11 h. ago Putin's troops 'marooned' on death island as they're cut off and left to starve

Russian President Vladimir Putin has more than 5,000 troops starving to death on an island in the Dnipro River. His troops are unable to access supply and have little to no cover from drone attacks

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16 h. ago Trapped on death island: 'Marooned' Russian troops are starving to death and 5,000 have died after being cut off from other Russian forces in Ukraine

As many as 5,000 Russian troops are believed to have perished in the 'death zone' - a a marshy islet south of Kherson.

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16 h. ago 5,000 'marooned' Putin troops have died on Dnipro river islands within months with hundreds more starving to death after being cut off from other Russian forces 

As many as 5,000 Russian troops are believed to have perished in the 'death zone' - a a marshy islet south of Kherson.

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17 h. ago 5,000 Putin troops 'are marooned and starving to death' on Dnipro River islands cut off from other Russian forces

As many as 5,000 Russian troops are believed to have perished in the 'death zone' - a a marshy islet south of Kherson.

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2 w. ago The little boy left to die by his parents... because they thought he was a witch: Heartbreaking image of toddler starving on the street shocked the world

In 2016, one photo, and the incredible public reaction it inspired, changed the life of a young boy forever - and shone on a light on a disturbingly backward practice still going on.

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3 w. ago ‘Starving’ Brit grandad arrested in Dubai is trapped and homeless there – but was cleared of crime 10 years ago

A BRITISH grandad and veteran suffering from cancer has been left homeless and starving in Dubai after being arrested for a crime he’d been acquitted of a decade earlier. John Murphy, who served in the British military before building a life in the UAE, was arrested a decade earlier over allegations of being offensive to...

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3 w. ago ‘A donkey cart out of El Fasher costs more than a new car’: how 500 days under siege is tearing the city apart

The ongoing attacks on North Darfur’s capital has left its people facing starvation, blockade and bombardment, with scant hope of reliefSpecial report: ‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El FasherFor 17 months, since May 2024, El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, has been trapped in one of the longest urban sieges of modern warfare, a slow war of attrition that recalls the destruction of Stalingrad and the starvation of Leningrad, combining both cruelties in a single city.The siege, progressively tightened by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has transformed the city. Trenches cut through neighbourhoods. Civilians move block by block in search of safety, while self-defence groups fight alongside entrenched garrisons. Continue reading...

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