The shooting down of the Russian military transport aircraft Il-76 was the work of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: this was reported to the Ukrainian media by the Kiev General Staff, according to which the aircraft carried missiles towards bases “from which the Russians were often attacked.” Attack on Kharkiv and the region. There were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board who were to be released as part of an exchange. There were also 6 crew members and 3 “companions” on the plane. This was reported by the Ria Novosti agency. Ukrainian soldiers are running out of ammunition and other weapons they need to fight Russia. Celeste Wallander, head of the Department of International Security Affairs at the Pentagon, said this, recalling that since December the United States has not been able to send to Kiev in the same quantities as in the previous two years due to the stalemate in Congress over the authorization of new weapons Funds for Ukraine.\n
The Russian attack in Ukraine yesterday morning left “at least 18 dead and 130 injured.” This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during his evening speech, according to Ukrinform.
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\”Il Governo accoglie con favore la ratifica del Protocollo di adesione della Svezia all’Alleanza Atlantica da parte della Grande Assemblea Nazionale Turca. Un passo nella giusta direzione: la sicurezza collettiva si rafforza\”. Lo riferisce una nota di Palazzo Chigi.
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Vyacheslav Volodin, il presidente della Duma, la camera bassa del Parlamento russo, ha accusato gli ucraini di avere abbattuto nella regione di Belgorod l’aereo Ilyushin Il-76, che secondo Mosca trasportava 65 prigionieri di guerra ucraini che dovevano essere scambiati con prigionieri russi. Lo riferisce l’agenzia Ria Novosti. Secondo il presidente della commissione Difesa della Duma, Andrei Kartapolov, l’aereo è stato abbattuto da \”tre missili, o Patriot oppure Iris-T\”, i primi di fabbricazione americana e i secondi di fabbricazione tedesca.
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L’abbattimento dell’aereo da trasporto militare russo Il-76 è opera delle forze armate ucraine: lo riferisce ai media ucraini lo stato maggiore di Kiev, secondo cui l’aereo trasportava missili verso basi \”da dove i russi spesso attaccano Kharkiv e la regione\”. Secondo Rbc Ucraina, i russi ammettono che l’aereo è precipitato ma forniscono una \”loro versione secondo cui a bordo c’erano 65 militari ucraini catturati\”, oltre a sei membri dell’equipaggio e altri tre militari.
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La ratifica del Parlamento di Ankara sull’ingresso della Svezia nella Nato e’ \”una decisione sovrana della Turchia\”. Cosi’ il portavoce del Cremlino, Dmitri Peskov, ha commentato il via libera di Ankara all’adesione all’Alleanza Atlantica del Paese scandinavo. Lo riporta la Tass.
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Il ministero della Difesa di Mosca ha confermato che un aereo da trasporto militare Ilyushin Il-76 è precipitato stamane nella regione di Belgorod, confinante con l’Ucraina, e che a bordo si trovavano 65 prigionieri di guerra ucraini che dovevano essere liberati nell’ambito di uno scambio. A bordo si trovavano anche 6 membri dell’equipaggio e 3 \”accompagnatori\”. Lo riferisce l’agenzia Ria Novosti.
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Ci sarebbero state 63 persone a bordo dell’aereo russo da trasporto Ilyushin che sarebbe precipitato stamane nella regione di Belgorod, vicino al confine con l’Ucraina. Lo afferma il canale Telegram russo ‘112’, uno tra i più seguiti, con oltre 220.000 iscritti.
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Un aereo russo da trasporto probabilmente militare, un Ilyushin Il-76, sarebbe precipitato nella regione russa di Belgorod confinante con l’Ucraina. Lo scrivono i principali canali Telegram russi che si occupano di vicende legate al conflitto in Ucraina. Il governatore della regione, Vyacheslav Gladkov, si è limitato a scrivere sul suo canale Telegram che è avvenuto \”un incidente\” e che si sta recando sul luogo.
