrainian-occupied town in Russia's Kursk region, while Kyiv said new missile and drone attacks killed at least 18 people in Ukraine. ... more 
Blast near Ukraine army recruitment centre wounds oneKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Feb 2, 2025 An explosion near a recruitment centre for the Ukrainian military on Sunday wounded one person, police said, as Kyiv struggles to draft more recruits to fight off Russia's invasion. ... more |
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