UKRAINE THEATRE
Modi 3.0 takes aim: Blueprint to make the Indian armed forces future ready
India faces growing security challenges from China and Pakistan, prompting calls for a robust and integrated defence strategy. This includes bolstering nuclear deterrence, enhancing military capabilities, and pushing for systemic reforms in defence production and organization. The new government must prioritize these measures to ensure national security and strategic autonomy in the coming years.
US shifts focus to China risks; Zelenskiy arrives at Asia defence meeting
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is anticipated to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore this weekend, according to six sources. This comes as Ukraine faces renewed aggression two years after Russian forces invaded. Security assistance for Ukraine is expected to be a key topic at the conference, with attendees including U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun.
Pushing the envelopes hard: Conflicts are being ‘managed’ to draw new lines of hostile engagement
As these points of tumult escalate, irrelevance of UNSC and the tangential impact on conflicts in Africa, South America and other parts of the world paints a grim picture. Livelihood and economic logic are factors on which new conversations will now have to move faster. Otherwise, matters can spiral out of control sooner than expected.
Putin says Islamists carried out concert attack, implies Ukraine had a role
Putin's remarks, to a Kremlin meeting devoted to measures taken in response to the attack, were delivered as France joined the U.S. in saying intelligence indicated Islamic State was responsible.
Oscars 2024: 'To Kill a Tiger' documentary, set in India, loses to '20 Days in Mariupol'
At the 96th Academy Awards, the Indian documentary "To Kill a Tiger," directed by Nisha Pahuja, lost in the Best Documentary Feature category to "20 Days in Mariupol," directed by Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov. Chernov's film provides a poignant firsthand account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Despite the loss, "To Kill a Tiger" sheds light on a father's struggle for justice after his daughter's abduction and assault, showcasing the challenges of seeking justice in rural India.
US made 'rigorous' preparations for potential Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine in 2022: Report
US prepared for potential Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine in late 2022. Biden administration undertook meticulous preparations amid concerns over Russia's deployment of tactical nuclear weapons. The US engaged in rigorous planning to mitigate risks, including scenario assessments and diplomatic outreach to allies and Russia. Despite shifts in the conflict, US remains vigilant, recognising the possibility of escalating risks in the future.
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COP28: Almost every rich country is preaching far more than it delivers
Despite 27 conferences since the 1990s, with ominous speeches and bold promises, global emissions have increased, punctuated only once, by Covid-19. This year is likely to see higher emissions than ever before.
HPCL prepared to handle any disruption due to Gaza conflict, says Chairman
"The conflict, even if in a stalemate at present, remains centre stage for crude and the war premium continues to rise and fall on the back of emerging headlines," HPCL chairman and managing director Pushp Kumar Joshi told ET.
View: Great powers are abdicating strategic space or being forced to fight for it
So, the latest developments in West Asia, especially Hamas audacity, can be seen as part of a larger global trend where great powers are either abdicating strategic space or are being forced to fight for it. The UN Security Council is a divided house between two groups — US-Britain-France and Russia-China — among the five veto-privileged permanent members. With no consensus on most security issues, non-state actors are bound to get emboldened, taking the cue from countries like Türkiye to use the turmoil as an opportunity to settle old.
UN condemns 'heinous' Russian attack on Ukraine city centre, 7 dead
"It is heinous to attack the main square of a large city, in the morning, while people are out walking, some going to church to celebrate a religious day for many Ukrainians," said Denise Brown, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine.
Pentagon eyes missile testing role for Australia
According to a senior US Pentagon official, Australia could be a test site for long-range precision weapons such as hypersonic missiles under the AUKUS pact with the US and Britain. US Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth praised Australia's territory, which has vast distances and relatively unpopulated land, as a unique testing opportunity. She admitted that the United States does not have enough open spaces to test these missiles.
With eye on Ukraine, top Chinese general calls for unconventional warfare capabilities
In the name of national security and to fend off perceived threats from the West, Chinese efforts to prepare the country for security challenges have not relaxed despite a slowing economy and COVID-19. Defence spending is set to rise for the eighth straight year in 2023.
Russia marks Victory Day under shadow of Ukraine setbacks
After 14 months of fighting in Ukraine, Russia has little to show for its military campaign, with troops failing to take control of the eastern town of Bakhmut, its military leadership riven by conflict and Kyiv preparing to go on the offensive. Political analyst Arkady Dubnov said that "for the first time in many years" Putin will be surrounded at a Victory Day parade by a number of post-Soviet leaders.
