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Added on the 14/01/2023 05:00:44 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Smike rises over the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar in east Ukraine where the ongoing battle for control was described as "bloodiest" of the war so far by Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak. The fate of Soledar is still unclear, with Russian mercenary group Wagner claiming to control the gateway town while the Kremlin cautioned against declaring victory prematurely. IMAGES
Images show heavy fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar, where residents seek cover in basements as artillery fire roars through the streets. Soledar found itself on the path of Russian troops pushing to take over the Donetsk region, causing many of its residents to flee. IMAGES
Huge clouds of smoke rises over buildings after Israeli air strikes hit Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, where heavy fighting raged between Israeli troops and Hamas fighters. IMAGES
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke billow over Israel-Lebanon border, as fears of Israel's war in Gaza could spiral across the Middle East grow. Amid the almost three-month-old war, Israel has traded almost daily cross-border fire with Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, while so far avoiding a full-scale war. IMAGES
Residents and soldier run to take shelter as the rocket alert siren wails in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, near the Lebanon border, amid cross-border fighting. Some 19,646 people have left villages in south Lebanon due to cross-border fire between Hezbollah and Israel, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration. IMAGES