Zelensky warned of a brand new Russian offensive
A day after a Russian missile strike on a {hardware} superstore in Kharkiv, Ukraine, killed a minimum of 16 individuals, in response to officers there, its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, mentioned that Moscow’s forces have been massing for a brand new floor offensive within the northeast.
Kharkiv has seen a pointy escalation within the ferocity of aerial assaults this month, forcing many to flee. On Saturday, a second strike, which got here simply hours after the assault on the superstore, hit business infrastructure, wounding a minimum of 25 individuals.
Removed from the entrance strains, U.S. and allied intelligence officers are monitoring a rise in low-level sabotage operations in Europe, saying that the acts are a part of a Russian marketing campaign to undermine assist for Ukraine.
The covert operations have principally been arsons or tried arsons focusing on a variety of web sites, together with a warehouse in England, a paint manufacturing facility in Poland, houses in Latvia and an Ikea retailer in Lithuania. Folks accused of being Russian operatives have additionally been arrested on prices of plotting assaults on U.S. army bases.
Hamas fired rockets at central Israel
Hamas launched a barrage of rockets yesterday afternoon, setting off air-raid sirens within the Tel Aviv space for the primary time since a minimum of late January. The assault confirmed that the group retained some long-range missile capabilities.
The Israeli army mentioned that a minimum of eight rockets have been fired from the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah, the place Israeli forces have been advancing. There have been no fast reviews of main harm. Israel’s emergency service mentioned that two girls have been frivolously wounded as they fled to a bomb shelter.
In Rafah: Hours after the Hamas rocket assault, an Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians killed a minimum of 35 individuals, the Gaza Well being Ministry mentioned. The Israeli army mentioned that its operation was aimed toward a Hamas compound. The Occasions wasn’t in a position to instantly verify the small print.
Stop-fire talks: Officers mentioned that negotiations may restart within the subsequent week, after a gathering in Paris amongst U.S. and Israeli intelligence chiefs and Qatar’s prime minister.
A landslide in Papua New Guinea killed a whole lot
Greater than 48 hours after a landslide struck a densely populated area of Papua New Guinea with boulders the dimensions of delivery containers, a U.N. official within the nation mentioned that a minimum of 670 individuals have been estimated to have died.
The landslide occurred round 3 a.m. on Friday, when many residents have been asleep. As of Sunday afternoon, land was nonetheless sliding, rocks have been falling, and the soil was cracking from elevated stress and operating groundwater, hampering search-and-rescue efforts and forcing residents from their houses.
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