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Thursday February 29th, 2024 evening edition

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Ukraine has claimed it shot down two more Russian fighter-bombers on Thursday, its latest reported success against Russia’s air force.

Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s army chief, said: “After successful combat operations against an enemy aircraft in the night on Feb 29, two more Russian aircraft were destroyed: Su-34 fighter-bombers in the Avdiivka and Mariupol sectors.”.

Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine fell to Russian forces this month after a long battle.

Russia took full control of the southeastern port city of Mariupol in May 2022.

Russia did not immediately comment on Syrskyi’s remarks, which have also yet to be verified by The Telegraph.

If confirmed, it would mark Ukraine’s’ latest victory over Russia’s air force, after it claimed to have downed two Russian spy planes recently. »

Israel-Hamas war has now killed at least 30,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians

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“This isn’t just a question of the number of Palestinians killed; this is much bigger than that,” said Diana Buttu, the former legal adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

According to the Israeli military, 576 Israeli soldiers have been killed since Oct. 7 — 237 of them since the ground offensive began Oct. 27.

Israeli officials blame the death toll on Hamas using civilians as “human shields,” as well as the group’s failure to release the 134 hostages believed still in Gaza. »

Remedy has acquired full rights to the Control franchise from 505 Games

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Remedy Entertainment has acquired full rights to the Control franchise from 505 Games.

In a transaction that could be worth up to €17 million ($18.4m), all rights to Control, Control 2, multiplayer spin-off codename Condor, and all future series entries will revert to the Finnish game developer.

Remedy partnered with 505 Games in 2017 to publish the original Control, which was released two years later. »

Biden officials weigh giving Ukraine weapons without replacing U.S. stocks right away or waiting for Congress funds

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Not all administration officials support the idea of sending a tranche of aid to Ukraine as a stopgap move, however.

Other officials are wary of the idea because it could put the U.S. military’s stockpiles below levels that are considered necessary for sufficient readiness.

But the Pentagon does not have enough approved funding available to replace the weapons and equipment after the U.S. sends it. »