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19.02.2024 12:50 The fall of the front-line Ukrainian city of Avdiivka to Russian forces has intensified U.S. reactions from Democrats and Republicans alike on whether $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine — stalled in Congress — could allow Kyiv to push back Russian advances and steal Moscow's momentum.

19.02.2024 12:50 Ukraine downed 12 Shahed drones, an Su-34 fighter-bomber and a Kh-59 missile Sunday morning, according to its air force.

19.02.2024 12:50 Russian forces appear to be consolidating their gains in and around the captured eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiyivka following Ukraine's withdrawal, while Kyiv accused the Kremlin's troops of shooting eight prisoners of war, posting a video shot from the air purporting to show one incident.

19.02.2024 12:50 If the Munich Security Conference last year felt optimistic, with Ukraine not only capable of resisting Russia's full-scale invasion of the country but also pushing back, with budding hopes that the summer offensive of 2023 would be a roaring success, this year's event in the Bavarian capital felt like the polar opposite.

19.02.2024 12:50 Israel on Sunday rejected international calls, including from its chief ally, the United States, for "unilateral recognition" of Palestinian statehood, saying any such agreement could only be reached through negotiations.

19.02.2024 12:50 A two-day United Nations-led conference on the way forward in Afghanistan started in Qatar's capital Doha, Sunday, without the Taliban, the de facto rulers, in attendance.

19.02.2024 12:50 Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reportedly agreed to a plan to put a curb on Palestinians entering into Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.

19.02.2024 12:50 Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Issa Zarepour says the country plans to send domestically-developed satellites into geostationary equatorial orbits onboard homegrown launch vehicles within the next ten years.

19.02.2024 12:50 India's defense ministry has approved the procurement of 15 maritime patrol aircraft from Airbus and six air-refuel aircraft

19.02.2024 12:50 Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani has said that the newly unveiled Azarakhsh and Arman air defense systems can destroy their targets within the shortest time period and distance.

19.02.2024 12:50 The Iranian Ministry of Defense has unveiled a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile defense system as well as a low-altitude air defense system entirely designed and manufactured by the country's military experts and specialists.

19.02.2024 12:50 Estonia to Support Ukraine Using Funds Forfeited by United States After Interception of Sophisticated Military-Grade Machinery Bound for Russia; Defendant in Scheme Separately Pleads Guilty

19.02.2024 12:50 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged his Western partners to deliver more weapons and ammunition to Kyiv, with the remarks coming on the heels of his decision to pull his outgunned and outmanned forces out of the embattled eastern city of Avdiyivka in the face of the latest Russian onslaught there.

19.02.2024 12:50 Josep Borrell, the European Union's top diplomat, says the 27-member bloc has provided a "continuous flow" of aid to Ukraine in its nearly two-year battle against the Russian invasion, but he acknowledged that in war "it is never enough" and that assistance -- especially in the form of artillery shells -- will continue to be sent to Kyiv. especially in the form of artillery

19.02.2024 12:50 China has stayed committed to promoting peace talks on the Ukraine issue and will not give up as long as there is a glimmer of hope, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, at the latter's request, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.