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Russia-Ukraine war

Ukraine says its military continues to move forward near the flashpoint city of Bakhmut. The commander of Ukraine's ground forces says they successfully destroyed a Russian position around the city. Late last month Russia said an affiliated paramilitary group captured Bakhmut but Ukraine says its forces still retain a small foothold and denies that Moscow is in full control. Meanwhile, Russia says it has thwarted a Ukrainian ground attack on the southern region of Donetsk. The Russian Defense Ministry says Ukrainians were seeking to break through Russian forces by launching a large-scale offensive on five fronts in the region. According to the ministry, 250 Ukrainian troops were killed and a number of their tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed.

Sudan fighting

Fighting has intensified in Sudan as repeated ceasefire deals fail to put an end to the power struggle between the army and a paramilitary group. Several areas of the capital Khartoum witnessed a flurry of violence on Sunday, with plumes of smoke rising above the city. Confrontations between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces also broke out in Darfur, in the far west of Sudan. That’s a region already grappling with long-running unrest and humanitarian challenges. In Kutum, a town in Northern Darfur, at least 40 people were killed. Talks to extend the latest ceasefire broke down after the truce expired on Saturday. Seven weeks of warfare has triggered a major humanitarian crisis in the North African nation. Over 1.2 million people have been displaced and residents are facing dwindling food supplies.

Plight of Palestinian children

The Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas has called on the international community to help end the plight of the Palestinian children. In a statement, Hamas said the regime has been denying children access to treatment, medicine and food by maintaining its crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip. It said Tel Aviv also keeps abducting and jailing minors, and in some cases killing or placing them under house arrest. Hamas noted that the Israeli regime uses the worst types of psychological and physical torture against Palestinian children. The statement was issued on the occasion of International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. Hamas said, over two dozen Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli custody this year so far.

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