Blinken has spent much of the last month-and-a-half deeply engaged on the Gaza crisis, making two trips to the Middle East. Now, amid signs that a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas due to expire on Monday may be extended, Blinken is departing for Brussels for a NATO foreign ministers meeting.

Russian forces are ready to storm the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka, attempting to advance on all sides after weeks of fighting. Russian troops have been pressing land and air-based attacks on Avdiivka, since mid-October as the focal point of their slow-moving push through eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region.

The local military administration reports that yesterday Russia attacked six settlements in the Sumy region. The post Russia’s Attack on Ukraine: 142 Explosions Within a Day appeared first on Z-Live Network.

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has launched a stringing criticism of Putin as the war between Russia and Ukraine wages on

A major explosion has ripped through a Russian tank factory that produces engines and artillery for Vladimir Putin’s tanks and armoured vehicles in the fight against Ukraine. Huge flames engulf the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant,