Saturday, February 24, 2024

69 combat clashes along Ukrainian frontlines

"Ukraine reported 69 combat engagements with Russian invasion forces..... Russia launched seven missile strikes and 54 airstrikes, as well as 77 MLRS salvos on the positions of Ukrainian troops and at populated areas. Nearly 30 settlements were hit by artillery and mortars, including Iskryskivshchyna, Volfine, Popivka, and Pavlivka of Sumy region; Kozacha Lopan, Strelecha, and Hatishche of Kharkiv region.
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Russians carried out no offensive (assault) operations in the Kupiansk direction. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Synkivka, Petropavlivka, and Ivanivka of Kharkiv region.
Lyman direction:
Ukraine repelled a Russian attack in the Terny area, where the enemy tried to break through the defense lines.
More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar shelling, including Belogorivka in the Luhansk region and Terny, Yampolivka, Torske, Serebryanka in the Donetsk region.
Bakhmut sector:
Ukraine repelled 11 enemy attacks in the Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka areas of Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve its tactical position.
The Russian army launched airstrikes at Bohdanivka, New York, and Dilyivka of Donetsk region.
Also, more than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka of Donetsk region.
Avdiivka direction:
Ukraine repelled 11 attacks near Lastochkyne, Severne, Pervomaiske, and Nevelske of Donetsk region." Ukrin

Today marks second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine

"Two years ago, at around 3:40 Kyiv time, the first convoy of Russian tanks crossed into Ukraine in Luhansk region as Russia launched its first missiles at the country’s rear." Ukrin

Protesting Indian Farmers Burn Modi in Effigy, Sikh Warriors Deploy with Swords and Shields

"Indian farm protesters burned Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other officials in effigy as part of “Black Day” – basically a huge tractor rally with black flags fluttering from the farm equipment, intended to keep attention focused on the demonstrators as government troops block them from completing their planned march to New Delhi.
The farmers began their protest march over a week ago, reprising a demonstration that lasted for an entire year in 2021. The previous marchers demanded the repeal of contentious agricultural reforms. The farmers have more demands this time, most importantly including demands for a guaranteed minimum “support price” to be paid by the government for their crops, plus they say the government failed to deliver on some of the promises it made in 2021.
The farmers wound up encircling New Delhi with semi-permanent protest camps last time, so this time the police were determined to stop them before they could reach the city. Violent scuffles broke out between demonstrators and police leaving a dozen officers injured and a 21-year-old protester dead.
The “Delhi Chalo” protest march halted about 125 miles from New Delhi, so the farmers pitched tents, set up community kitchens, brewed up gigantic vats of milk tea, and dug in for the “long haul.”
Mindful of how the protesters used their tractors to smash through flimsy barricades last time, the police constructed walls of concrete blocks and razor wire to hold the farmers at bay, periodically showering them with tear gas when they came too close to the walls...... farm leaders rejected an offer of $120,000 in compensation from the police to the dead man’s family, and said they would hold “Black Day” rallies all along the protest line. Most of the farmers are Sikhs, so they added black cloth to their turbans in addition to hanging black flags on their tractors." Breitbart