The Kremlin claimed on February 24 (2022) that the Russian military destroyed 74 Ukrainian military facilities, including 11 air bases. The Russian Defence Ministry also confirmed the loss of a Su-25 attack jet due to pilot error. The Indian Express daily reported that Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered his soldiers to treat the Ukrainian servicemen βwith respectβ, and offer those, who lay down their weapons, safe corridors.
Reuters quoted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as saying that as many as 40 Ukrainian soldiers and around 10 civilians were killed by Russian shelling. The president claimed that Ukraine gunned down around 50 Russian occupiers, without providing details. The casualties are the latest in a series of fast-paced developments that began when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine early on February 24. Following his invasion order, explosions were reported in several areas of Ukraine and air sirens went off in Kiev, indicating that the capital city was under attack.
Koushik Das (born on May 16, 1976 in Kolkata) is a career journalist. Based in the Indian capital of New Delhi, Koushik writes mainly about foreign policies and current geopolitical issues, and rarely about other topics. His own political ideas are highly influenced by Antonio Gramsci, Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, Michael Oakeshott and others. English philosopher and political theorist Oakeshott (Dec 11, 1901-Dec 19, 1990) says that βin political activity, men sail a boundless and bottomless sea. There is neither harbour for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting-place, nor appointed destination. But we have to keep afloatβ. (Rationalism in Politics, 1962) As a student of Political Science, Koushik loves to share his views on issues, which have great impacts on his thought process (and also on India, South Asia and of course on the global community), with his readers through his website β Boundless Ocean of Politics. By doing so, he tries to keep himself afloat. You will find some of his articles in https://inserbia.info/today/ (https://inserbia.info/today/author/kou_das13_i/), as he has been trying to assess the global geopolitics since 2003. You can also mail him at kousdas@gmail.com
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