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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian shells struck residential areas of Ukraine´s southern Kherson region, killing a 91-year-old woman in what a local official described Monday as a “terrifying night” in the 20-month war that shows no signs of ending. The overnight shelling set fire to a high-rise apartment building, blew out windows and reduced some apartments to rubble, according to video footage posted by Kherson Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin. The woman died when an apartment wall fell on her, according to her daughter, who lived with her on the ninth floor.

Ukraine says Russia is shelling flooded civilian areas around Kherson even as efforts to evacuate thousands from rising waters unleashed by the bombing of a major hydroelectric dam threatens lives. A spokesman for the Ukrainian government said they were being careful not to shell civilians in flooded areas south of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power dam on the Dnipro River towards Kherson, and that claims their forces were impeding evacuations are Russian falsehoods. Army southern command press officer Natalia Humeniuk said, per Kyiv, that “…[Russia’s] shelling continues.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian shelling hit the southern Ukraine port city of Mykolaiv during the night, damaging a medical treatment facility, the city’s mayor said Sunday. Mykolaiv and its surrounding region have been hit daily for weeks in the conflict. On Saturday, a child was killed and five people were injured in rocket attacks in the region, governor Vitaliy Kim said. Mykolaiv city mayor Oleksandr Senkevych did not specify whether there were any injuries in the overnight attack, which he said also damaged some residences.

Gunfire, shelling outside Europe's largest nuclear power plant in #Zaporizhya, Ukraine https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1499536551323308037

Two people became victims of shelling of the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was reported by the Donetsk News Agency. They noted that the shelling was carried out last night. The DPR announced the death of one military and one civilian from the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "As a result of the Ukrainian aggression, one serviceman of the DPR People's Militia was killed, another was seriously injured, two were shell-shocked," the DPR People's Militia said. According to the ministry, another victim is a civilian. He died...

South Korea will swiftly and strongly respond with force until North Korea surrenders if the communist state launches another assault, the South's new defence minister said Saturday. Kim Kwan-Jin issued the warning during his inauguration speech after President Lee Myung-Bak officially appointed the retired four-star general as the new defence chief following a parliamentary confirmation hearing Friday. Kim Kwan-Jin replaced Kim Tae-Young, who came under fire over the military's allegedly feeble response to North Korea's deadly shelling of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island near the tense Yellow Sea border on November 23. "If North Korea launches another military attack on our...

BREAKING 25.05.2017 17:31 News AFRIN- Meanwhile, the Turkish occupation army are launching an attack on Azry, Topal, and Gurda villages in Bulbul district in Afrin canton using heavy weapons and shelling. The attack is still ongoing till this minute. Moreover, the Turkish warplane and scouting plane hovered over Rajo, Shieh and Jendairs districts two days ago.

Turkey's airstrikes on Kurdish regions in Syria and Iraq recently raised many an eyebrow around the globe. They left world leaders wondering if there will be more strikes and, if so, how the escalation will unfold. This article is a sequel to Amberin Zaman’s piece on April 25 that reflected the viewpoints of the United States, the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and Baghdad. This will focus on the perspectives of Ankara and Moscow, Ankara's strategic calculations behind the attacks and Moscow’s position on the events. Early April 25, the Turkish air force carried out simultaneous air attacks on Iraq’s Sinjar region and on Mount Qarachok near the...

Turkish army and the gangs operate under the command of the Turkish army attacks and violations against the traditional territory of the West continues. Attacks and violations of the Turkish army and its gangs carried out as follows; In the history of 21.02.2017an night in gangs operate under the command of the Turkish army with artillery, mortar bombardment of the 'bomb. The same day, the same gang attacked the village of Maranatha and Villa area. Our forces are effectively respond to gangs and gang attacked positions. During these clashes, Turkish warplanes habitat in the region 'is flashed. In the history...

