December 2, 2022

*) Up to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed so far As many as 13,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia's incursion into the country in February, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. Mykhailo Podolyak told a local media outlet that the number of casualties range from 10,000 to 13,000 dead. President Zelenskyy would make the official data public when the right moment comes, he added. *) DRC accuses M23 rebels of civilian massacre The Democratic Republic of Congo's military has accused M23 rebels of killing 50 civilians and breaching a five-day-old truce in the country's restive east. General Sylvain Ekenge said the M23 group was carrying out massacres, the most recent of which is that of 50 Congolese civilians, heinously murdered this week in Kishishe - a village some 70 kilometres north of the eastern city of Goma. The rebel group issued a statement denying the alleged massacre of civilians. *) Türkiye will not allow existence of any terror group in region: NSC Türkiye will not allow the existence and activities of any terrorist group in its region, the country’s National Security Council has said. “The existence and activity of any terrorist group will not be allowed in our region, and every necessary step will be taken decisively for this," the country's security body has said in a statement after over three-hour meeting, which was chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara. To ensure the defence and security of the Turkish nation and its borders, the only target in the operations, which are being carried out along its southern borders in line with the right of self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter, are terrorist organisations, it added. *) Peru's Congress approves motion to begin President Castillo's impeachment Peru's Congress has approved a motion to start impeachment proceedings against President Pedro Castillo. The move promoted by opposition lawmakers marks the third formal attempt to oust the leftist leader since he took office l