Russia and Ukraine fight on despite WW2 celebration ceasefire proposal

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Russia and Ukraine launched major attacks on each other Friday, with a two-day unilateral ceasefire that Moscow had declared around its World War II commemorations appearing to be in tatters. Ukraine never said it would abide by Moscow’s call to halt strikes and lambasted Russian leader Vladimir Putin for only wanting to pause fighting so he could stage a grand parade on Red Square on Saturday. Kyiv said Moscow ignored a Ukrainian call to halt fighting earlier this week — a counter-proposal for a short-term ceasefire that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cast as a test of whether the Kremlin was serious about providing a brief respite in the four-year war. Russia has threatened a massive strike on the heart of Kyiv if Ukraine disrupts the Victory Day parade on Saturday, repeatedly urging foreign diplomats to evacuate the Ukrainian capital ahead of time. “On the Russian side, there was not even a token attempt to cease fire on the front,” Ze...
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Chad says 24 soldiers killed by Boko Haram militants

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An overnight attack by suspected Boko Haram jihadists on a Chadian military base has killed at least 24 people, a military official and regional administrator told AFP on Tuesday.

The Barka Tolorom base is on the shores of Lake Chad, which straddles Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria and whose islands provide a refuge for jihadists from Boko Haram and other radical Islamist groups.

The raid late on Monday “left 25 dead and 46 wounded on the Chadian army side”, the army source told AFP.

The administrative official gave a toll of “24 dead and several wounded”.

Both attributed the attack to Boko Haram, with the administrator insisting that “the situation is under control”.

“Once again, the nebulous Boko Haram terrorist group carried out a cowardly attack last night on our military base at Barka Tolorom,” Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno said on Tuesday in a Facebook post.

“We will continue the fight with renewed determination until this threat is completely eradicated,” he pledged, offering his condolences to the bereaved families.

Soldiers have come under increasing fire from Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region, with an October 2024 attack leaving some 40 dead in the Chadian army’s ranks.

Recent months have also seen a surge in attacks by the group’s JAS faction, including kidnappings and attacks on advanced army positions, especially on the islands and along Niger’s portion of the lake’s shores.

In response to the October 2024 attack, Deby launched a counter-offensive which he vowed to “personally” lead on the ground for two weeks.

After that offensive ended in February 2025, the army insisted that Boko Haram had “no more sanctuary on Chadian territory”.

Lake Chad’s islands and marshes also serve as a haven for Boko Haram’s rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).

SOURCE: AFP AND AGENCIES



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