Russian rocket attacks Ukrainian hospital, two killed and 30 injured

Ukraine shoots down 10 missiles & over 20 drones in overnight attacks, oil depot hit

Kyiv (Agencies): At least 2 civilians have been killed & over 30 wounded when a Russian missile struck a veterinary clinic in the south-central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, officials said Friday following an overnight barrage.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strike on a medical facility “once again confirms the Russian terrorists’ status of fighters against everything humane and honest.”

Ukraine also shot down 10 missiles and over 20 drones launched by Russia in overnight attacks on the capital Kyiv, the city of Dnipro and eastern regions, Ukrainian officials said. Russia has intensified missile and drone attacks on Ukraine this month, mainly attacking logistics and infrastructure facilities before an expected Ukrainian counter offensive.

UKRAINE WAR COULD ‘LAST FOR DECADES: EX-RUSSIAN PREZ

New Delhi (Agencies): A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Ukraine war could last for decades, with long periods of fighting interspersed by truces. Former President Dmitry Medvedev often makes hard line comments and described Ukrainian authorities as an infection.

Biden nominates Black AF Gen to head military

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated General Charles Brown for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lauding the Black career pilot as a hero who'd not only survived ejecting from a fighter jet into a swamp but fought against racism. If confirmed by the Senate, "CQ" Brown, as he's known, will become Biden's senior military advisor. Only the second Black man ever picked for the job, his

Imran thanks Pak govt for adding him on no-fly list

US President Joe Biden and General Charles Brown confirmation -- serving alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin -would mark the first time that African Americans have simultaneously filled both of the military's top jobs.

Islamabad (ANI): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday thanked the country’s government for putting him on a ‘no-fly list’ stating that he does not plan to go overseas as he does not have any property or businesses abroad and does not hold even a bank account outside the country.

UKRAINIAN KIDS CARRY ON AFTER LOSING PARENTS, HOMES, INNOCENCE

Lviv (Agencies): Hundreds of kids have been killed. For the survivors, the wide-ranging trauma is certain to leave psychological scars that will follow them into adolescence and adulthood. “Even if kids fled to a safer area, it doesn’t mean they forgot everything that happened to them,” said psychologist Oleksandra Volokhova, who works with children who escaped the violence. At least 483 children have lost their lives and nearly 1,000 have been wounded, according to figures from Ukraine’s general prosecutor’s office. UNICEF says an estimated 1.5 million Ukrainian children are at risk of depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues, with potentially lasting effects. Over 1,500 Ukrainian children have been orphaned, as per National Social Service of Ukraine. The largest number of child casualties comes from Donetsk, the epicenter of many battles, where 462 children have been killed or wounded.

In the scenario, the US vessels are attacked after continuing to approach an island claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea despite repeated warnings. The researchers said that some of the missiles in the three-wave attack were fired from as far away as the Gobi Desert and that nearly every US surface vessel was shattered by the attack and eventually sank in the simulation.