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Se nelle elezioni presidenziali Usa vincesse Donald Trump, \”non credo ci sarebbe un repentino cambiamento\” della posizione di Washington sull’Ucraina. Lo ha detto il ministro degli Esteri, Antonio Tajani, intervistato da Sky Tg24. \”Ci vorrebbe una sfera di cristallo\” per saperlo, ha commentato il capo della Farnesina, \”ma manca ancora molto\” al voto e \”si devono ancora chiudere le primarie\”. \”Bisogna vedere concretamente cosa faranno i Repubblicani una volta finita la campagna elettorale, ma lavoriamo tutti per la pace, che sia giusta e non penalizzi l’Ucraina\”, ha aggiunto Tajani.
“,”postId”:”98718664-d501-48dd-9359-01e2b3114c45″},{“timestamp”:”2024-01-24T09:07:54.582Z”,”timestampUtcIt”:”2024-01-24T10:07:54+0100″,”altBackground”:false,”title”:”Papa: inquietanti notizie di raid su civili”,”content”:”
\”Penso al Medio Oriente, alla Palestina, a Israele. Penso alle notizie inquetanti che provengono dalla martoriata Ucraina, soprattutto per i bombardamenti che colpiscono luoghi frequentati dai civili, seminando morte e distruzione, sofferenza. Prego per le vittime e per i loro cari. E imploro tutti, specialmente chi ha responsabilità politica a custodire la vita umana mettendo fine alle guerre. Non dimentichiamo: la guerra sempre è una sconfitta. Sempre. Solo ‘vincono’ i fabbricatori delle armi\”. Cosi’ Papa Francesco al termine dell’Udienza generale.
“,”postId”:”8d2f7c78-67f8-4f44-92e9-fc223d66b2bf”},{“timestamp”:”2024-01-24T09:04:37.247Z”,”timestampUtcIt”:”2024-01-24T10:04:37+0100″,”altBackground”:false,”title”:”Papa: la guerra è una negazione dell’umanità”,”content”:”
\”La guerra stessa è una negazione dell’umanità. Non stanchiamoci di pregare per la pace, perché cessino i conflitti, perche’ si arrestino le armi e si soccorrano le popolazioni stremate\”. Cosi’ Papa Francesco al termine dell’Udienza Generale.
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Zelensky lasciato solo? \”Non è vero. Abbiamo confermato il nostro impegno. Non stiamo lasciando solo Zelensky perché se la Russia invade l’Ucraina ci sono pericoli per altri paesi confinanti. La Russia punta ad espandersi, un po’ fa propaganda ma rappresenta un pericolo per l’occidente. L’obiettivo è la pace ma se la Russia invade l’Ucraina la pace non si può raggiungere, perché c’è un’invasione\”. Così il vicepremier e ministro degli Esteri Antonio Tajani ospite ieri sera di Avanti Popolo su Rai 3.
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La Russia ha perso 378.660 soldati in Ucraina dall’inizio della guerra, il 24 febbraio 2022. Lo ha riferito lo Stato maggiore delle forze armate ucraine. Il numero include 840 vittime subite dalle forze russe nell’ultimo giorno.
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Secondo il rapporto, la Russia ha perso anche 6.227 carri armati, 11.579 veicoli corazzati da combattimento, 12.005 veicoli e serbatoi di carburante, 9.008 sistemi di artiglieria, 971 sistemi di razzi a lancio multiplo, 659 sistemi di difesa aerea, 331 aerei, 324 elicotteri, 6.998 droni, 1.842 navi da crociera. missili, 1.416 equipaggiamenti speciali, 23 imbarcazioni e un sottomarino.
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Le forze di difesa aerea russe hanno distrutto un drone sopra il villaggio di Blizhnoe, vicino a Belgorod. Lo ha scritto su Telegram il governatore regionale Vyacheslav Gladkov.
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\”Nella regione di Belgorod, un Uav di tipo aereo è stato abbattuto da un sistema di difesa aerea sopra il villaggio di Blizhnoe. Non ci sono vittime\”, ha detto il funzionario.
