We love ourselves too often and need reach out much more often. It is a social responsibility and it effects the environment also.
I think the people voted Trump in with a Mandate, because they now need the government, and not a government with an attitude about the people. What does it mean to have an attitude? [uncountable] confident, sometimes aggressive, behavior that shows you do not care about other people's opinions and that you want to do things in an individual way
Real Stuff: Ukraine confirms new Kursk offensive, says it hit Russian command post The apparent escalation comes as both sides fight to improve their battlefield positions before Trump returns to the White House Reading Time: 2 minutes Why you can trust SCMP 0 Listen Further Reading Russia says it captures ‘important logistics hub’ in eastern Ukraine Macron affirms Trump has ‘solid ally’ in France, urges realism from Ukraine over territory Ukraine to ask allies for boost to air defences at Germany meeting, Zelensky says Discover MORE stories on Ukraine war FOLLOW now and stay updated with Swedish navy recovers anchor of tanker suspected of Baltic Sea cable damage Opinion | China-North Korea relations start the new year on a new low Macron affirms Trump has ‘solid ally’ in France, urges realism from Ukraine over territory related topics Ukraine war Ukraine | Russia | War and conflict | Defence | North Korea | Donald Trump A destroyed Russian tank sits on a roadside near the town of Sudzha, in the Kursk region, in August 2024. Photo: AP Reuters Published: 1:29am, 8 Jan 2025Updated: 2:45am, 8 Jan 2025 Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were “commencing new offensive actions” in Russia’s western Kursk region, in its first substantive remarks two days after Russian reports of a renewed Ukrainian thrust in the area. Ukraine first seized part of the Kursk region in a surprise incursion last August, and it has held territory there for five months despite losing some ground. The Russian defence ministry said on Sunday that Kyiv had launched a new counter-attack. On Tuesday, Ukraine’s general staff, which keeps a tight lid on information out of the area for the security of its operation there, said Kyiv’s military had hit a Russian command post near the Kursk region’s settlement of Belaya. The strike and other recent operations in the region were coordinated with Ukrainian ground forces who “are currently commencing new offensive operations” against Russian troops, it said. The military later edited out any mention of a new attack in the Telegram statement, replacing the phrase with the much vaguer “combat operations”. It provided no explanation. At least 100 North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine war, says Seoul lawmaker Russia’s defence ministry, which has characterised the Ukrainian counter-attack as bungled over the last two days, said in a statement that its troops had carried out strikes on Ukrainian units in the Kursk region. It listed six locations where it said its forces had defeated Ukrainian brigades, and seven more – including one on the Ukrainian side of the border – where it said it had carried out strikes on Ukrainian troops and equipment. Reuters could not independently verify battlefield reports from either side. The apparent escalation in the fighting in the Kursk region comes at a critical time for Ukraine, whose outnumbered and outgunned troops are struggling to repel Russian advances in the east. Capturing and retaining a slice of Russian territory in the Kursk region has given Ukraine a bargaining chip in potential peace talks, as both sides fight to improve their battlefield positions before Donald Trump’s return to the White House. The US president-elect, who will be sworn in on January 20 – has repeatedly said he will end the nearly three-year-old war quickly, but without saying how. The US-based Institute for the Study of War said geolocated footage from the region published on Sunday and Monday indicated recent Ukrainian advances in three areas northeast of the town of Sudzha. It said Russian forces were trying to attack elsewhere in the region. Russian military bloggers reported fighting in Malaya Loknya, northwest of Sudzha. Ukraine’s offensive in the Kursk region has come at a cost. Late in 2024 Russian forces advanced in eastern Ukraine at the fastest pace since 2022. Their troops control about a fifth of Ukraine’s territory. Western and Ukrainian assessments say Russia also has about 11,000 troops from its ally North Korea fighting with its own forces in the region. Russia has neither confirmed nor denied their presence. Ukraine and the United States say large numbers have been killed, with US Secretary Antony Blinken giving a figure on Monday of more than 1,000 North Koreans dead or wounded. Ukraine’s special forces said on Tuesday they had killed 13 North Korean soldiers, and posted photos on Telegram which they said showed their bodies and ID documents. In a regular update, Kyiv’s general staff said there had been 27 Russian attacks in the Kursk region on Tuesday so far.
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