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Added on the 24/02/2022 07:43:52 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show Israeli military vehicles driving along the road near Israel's Sderot, close to the northern part of the Gaza Strip and smoke billowing from the area following Israeli strikes. IMAGES
A thick pall of grey smoke is seen streamed across clear blue sky over Lviv's airport in western Ukraine at 7:30 am Friday. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces in Kyiv a further $2 billion in military aid for Ukrainian forces holding back Russian onslaughts at several points across the sprawling front. The announcement comes at a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba weeks after Washington approved a $61 billion package of aid for the country following months of delays in Congress. SOUNDBITE
The US Senate passes a major military aid package for Ukraine, with President Joe Biden vowing new arms supplies in the $61 billion measure will be delivered swiftly to the warzone as Russia makes battlefield gains. IMAGES
The NATO flag is hoisted at a military base in the Swedish capital Stockholm, symbolising the Nordic country's accession into the military alliance. On 7 March 2024, Sweden became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, turning the page on two centuries of non-alignment. IMAGES