Tag: war
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Putin: Russia has captured nearly 2K square miles in Ukraine this year
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russian forces had captured almost 2,000 square miles of land in Ukraine in 2025 and that Moscow retained complete strategic initiative on the battlefield. Russia’s 2025 gains would amount to nearly 1% of Ukraine’s land area, and the country controls nearly 20% in total. Putin, addressing a meeting…
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Second anniversary of Hamas-Israel war nears amid prayers for peace
For the second consecutive year, Jewish people and allies from the Colorado Springs area will gather on Oct. 7 to recognize an anniversary they’d rather forget but say they never can. “We felt it was important to come together and remember the loss around Oct. 7 and the barbaric acts that have taken place,” said…
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Judge Timothy Tymkovich speaks about trip to Israel, insights into legal aspect of war
This March, 14 federal judges traveled to Israel to meet with government officials and learn about last year’s terrorist attack and kidnapping that ignited a war in Gaza, with Colorado’s Timothy M. Tymkovich among the delegation. Tymkovich, who sits on the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, believed he was invited on…
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Anger, frustration, fear reign as first anniversary of Israel-Hamas war descends — but hope remains
The one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas is being met with a mood of somberness and waning optimism in Colorado Springs and other communities. “It’s very difficult to be Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Palestinian, Arab right now. It’s very difficult to be human right now,” said Associate…
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Bagpiper 1SG James DeGeorge, State Piper and the Color Guard lead the wreath to the front of the ceremony at the 89th Anniversary of Remembrance at Fort Logan National Cemetery Monday, May 29, 2023.
Bagpiper 1SG James DeGeorge, State Piper and the Color Guard lead the wreath to the front of the ceremony at the 89th Anniversary of Remembrance at Fort Logan National Cemetery Monday, May 29, 2023.
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WWII veteran and Penrose, Co. native, John Sekulich, will turn 106 next week
WWII veteran and Penrose, Co. native, John Sekulich, will turn 106 next week. Sekulich and his wife, Charlotte, caught up with the Gazette to share stories of his time in the European theater, in which he was responsible for maintaining Allied communication cables despite German opposition.
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Seven Ukrainian lions taken to the Wild Animal Refuge in Springfield, Colo.
A remote wildlife sanctuary west of Springfield, Colo. welcomed seven lions from a war-torn zoo in Odessa, Ukraine earlier this month. After making the arduous seven-month-long journey from Ukraine to Romania to Colorado, the young lions will spend the rest of their lives at the refuge in peace.