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08/21/2024August 21, 2024
Modi says will ‘share perspectives’ on Kyiv trip
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will talk about the peaceful resolution of Russia’s war in Ukraine .
The trip takes place more than a month after he traveled to Moscow.
Modi headed for Poland on Wednesday and is set to arrive in Kyiv on Friday.
It is the first trip to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister since diplomatic relations were established more than three decades ago.
“I look forward to the opportunity to … share perspectives on peaceful resolution of the ongoing Ukraine conflict,” Modi said ahead of his departure. “As a friend and partner, we hope for an early return of peace and stability in the region.”
The visit comes in the wake of which drew criticism from Washington and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and coincided with a lethal . In an implicit rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the time, Modi condemned the killing of innocent children.
The short trip is seen as an effort at damage control as New Delhi seeks to perform a balancing act between Russia and the West.
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Skip next section Medvedev says no peace talks until Ukraine’s total defeat
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Medvedev says no peace talks until Ukraine’s total defeat
has said Kyiv’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region means there can be no peace talks until Ukraine has been completely defeated.
“The casual chit-chat of self-proclaimed intermediaries on the virtuous subject of peace has ceased. Even if they cannot say it out loud, everyone recognizes the reality of the situation,” Medvedev wrote on his official account on the Telegram messaging app.
“They understand that there will be NO NEGOTIATIONS UNTIL THE ENEMY IS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY DESTROYED!”
Medvedev, once seen as closer to the West than Putin, has since styled himself as one of the Kremlin’s toughest anti-NATO hawks.
He said the “premature and unnecessary peace” previously suggested “had vague prospects and no tangible outcomes.”
Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, was Russian President from 2008 to 2012 when Vladimir Putin was prime minister after two terms as president.
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Skip next section Ukraine says hit anti-aircraft missile system
08/21/2024August 21, 2024
Ukraine says hit anti-aircraft missile system
Kyiv’s General Staff says Ukrainian forces have hit an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system based in Russia’s southern Rostov region.
The attack took place overnight near the settlement of Novoshakhtinsk.
The General Staff said the consequences of the strike were still being checked.
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Moscow comes under ‘one of biggest’ drone attacks, mayor says
Russian authorities say faced one of the largest attacks yet by Ukrainian drones since its full-scale invasion was launched in February 2022.
Moscow Mayer Sergey Sobyanin said all 11 of the drones located over the Moscow region had been destroyed because such strong defenses have been built up around the Russian capital.
“This was one of the biggest attempts of all time to attack Moscow using drones,” Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel.
“The layered defense of Moscow that was created made it possible to successfully repel all the attacks from the enemy UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles].” Drone attacks on Moscow are relatively rare. The latest one is , when at least eight drones were destroyed over the city.
Russia’s aviation watchdog said Moscow’s airports Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports had limited their flights for four hours, but restarted normal operations from 0330 (GMT/UTC).
Sobyanin said that according to preliminary information, there were no injuries or damage in the aftermath of the attacks.
Another 34 drones were said to have been downed in other regions — including 23 over Bryansk and six in Belgorod, where governor Alexander Bogomaz said there had been a mass attack using drones.
Three drones were shot down over Kaluga and two over Kursk.
Meanwhile, in the southern Russian region of Rostov, a missile was shot down.
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Skip next section Ukrainian troops still advancing in Kursk, experts say
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Ukrainian troops still advancing in Kursk, experts say
Ukrainian troops have kept making in recent days, according to military analysts.
They have also conducted cross-border operations further west, seeking to strike Russian pontoon bridges over the Seim River, the Institute for the Study of War said.
Satellite imagery appears to show that Ukrainian forces bridge.
Russian military bloggers and the Russian Ministry of Defense both acknowledged that Ukrainian forces had taken the village of Vishnevka. Ukrainian forces were also advancing in forested areas near the town of Sudzha — the largest settlement under Kyiv’s control.
In the east of Ukraine, however, , from which up to 600 people are fleeing each day as Russian troops arrive some 10 kilometers from the outskirts.
Russia is also pushing forward toward the eastern city of Toretsk, the loss of which would move Moscow’s guns closer to a supply route for much of Ukraine’s forces in the Donbas region.
rc/rm (Reuters, AP, AFP)
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