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Friday, November 8, 2024
TopicUkraine war

Topic: Ukraine war

Indian students back in Ukraine master ‘war way of life’, sirens blare but class must go on

Many Indian medical students who fled from war-torn Ukraine later returned to complete their degrees. They are used to air raid sirens, but war anniversary fears grip them too.

‘No victory could be built on ruins,’ says Pope Francis urging ceasefire in Ukraine

Francis has rejected Russia's assertion that its military presence in Ukraine was part of a ‘special operation,’ condemning what he has described as killing of civilians.

Israel is neutral on Ukraine for three reasons. India can align with it to ease tensions

Given the rock-solid nature of the US-Israel friendship, working with Israel can strengthen New Delhi’s relations with Washington too.

‘Double agent drone’ — this is how Ukraine is using a Soviet-era weapon to attack Russia

Ukraine has converted the Tupolev Tu-141 Strizh reconnaissance drone into a cruise missile, taking out its cameras and replacing them with warheads.

2 thermal power plants damaged by Ukrainian shelling in parts of Donetsk on Sunday

Preliminary information indicated injuries in the shelling in Zuhres and Novyi Svit, the Moscow installed officials said.

How US NGO is providing free prosthetics & remote help to Ukrainians who lost their limbs in war

Data from Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy suggests there are 12,000 amputees, who have lost their limbs in the Russia-Ukraine war and are currently awaiting prosthetics

Ukraine now a bottomless pit for Western aid. With no attention to its chronic corruption

The longer the war stretches, the more Ukraine's ability to fight systemic corruption gets diminished as more money and weapons will flow to sustain the country.

Russia’s cyber war machine in Ukraine hasn’t lived up to Western hype. Report analyses why

Infancy of Moscow’s cyber command, operating in silos, poor performance by military, & differing understanding of cyber explain gap between West's expectations & performance.

How Ukraine is ‘targeting’ airfields deep inside Russia with ‘audacious’ drone attacks

Moscow intercepted 'repurposed Soviet drones' allegedly used by Ukraine to bomb three airfields and unleashed another wave of missile strikes across Ukraine, killing at least four.

415 children among 6.5k civilians dead in Ukraine so far, says UN human rights body

Data shows most casualties were a result of explosive weapons with wide-area effects such as shelling from heavy artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, missiles and air strikes.

On Camera

I am shocked Indian ‘liberals’ aren’t supporting Iranian woman Ahoo Daryaei protesting hijab

There is the fight against authoritarianism, and then there are 'liberal' Muslim women who ar supposed to be allies. Sadly, diluting the debate distracts one from the core issue.

US President-elect Trump vows to slash trade deficit with India. How trade fared under him vs Biden

India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.

China unveils J-35A stealth fighter, with striking resemblance to US F-35. Here’s how they compare

The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.