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The Russian group of Wagner mercenaries have been forced to use more professional rookies in Bakhmut to replace conscripted prisoners, thousands are dying as the battle for the city drags on, a Ukrainian official said. The statement shows that Ukraine sees an opportunity in Bakhmut, despite the heavy casualties it has suffered.

Ukrainian officials have stated that nearly 30,000 of Wagner’s 50,000 troops have deserted or been killed or wounded, many in the vicinity of Bakhmut. That number cannot be independently verified, and Ukraine has not disclosed its own losses in the region. Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, said that Ukraine lost more than 11,000 troops in February.

As the battle for Bakhmut appears to be entering a decisive phase, both sides are trying to justify their staggering losses in a small city of limited strategic value by presenting them as in favor of their cause. Essentially, each makes the same statement: that the skirmish there is worth the terrible cost because it is weakening the enemy.

Analysis: Some experts say that if Ukraine can get rid of Russian soldier prisoners in Bakhmut, it will not face a wave of attacks from these soldiers elsewhere.

Trade unions across France go on strike yesterday, for the sixth time in two months, disrupted trains and flights and closed classes as the battle against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. Most French people oppose the proposal, according to opinion polls.

Neither side showed any signs of backing down. Trade unions want to initiate continuous, disruptive strikes, while Macron hopes to get the bill — a cornerstone of his re-election campaign that he says is needed to balance the system’s finances. retirement system as more baby boomers retire and live longer — passed later this month.

A raid of Israeli security forces in the occupied city of Jenin in the West BankThe aim is to arrest the suspect in the shooting death of two Jewish brothers last month, which led to violence that left six Palestinians dead, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

The suspect, Abd al-Fattah Kharousha, was listed as dead by Palestinian officials. He has links to the Islamist militant group Hamas, according to the group, and an Israeli military spokesman. The Palestinian media reported that he was released in December 2022 after serving nine years in prison in Israel.

Israel’s military operation yesterday ended in a deadly shootout. The Israeli military said in a statement that its forces used a shoulder-fired missile against a residential area in the Jenin refugee camp, where Kharousha had been barricaded. The statement said gunmen opened fire on Israeli forces, which responded with live ammunition.

Casualties: Hospitals in Jenin are treating at least 16 Palestinians and two members of an Israeli special forces unit who were injured in the fighting, officials said. At least 72 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since the beginning of 2023, and at least 15 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank.

The Chinese government has for decades waged a campaign to steal US trade secrets and intellectual property. While weapons and military equipment have always been the focus, China’s espionage activity expanded in the 1980s and beyond to target commercial technologies as diverse as pesticides, seeds, and chemicals. rice varieties, robotic cars and wind turbines.

In March 2017, a LinkedIn message to an engineer at GE Aviation initiated a series of events that would eventually help the US government look into Chinese economic espionage, culminating in First conviction of a Chinese intelligence official on American soil.

Related: China’s leader, Xi Jinping, used unusually blunt language this week Criticize the US and its allies for what he describes as a campaign to contain China’s rise.

The ’embarrassing’ melee of the MU captain: In the crushing defeat to Liverpool, Bruno Fernandes failed, screaming and knock down the referee.

Given the threat of LIV Golf, the PGA Tour must develop: PGA Tour has a winning strategy against LIV. The Arnold Palmer Invitational is proof.

A perfect season for Red Bull in Formula One? Max Verstappen’s dominance in Bahrain, where he led in all but three rounds, cement His tag is the favorite title.

South Africa has declared a “disaster situation” about the power crisis that has caused nationwide blackouts of up to 10 hours a day, and millions of people are turning to smartphone apps to help them navigate during a power outage.

The app, called EskomSePush, plays by the name of South Africa’s state electricity company, Eskom, and some vulgar South African slang. Recently renamed ESP, it sends out an alert 55 minutes before the power is expected to go off.

The app was created by software developers Dan Southwood-Wells and Herman Maritz in 2014, as scheduled outages became increasingly widespread and disruptive. But it has been really successful over the past year, with almost two million downloads.

Southwood-Wells and Maritz know they’re tapping into the nation’s frustrations, so they try to add some humor to the app’s shutdown announcements, such as by including an image of braai, the South African equivalent of barbecue, to let users know they won’t be using the stove for a few hours. “We try to shed light on a dark situation,” says Maritz. — Lynsey Chutel, a Briefing writer in Johannesburg.

PS Iran cuts diplomatic ties with Britain after British government refuses to denounce Salman Rushdie and “Rhymes of Satan,” The Times reported 34 years ago today.

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