BREAKING: Russian troops are shelling Ukrainian positions near Volnovaha. They use modern equipment and heavy artillery to destroy Ukrainian troops from 72d Brigade. Ukrainian troops are trying to get out of there and maneuver. The battle is heavy. OSCE is not around. Yesterday presidents of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia discussed pulling heavy weapons back from the separating line. Looks like Russia is failing to fulfill their part of the deal again. Uri Butusov PREASE PRAY FOR UKRAINIANS TROOPS WHO ARE BEING SHELLED RIGHT NOW

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Chinese in Series of Diplomatic Gaffes in Seoul A Chinese delegation led by Dai Bingguo, the Chinese state councilor in charge of foreign affairs who visited South Korea on Nov. 27 and met with President Lee Myung-bak to discuss North Korea's attack on Yeonpyeong Island, has become the talk of the town among diplomats in Seoul. A diplomatic source in Seoul on Monday said the Chinese suddenly notified the South Korean Foreign Ministry at 3 p.m. on Nov. 27 that a delegation led by Dai will leave in 15 minutes and hopes to land at Seoul Airport. The airport in...

Gov't Mulls Turning Baeknyeong into Forward Deployment Base The government is looking into using Baeknyeong Island in the West Sea as a forward-deployment base supporting marines in case of an amphibious landing on North Korea's west coast. "The presidential defense committee is looking into the possibility of turning the five West Sea islands including Baeknyeong into launching platforms for marine landings on North Korea's west coast in times of conflict and stationing strategic missiles with a range of some 500 km there," a government source said Monday. If missiles with ranges of 300 km to 500 km are stationed on...

North Koreans leave Russia's Far East to protect homeland - paper North Korean citizens working in Russia's Far East rushed home after the recent military skirmish between North and South Korea, Russian popular daily Moskovsky Komsomolets said on Friday. North Korea opened artillery fire on the South's Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea Tuesday, killing at least two South Korean marines and two civilians. Sixteen others were injured, along with three civilians. The South retaliated and warned of further strikes. The North later accused South Korea of attacking first. "As soon as the message about rising tensions between both countries...

North Korea expresses regret at civilian deaths Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:23:03 GMT Seoul - North Korea on Saturday expressed its regret at the civilian deaths from its shelling of a South Korean island earlier in the week, but then blamed the south for provoking the incident and accused it of using human shields. In a comment via the state-run KCNA news agency, Pyongyang accused the south of using civilians as human shields on Yeonpyeong island and remarked on the reports of civilian deaths. "If that is true, it is very regrettable, but the enemy should be held responsible for...

Shrill DPRK propaganda threatens "shower of fire"The ever-belligerent Norks fired more large guns today in the vicinity of the South Korean island shelled on Tuesday. To most observers it appears that a fading Kim Jong Il is happy to blow up a few Southern fisherman to impress the military with his choice of under-achieving 27-year-old son Kim Jong Un -reportedly not the sharpest knife in the drawer- as his designated successor in the world's only hereditary communist dictatorship. He's already made the kid a four-star general, and after visiting the artillery site on Monday the younger Kim is rumored to...

The Devastating Power of N.Korea's MLRS Artillery The 122-mm Multiple Launch Rocket System shells North Korea fired on Yeongpyeong Island on Tuesday are fatal weapons that can kill people and devastate large areas with an extra-high penetration capability. They are among the weapons most feared by soldiers. During World War II, the Soviet Union used a version called the Katyusha or "Stalin Organ" against the German forces, and in 1991, the U.S. military terrorized Iraqi soldiers by deploying a modern-day version of the MLRS. It is extremely rare for a country to use such weapons in peacetime and target unarmed...

(LEAD) Military: artillery sound from within North's territory, no shells land in southern waters SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- The series of explosion sounds heard Friday on the border island attacked by North Korea earlier this week appear related to training within the North's territory, military officials said. No shells landed in waters on either side of the Koreas' Yellow Sea border or near Yeonpyeong Island, said Col. Lee Bung-woo, a spokesman at the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff. "The firing was not aimed at us, and we believe the sounds were heard as North Korea conducted its routine training...

N.Korea Continues 'Shameless' Demands North Korea blithely demanded resumption of lucrative package tours to Mt. Kumgang only a day after shelling Yeonpyeong Island in an attack that killed two marines and two civilians and wounded dozens of others. A Unification Ministry called the demand "shameless." North Korea's Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland on its website Uriminzokkiri on Wednesday said, "If the South Korean government is genuinely interested in improving inter-Korean relations, it should come to the table to discuss resumption of tours to Mt. Kumgang. We have opened the door to improve inter-Korean relations and mutual reconciliation,...