Ukraine launches retaliatory attacks on Russia
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
It's one of the biggest waves of air strikes since Russia started the war, with the main target being Belgorod in the southwest. Also: Protests in the capital of South Darfur following a deadly bombing blamed on the Sudanese Armed Forces, and could a British Army officer have become the world's fastest woman to complete a solo South Pole ski expedition?
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| 0:31.0 | After a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, Russia now suffers a retaliatory |
| 0:35.8 | bombardment with reports of 18 dead. It's the most concentrated number of Russian |
| 0:42.1 | deaths we've seen in these strikes and Ukraine is saying it |
| 0:45.2 | launched more than 70 drones. Israel's prime minister has warned that the war in |
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