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Dec 20, 2023
Bakhmut [Ukraine], December 20: After 22 months of war with a horrific human cost, the Ukrainian army is struggling to find recruits to battle Russian forces that are once again on the offensive. Some Ukrainians who joined the fighting at the February 2022 start are still in combat and exhausted, while volunteers to replace those killed or wounded are becoming rarer.
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Tehran [Iran], December 19: Iran said it suffered a cyberattack by the Zionist entity and the United States that disrupted fuel distribution across 60 percent of petrol stations on Monday. "Some gas stations across the country suffered a cyber attack and the fuel distribution stopped," Oil Minister Javad Owji told state TV. Owji blamed the attack on external powers, saying that since "the Zionist enemy and the United States suffered blows on other fronts, they sought to create trouble."
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