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La situazione al fronte in Ucraina resta attualmente difficile a causa della mancanza di forniture di munizioni. Lo ha affermato il ministro degli Esteri di Kiev, Dmytro Kuleba, in un’intervista al quotidiano tedesco Bild. Secondo il capo della diplomazia ucraina, \”la situazione è molto grave, forse ancora piu’ grave di quanto lo fosse all’inizio dell’invasione russa, quasi due anni fa\”. Il ministro degli Esteri ha anche aggiunto che il massiccio attacco missilistico russo di ieri dimostra che l’Ucraina ha bisogno di più sistemi di difesa aerea e missilistici. \”Anche se l’Ucraina ha aumentato significativamente la sua produzione e continuerà a farlo, vediamo che ancora l’industria della difesa occidentale non è in grado di produrre una quantità sufficiente di munizioni\”, ha affermato Kuleba.
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Il Pentagono prevede che quest’anno l’Ucraina riceverà i primi caccia F-16, oltre alle relative infrastrutture e pezzi di ricambio: lo ha detto in un briefing con i media la responsabile degli affari di sicurezza internazionale del ministero della Difesa Usa, Celeste Wallander, come riporta il sito del ministero. \”Stiamo lavorando come coalizione per fornire una capacità operativa iniziale all’Ucraina con il suo programma F-16 nel 2024\”, ha affermato Wallander, spiegando che il programma comprende \”l’addestramento dei piloti, le piattaforme, ma anche la formazione dei tecnici, le infrastrutture, i pezzi di ricambio e le munizioni\”.
“,”postId”:”3227dfbf-6c78-4ade-8183-87fd2f902cba”},{“timestamp”:”2024-01-24T07:02:06.581Z”,”timestampUtcIt”:”2024-01-24T08:02:06+0100″,”altBackground”:false,”title”:” Linea baltica, accordo di difesa antirusso tra Estonia, Lettonia e Lituania”,”content”:”
Le tre nazioni, membri della Ue e della Nato, hanno deciso di stringere un’intesa per la costruzione di “strutture di difesa” comuni lungo i confini con la Russia e la Bielorussia. Il timore, comune anche a Berlino e Washington, è che Putin possa presto decidere di attaccare un Paese dell’Alleanza Atlantica. \”Lo sviluppo congiunto delle capacità di difesa di Lituania, Lettonia ed Estonia rappresenta la maggior garanzia di sicurezza per la regione\”, ha detto il ministro della Difesa lituano. COSA SAPERE
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I sistemi di difesa aerea russi hanno intercettato quattro droni ucraini sulla regione di Oryol, vicino al confine con l’Ucraina. Lo ha riferito il ministero della Difesa. \”Questa mattina è stato fermato il tentativo del regime di Kiev di effettuare un attacco terroristico utilizzando droni tipo aereo contro obiettivi nel territorio della Federazione Russa\”, ha osservato il ministero. Secondo il governatore locale, Andrei Klychkov, non ci sono state vittime. Uomini dei servizi speciali sono stati inviati sul luogo dell’incidente, nei distretti di Zheleznodorozhny e nel Nord di Orel, per garantire la sicurezza della popolazione, ha fatto sapere Mosca.
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Il Canada fornirà all’Ucraina un nuovo pacchetto di aiuti militari del valore di quasi 19 milioni di euro, ha annunciato il ministro della Difesa canadese Bill Blair. Il pacchetto comprenderà 10 imbarcazioni a scafo rigido della Zodiac Hurricane Technologies e corsi di lingua inglese per il personale dell’aeronautica di Kiev che imparerà a pilotare gli aerei da caccia F-16, spiega un comunicato pubblicato sul sito web del dicastero di Ottawa.
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The shooting down of the Russian military transport aircraft Il-76 was the work of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: this was reported to the Ukrainian media by the Kiev General Staff, according to which the aircraft carried missiles towards bases “from which the Russians were often attacked.” Attack on Kharkiv and the region”. There were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board who were to be released as part of an exchange. There were also 6 crew members and 3 “companions” on the plane. This was reported by the Ria Novosti agency. Ukrainian soldiers are running out of ammunition and other weapons they need to fight Russia. Celeste Wallander, head of the Department of International Security Affairs at the Pentagon, said this, recalling that since December the United States has not been able to send to Kiev in the same quantities as in the previous two years due to the stalemate in Congress over the authorization of new weapons funds for Ukraine.
The Russian attack in Ukraine yesterday morning left “at least 18 dead and 130 injured.” This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during his evening speech, according to Ukrinform.
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