Ukraine war, already with up to 354,000 casualties, likely to drag - U.S. documents
Purported US intelligence documents posted online suggest that 354,000 Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been killed or injured in Ukraine's ongoing conflict, which is heading for a protracted stalemate that may continue beyond 2023. One Feb. 23, 2023 assessment, titled "Battle for the Donbas Region Likely Heading for a Stalemate Throughout 2023", says Russia is unlikely to be able to take that part of east Ukraine.
New contours of global conflict shape up with shadow wars underway
The US and China have emerged as the two poles, with the latter making clear its intent to resist and counter American containment efforts. Three theatres are of specific interest — Indo-Pacific, West Asia and trans-Atlantic Europe, in no order of significance.
Why India needs an integrated policy strategy to tackle energy, climate change challenges
The Russia-Ukraine war has irrevocably altered the world's energy map. Europe is scrambling to set up natural gas terminals for imports from the US and elsewhere to escape its dependence on Russia. Meanwhile, Russia is reaching for markets in the East - countries aligned or neutral to its aggression, like India and China. India has benefited from its crafty geopolitical play, accessing cheap oil without incurring the wrath of the West, perhaps due to its anti-China stand.
UK to send 600 Brimstone missiles to help Ukraine: Defence minister
"I can say we're also going to send another 600 Brimstone missiles into theatre which will be incredibly important in helping Ukraine dominate the battlefield," he said from the Tapa army base in Estonia.
Ukraine withstood the Russians in 2022. Can it drive them out in 2023?
Russia says it launched its "special military operation" to protect its security from Western encroachment. Ukrainians, who heard President Vladimir Putin proclaim their national identity a fraud and their land as wrongly stripped from Russia, view the war as an existential struggle - both national and personal.
Russia to formally annex four regions of Ukraine today
The pro-Moscow administrators of those regions will sign treaties to join Russia during the ceremony at the Kremlin's St. George's Hall. The official annexation was widely expected following the votes that wrapped up on Tuesday in the areas under Russian occupation in Ukraine.
The world is healing: Theatre in Kyiv reopens for first time since Russia's attack, tickets sold out
Movie theaters and the National Opera opened their doors at the end of May.
Coming monsoon to a theatre near you
The fourth normal monsoon in a row is likely to take some pressure off policymaking that is grappling with scorching inflation and a cooling economy.
EU seeks bigger role in Asia's 'theatre of tensions', agrees with Japan on Russia cooperation
After talks in Tokyo, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Charles Michel and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a joint news conference they would keep up talks on ways to maximise their partnership to tackle Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, in areas such as energy.
China says it conducted exercises near Taiwan
Taiwan has complained for the past two years about frequent Chinese military activity near it, mostly concentrated in the southern and southwestern part of the island's air defence identification zone, or ADIZ.
300 dead in airstrike on theatre in Mariupol, say officials
Soon after the airstrike, Ludmyla Denisova, the Ukrainian Parliament's human rights commissioner, said more than 1,300 people had been sheltering in the building.
Ukraine's Zelensky says 130 people saved from Mariupol theatre bombing, 'hundreds' still trapped
"More than 130 people have been saved. But hundreds of Mariupol residents are still beneath the rubble," Zelensky said in a video address on Facebook.
Hundreds feared trapped in Ukraine theatre hit by airstrike
A photo released by Mariupol's city council showed an entire section of the large, 3-story theater had collapsed after the strike Wednesday evening. Several hundred people had taken refuge in the building's basement, seeking safety amid Russia's 3-week, strangulating siege of the strategic Azov Sea port city.
'More than a thousand' were sheltering in bombed Ukraine theatre, says local official
"Today, the invaders destroyed the Drama Theatre. A place, where more than a thousand people found refuge. We will never forgive this," the Mariupol local council said in a Telegram post.
View: India's dilemma on Russia & the political theatre of Ro Khanna
Talk about moving away from Russian weapons, Khanna could read about Indian arms purchases from the US over the last decade. They come to about $20 billion. If he doesn’t have time, his staff surely does.
Russian bombing hits theatre in Mariupol sheltering residents: City Council
It said the number of casualties was not yet known. Reuters could not independently verify the information. Russia denies targeting civilians.
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