Russia has indicated openness to negotiations with Ukraine, as intense fighting between the armed forces of the two countries continues on the frontline areas. In a recent interview with Russian media outlets, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine, explaining that this is a preferred way out of the current conflict.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has also said that Russia is willing to cooperate with all parties seeking to help resolve the Ukraine crisis, with Russia's interests and the current realities being considered.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily report on Friday that over the past week, the Russian army controlled five settlements in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, and carried out 11 rounds of strikes against Ukrainian military enterprises, troop garrisons and logistics facilities with high-precision weapons and drones.
Russian air defense systems shot down one Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, one Su-25 fighter jet and 375 drones. The Russian forces also destroyed three U.S. Patriot air defense missile systems and three radar systems belonging to the Ukrainian army.
On the same day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that intense fighting with the Russian army continues on the frontline areas as 72 fierce battles took place over the past 24 hours.
Russia indicates openness to negotiations with Ukraine amid intense fighting on frontlines
Russia indicates openness to negotiations with Ukraine amid intense fighting on frontlines
The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,118, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement released on Thursday.
During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 34 people and wounded 96 others, bringing the total death toll to 41,118 and injuries to more than 95,125 since the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out last October, it added.
Israeli military operations are continuing across Gaza and the West Bank.
At least 19 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to Palestinian security and medical sources.
An Israeli warplane struck a residential house in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, killing three people, said Palestinian medical sources.
Seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli aircraft in two attacks on the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.
The Civil Defense Authority in Gaza reported in a press statement that its crews recovered the body of a Palestinian woman and a seriously injured person following an Israeli attack near Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City.
In Rafah, southern Gaza, Civil Defense crews recovered the bodies of four people, three of whom were from the same family, after they were targeted by a missile in the Al-Zahour neighborhood in the center of the city. The bodies were transferred to the hospital, according to a separate statement released by the Civil Defense Authority.
Medical sources reported that the bodies of four people were transferred to the European Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, following the bombing of a residential house in the city.
On the same day, the Israeli army also conducted military operations in Tulkarm, and Tubas in the northern West Bank, destroying infrastructure and Palestinian homes.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it has "dismantled" Hamas' Rafah Brigade in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.
The military stated that its troops killed more than 2,000 "militants" in Rafah, including Mahmoud Hamdan, commander of Hamas' Tel al-Sultan Battalion in the city.
It added that its operations destroyed approximately 13 kilometers of tunnels buried beneath Rafah and about 80 percent of the underground tunnel routes along the Philadelphi Corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border.
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 41,118: health authorities
