Thursday, December 28, 2023

Ukraine says at least one killed in Russian attack on Kherson rail station

"
Ukrainian authorities say Russian shelling of a train station kills a police officer and injures four others." AlJazeera

Serbia riots

"Riot in Belgrade, which saw sympathizers of the ‘pro-Western democratic civic opposition’
try to break into City Hall and declare themselves winners of the recent municipal election.....At least 2,000 protesters gathered outside the building known as the Old Palace, smashed its glass doors, and attempted to force their way inside. Riot police held the line, used teargas to push them back, and then batons to disperse the mob. What the opposition claimed had happened, however, was that they were just peacefully protesting a “stolen” election against a “tyrannical” regime, which had the police break the doors so it would have an excuse to engage in brutality.
Obviously, the protesters didn’t get the memo from Our Democracy – meaning the
US – dated January 6, 2021, and spelling out that any questioning of electoral results makes one a criminally liable “denier,” while smashing the doors of a government building amounts to a “deadly insurrection” allowing the police to indiscriminately use deadly force." RT

Iran General Vows 'Revenge' for Commander Amid 'Death to America' Chants

"The head of Iran's
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has threatened "revenge"
against
Israel for the death of a high-ranking commander during a service in which mourners chanted "Death to America."
Tehran said Sayyed Razi Mousavi, a senior IRGC adviser, was killed during an Israeli airstrike on a neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus. An Israeli military spokesperson has not commented on Mousavi's death but did say its forces took action that was necessary to defend the country." MS

Cargo ship 'explodes after hitting Russian mine in Black Sea'

"A ship hit a Russian mine in the Black Sea, triggering an explosion on board, Ukrainian
officials claimed.
The Panama-flagged bulk carrier was headed to a Danube River port in the Odesa region.
This is the latest incident of a vessel hitting an explosive in the sea in what Ukraine describes as stepped-up attacks on shipping and port infrastructure.
Chaos ensued on the upper deck as flames broke out, leaving the captain and one of the sailors injured." MS

Strike on Novocherkassk ship: Сonscripts reportedly among deceased

"As a result of the strike by the
Ukrainian Armed Forces on the large landing ship
Novocherkassk in the occupied Feodosia, conscripts might have been killed, according to ASTRA."
MS

Ukraine reports 56 combat clashes on front lines in past 24 hours

"Some 56 combat clashes took place between Ukraine's defense forces and Russian
troops.....In total, the enemy launched 1 missile strike, 77 air strikes and 51 MLRS attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements. Russian invaders once again attacked Ukraine, using five Shahed 136/131 unmanned aerial vehicles. Ukrainian defenders destroyed four attack UAVs. ....the invaders attacked Ukraine with three Shaheds. All enemy drones were shot down.
The enemy launched air on Ivanivka, Kharkiv region; Serebrianske Forestry, Luhansk region; Spirne, Novomykhailivka and Zolota Nyva, Donetsk region; Orikhiv and Preobrazhenka, Zaporizhzhia region, Chervonyi Maiak, Zmiivka, Dudchany and Novoberyslav, Kherson region." Ukrin