Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the contt of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin tonight, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called these attacks and his words separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. They said they do not represent anything in the u. S. Approach of the confli
Ukrainian armed forces fighter, having made the only right choice, surrenders in a t64 tank, which he stole from his own comrades. A unique evacuation operation on the line of combat contact in the donetsk direction. The military man passed under the cover of darkness. Our soldiers, equipped with night vision devices and thermal imagers, waited in advance for the tanker at the appointed place. Ukrainian. Rolled over the embankment with a raised cannon, this was precisely what served as a signal, that he really intended to give up. A wellknown military personality turned out to be thirtynineyearold maxim likhachev, a native of the city of svatovo in the lpr. According to available information, in the fall of twentytwo he returned to ukraine from poland. Then, through the military registration and enlistment office, he entered service in. Having managed to change as many as four brigades, according to the prisoner himself, he stole a tank in order not to get a bullet in the back, and at
Russian army is attacking positions in the ssu along the entire front line, including at the berduchi semyonovka line. At the same time, the positions of ukrainian militants are subject to constant artillery shelling. At the solovyovasemyonovka line, a semicauldron was formed, south of semyonovka. Russian units in uman were able to advance in the direction the western outskirts, where they are trying to gain a foothold on. Cadres of russian attack aircraft on motorcycles, on kooperativnaya and shevchenko streets, in that very old may, in the kharkov direction, the main efforts of the group of troops are still in the north. At any cost they are trying to hold the last major settlement on the outskirts of kharkov. The sun is rising over the donetsk steppes, the first rays are touching the halfplanted forest belts, our driver is pressing harder and harder on the gas, we are approaching the front line. Fighters can never admire the hourlong fury, an incredible sunrise, and sometimes at lea
Hello, im Brianna Keilar In Washington. Jake tapper is in tel aviv, and israel is widening its offensive against hamas. Launching a series of overnight strikes at the gaza strip. Taking aim at hezbollah in lebanon. In gaza alone, the idf hit 320 Terror Targets overnight including tunnels and dozens of hamas command centers. A spokesperson said hundreds were killed. A warning now that the video youre about to see is graphic. You see there, one of the smallest victims, a toddler, pulled from the rubble in rafah, in southern gaza. We do not know the condition of that little boy. Also sources telling cnn the Biden Administration has Presseds Ream to delay its imminent Ground Invasion of gaza to allow for the release of more hostages and to get more aid into gaza. Jake. Just a trickle of these critical supplies have come through. 30 some trucks so far. Cnn has calculated that gaza is 7200 truckloads short of supplies. Receiving half of the 1 of the aid it normally received before the hamas
Crossing opening for the first time in two weeks. Trucks carrying supplies have been entering the strip and more are now waiting to cross the border. Now waiting to cross the border. Israel bombarded the territory and imposed a blockade preventing the delivery of food , preventing the delivery of food, water and fuel. After the hamas terror attack on october the 7th. The group says todays delivery wont be enough to change the catastrophic medical conditions in gaza. A peace summit is being held in cairo. The secretary general and United Nations, Antonio Gutierrez, says gaza needs more than aid trucks. Gaza needs more than aid trucks. Full trucks on one side, empty stomachs on the other. The trucks need to move as quickly as possible in a massive, sustained and safe way from egypt into gaza. A 20 truck convoy of the egyptian red crescent is moving today. And i want to express my deep gratitude to egypt for the essential role egypt is playing in this regard. But the people of gaza need a