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TopicDonbas

Topic: Donbas

Ukrainian forces repel Russian attacks on 14 settlements, deny claims 600 soldiers killed

Russia launched seven missile strikes, 31 air strikes & 73 attacks from salvo rocket launchers in the past day, the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said in a daily report.

Iranian trainers in Crimea to help Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, says US

White House spokesperson John Kirby said Washington will pursue all means to "expose, deter & confront" Iran's munitions supply to Russia. Both countries have denied allegations

Bombs & rockets raining down ‘hourly’, Russia launches aggressive campaign in Ukraine’s Donbas

With cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk next on agenda, Russia aims to take control of Donbas region by 9 May, the day it celebrates its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

Status of Ukraine war: Battlefield moves east, Russian withdrawal from Kyiv & Chernihiv complete

Offensives reported in Donbas region, where conflict is expected to intensify in coming weeks. Russia also consolidating positions in northeast, while south remains quiet for now.

Status of Ukraine war: Donbas now Russia’s priority, troops retreat from Kyiv & Chernihiv

In major drawdown of war goals, ‘liberation’ of Donbas has become Russia’s focus. More forces being redeployed to region, which is seeing heavy fighting. Stalemate in south.

Father of Indian student killed in Ukraine says body moved out of Kharkiv for security reasons

Shekhar Gouda said the mortal remains of his son Naveen, who died on 1 March, are in Vinnytsia. Indian govt is working on bringing them to Poland before repatriation.

Want to know about Ukraine-Russia war history? Start watching their films

The Russia-Ukraine war has a spillover into the film industry. The content represented in films like 'Donbass', 'Atlantis' deserves attention.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.