January 4, 2025
Pro-Ukraine demonstrations kept in Slovakia
Pro-Ukrainian militants in Slovakia held a rally versus Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava on Friday.
Protesters collected outside the federal government’s workplace, under the motto “Slovakia is Europe! We’ve had enough of Russia!”.
The objection was arranged by the effort “Mier Ukrajine” (Peace for Ukraine), which supports for arms shipment toUkraine Initiative participants claimed the variety of those that participated in the rally was approximated to be around 4,000.
Protesters brought banners which check out: “Treason!” and “We are Europe!” dispersed by the effort.
Organizers charged the leftist-populist head of state of taking Slovakia right into a pro-Russia instructions.
Fico had actually lately encountered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after Kyiv stopped gas transfer from Russia to Slovakia.
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January 4, 2025
Operations at flight terminal in St Petersburg briefly stopped
Russian authorities needed to briefly stop procedures at the flight terminal in St Petersburg, mentioning security factors.
Take off and touchdown at Pulkovo flight terminal in St Petersburg were put on hold for a couple of hours, in the middle of records of Ukrainian drones around.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that 16 Ukrainian drones over the areas of Bryansk, Smolensk, Belgorod, Pskov and Leningrad were damaged overnight. The areas all border St Petersburg.
Operations returned to once again in the future Saturday, an agent of Russia’s aeronautics guard dog Rosaviatsia claimed.
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January 4, 2025
Moscow states 8 US-made ATACMS rockets rejected
Russian pressures rejected 8 US-made ATACMS rockets, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Saturday.
“Air defense systems downed eight ATACMS US-made missiles and 72 drones,” the Russian protection pressures informed information companies. They did not define whether there were any kind of casualties or damages.
ATACMS rockets have a variety of approximately 300 kilometers (190 miles), according to openly readily available information. The management of outward bound United States President Joe Biden has actually provided Ukraine with the rockets, which can passing through within Russia.
Moscow has actually advised that their usage by Ukraine can set off a hypersonic ballistic rocket strike on mainKyiv
Moscow additionally on Saturday claimed it had actually taken control of the town of Nadiya in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk area. The records can not be quickly validated.
rm/wd (Reuters, AP, AFP, dpa)
