Posts tagged international humanitarian law
WORLD BRIEFING: January 24, 2024

More death and destruction in Ukraine from Russian missile attacks. Authorities in Russia are set to implement a new law allowing them to seize money or property from those, including journalists, who have been convicted of spreading “fake news” about, or otherwise discrediting, the militaryA stunning new poll came out in Israel showing PM Netanyahu and his party would be obliterated 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 25, 2023

Death toll rises in Gaza as more Israeli refugees are released. The main UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees in Gaza could run out of fuel as early as Wednesday. Russia continues to target civilian targets in Ukraine.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 13, 2023

Soon after the NATO wrapped up its summit in Lithuania, Russia responded overnight with a heavy drone attack on Kyiv - triggering fires and falling debris in several districts and killing at least one person, officials said. The body of one resident was recovered when emergency services put out a fire in the capital's historic Podil district.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: June 12, 2023

Ukrainian forces claim to have retaken two villages in the Donetsk region as a days-old counteroffensive to push Russian forces out of the country gathers steam. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the notorious Wagner mercenary group, said he will not obey a new Russian Defense Ministry decree obliging all volunteer formations to sign a contract directly with the ministry in his latest spat with the nation’s military leadership.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 24, 2023

Reports that the Ukrainian military has crossed the Dnipro River and established positions on the eastern side heightened expectations on April 23 that Kyiv is on the verge of its long-awaited counteroffensive

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 13, 2023

The Security Service of Ukraine says it has launched an investigation into the online appearance of a video on social media purporting to show the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. The United States has imposed sanctions on more than 100 people and entities in a move aimed at further curbing Russia's access to the international financial system through facilitators and their businesses.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 20, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin was shown on state TV visiting the occupied city of Mariupol in the early, pre-dawn hours of Sunday.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: March 18, 2023

Ukrainian fighters repulsed a fresh series of Russian assaults in Bakhmut and the surroundings of the city in the eastern region of Donetsk, Kyiv's military said early on March 17, while Russian shelling of settlements caused deaths among Ukrainian civilians.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 16, 2022

Billionaire Elon Musk has a change of heart about supporting Ukraine’s war effort. A senior UN envoy accuses Russia of using rape as a weapon in Ukraine

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WAR IN UKRAINE: Aug 7, 2022

People’s heads have been seen on a spike in Russian-occupied Popasna, says a Kyiv Independent reporter. The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine office resigns after head office issued a report critical of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighting tactics

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 26, 2022

As Russian officials raise the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons, fresh attacks take place on Ukraine’s crucial railway infrastructure. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: April 13, 2022

Leaders of neighboring countries come to Kyiv to speak to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky as the battle for they key port city of Mariupol intensifies 

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