Leopard tank deployment in Ukraine for defensive purpose

Leopard tank deployment in Ukraine for defensive purpose;  UN Sec. Gen. bewails and condemns renewed fighting between Hamas & IDF

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00:00 Good afternoon friends and folks.

00:02 William Thio here and this is PTV News Now.

00:07 They were among the most coveted hardware or weaponry in the Ukraine's wish list from

00:11 its allies and benefactors this year.

00:14 And they had big plans for it to top-bill Ukraine's planned offensive into Russia this

00:19 year which apparently fizzled out even before it could begin.

00:24 So the Leopard tanks from Germany and Sweden came to pass as a staple in the holding the

00:29 line to keep Ukrainian forces entrenched in their defensive positions instead of its intended

00:34 use to spearhead an aggressive push into Russian territory.

00:39 And the Leopards have done a magnificent job to protect Ukrainian towns and territories

00:44 from falling into Russian hands.

00:46 Some 70 Leopard tanks have been delivered to Ukraine and deployed in various critical

00:51 locations with a dozen reported units disabled or neutralized by Russian forces thus far.

00:58 Meanwhile, the United Nations Chief Secretary General Antonio Guterres is aghast over the

01:05 results of the fighting after the six-day truce condemning Hamas' rocket fire on Israel

01:11 and Israel's carpet bombing and expansion of its offensive to southern Gaza, where dozens

01:17 of innocent Palestinian children and women have been killed over the latest spate of

01:22 indiscriminate bombing by the Israeli Defense Forces.

01:26 In addition, Israeli troops battled furiously with Hamas militants and fighters in southern

01:30 Gaza earlier today in its push to broaden its offensive deeper into the besieged enclave

01:37 with warnings an even more hellish scenario awaits trapped civilians.

01:42 Guterres called on all parties to respect their obligations under international humanitarian

01:48 law and pleaded anew for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.