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Russia continues its offensive in the Donetsk region and announces the capture of four other localities

Russian troops have taken four other locations in the Donetsk region, annexed by Moscow in September 2022, as reported on Tuesday by the Ministry of Defense on its Telegram channel.

Specifically, the military party assures that the Russian forces took control of the towns of Kranogorivka, Vodiane, Galitsinivka and Grigorivka.

The first three are located between 30 and 40 kilometers southeast of Pokrovsk, a city located at a strategic road crossing that has become one of the priority objectives of the Russian offensive on the eastern front.

The Ukrainian General Staff has acknowledged that Kiev’s forces repelled a total of 41 Russian assaults on the Pokrovsk axis during the last twenty-four hours.

The largest number of attacks on that front axis took place together with the towns of Mijailivka and Novogrodivka.

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Meanwhile, in the Kurajove area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 46 attacks during the last day.

In recent days, Russia has intensified its offensive in that part of the front, where the Ukrainian authorities continue to evacuate civilians from the most conflicting areas.

On Sunday night, about 140 people arrived by train to the city of Kirovograd, in central Ukraine, from Pokrovsk, where the situation deteriorates as Russian troops approach the city.

Meanwhile, in Russian territory, Moscow acknowledged on Tuesday that fragments of a Ukrainian drone hit the territory of Zhukovsky airport, 40 kilometers from the Russian capital.

“There have been no casualties. Nor has damage to the runways been detected,” airport sources told the TASS agency.

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The source specified that the airport, the smallest of the four on the outskirts of Moscow, had already suspended its activities when the enemy drone tried to attack its facilities.

According to Telegram channels, a fire broke out in Zhukovsky, something that the authorities have not confirmed.

The drone attack also forced the closure of the international airports of Domodedovo and Vnukovo, which are located in the Moscow region.

Russian anti-aircraft defense systems shot down 144 Ukrainian drones in various regions of Russia during the early morning, 20 of them on the outskirts of Moscow, where one woman died and three other people were injured.

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Marco Rubio warns Venezuela against military action against Guyana

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Venezuela on Thursday that a military attack on Guyana would be “a big mistake” and “a very bad day for them,” expressing his support for Georgetown in its territorial dispute with Caracas.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil. It would be a very bad day, a very bad week for them, and it would not end well,” Rubio emphasized during a press conference in Georgetown alongside Guyanese President Irfaan Ali.

International

Ecuador oil spill worsens as containment dam collapses

The collapse of a containment dam holding back part of the 25,000+ barrels of oil spilled from a pipeline rupture nearly two weeks ago has worsened the environmental crisis in northwestern Ecuador, contaminating rivers and Pacific beaches.

The Ecuadorian government attributed the March 13 pipeline rupture—which led to the spill of 25,116 barrels of crude—to an act of sabotage. The spill affected three rivers and disrupted water supplies for several communities, according to authorities.

On Tuesday, due to heavy rains that have been falling since January, a containment dam on the Caple River collapsed. The Caple connects to other waterways in Esmeraldas Province, a coastal region bordering Colombia, state-owned Petroecuador said in a statement on Wednesday.

Seven containment barriers were installed in the Viche River, where crews worked to remove oil-contaminated debris. Additional absorbent materials were deployed in Caple, Viche, and Esmeraldas Rivers, which flow into the Pacific Ocean.

Authorities are also working to protect a wildlife refuge home to more than 250 species, including otters, howler monkeys, armadillos, frigatebirds, and pelicans.

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“This has been a total disaster,” said Ronald Ruiz, a leader in the Cube community, where the dam was located. He explained that the harsh winter rains caused river levels to rise, bringing debris that broke the containment barriersthat were holding the accumulated oil for extraction.

International

Federal court blocks Trump’s use of Enemy Alien Act for deportations

A federal appeals court upheld the block on former President Donald Trump’s use of the Enemy Alien Act on Wednesday, preventing him from using the law to expedite deportations of alleged members of the transnational criminal group Tren de Aragua.

With a 2-1 ruling, a panel from the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals affirmed previous decisions by two lower court judges, maintaining the legal standoff between the White House and the judiciary.

On March 14, Trump invoked the 1798 Enemy Alien Act, a law traditionally used during wartime, to deport hundreds of Venezuelans whom he accused of belonging to Tren de Aragua, a criminal organization that originated in Venezuelan prisons.

The centuries-old law grants the president the power to detain, restrict, and expel foreign nationals from a country engaged in a “declared war” or an “invasion or predatory incursion” against the United States, following a public proclamation.