<p id="isPasted" style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;<strong>KYIV: Ukrainian negotiators are due to hold talks in the United States on Sunday to discuss Washington&#39;s plan to end the war with Russia, with Kyiv facing pressure on both the military and political fronts.</strong></span></p><p><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As Russia advances on the front line, its forces targeted Ukraine&#39;s capital and the region for two nights in a row ahead of the talks in the United States.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A drone attack in the outskirts of Kyiv killed one person and wounded 11 on Saturday night, the regional governor said.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hours earlier, a Ukrainian security source said Kyiv was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers in the Black Sea that it believed were covertly transporting sanctioned Russian oil.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The US talks come amid turbulence for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his government <span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" id="isPasted">&mdash;</span> a blockbuster corruption probe forced him to sack his chief of staff and top negotiator Andriy Yermak on Friday.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Ukraine team <span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" id="isPasted">&mdash;&nbsp;</span>now led by Rustem Umerov <span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" id="isPasted">&mdash;</span> is due to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff in Florida on Sunday, a US official said.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Washington has put forward a plan to end the more than three-year conflict that it is seeking to finalise with Moscow and Kyiv&#39;s approval.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">An initial 28-point proposal <span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" id="isPasted">&mdash;</span> drafted without input from Ukraine&#39;s European allies <span style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" id="isPasted">&mdash;</span> would have seen Kyiv withdraw from its eastern Donetsk region and the United States de facto recognize the Donetsk, Crimea and Lugansk regions as Russian.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The United States pared back the original draft following criticism from Kyiv and Europe, but the current contents remain unclear.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">On Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron hosts Zelensky for talks in Paris, the French presidency announced.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Russian oil terminal hit&nbsp;</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hours before Ukraine&#39;s delegation was to depart, one of Russia&#39;s largest oil terminals halted operations on Saturday following an attack by sea drones.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), a group that includes US oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil and which owns the terminal, called the strike a &quot;terrorist attack&quot;.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ukraine, which did not comment on the incident, regularly targets Russian energy facilities in a bid to sap the country&#39;s war chest as the conflict grinds through its fourth year.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The CPC pipeline, which begins in Kazakhstan and ends at the terminal, is a major conduit for Kazakh oil and one of the world&#39;s largest by volume, handling around one percent of global supplies.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">However, a Ukrainian source claimed responsibility for attacks on two ships in the Black Sea allegedly covertly transporting sanctioned Russian oil.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Virat and the Kairos, which were empty, were rocked by explosions off Turkey&#39;s coast late Friday, according to the Turkish transport ministry.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One of the two was struck again early Saturday, the ministry said.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&quot;Modernised Sea Baby naval drones successfully targeted the vessels,&quot; a source in Ukraine&#39;s SBU security service told AFP.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The source shared a video that purported to show sea drones gliding towards the two ships, before sparking explosions.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong>Drone attacks</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Russia has kept up its night-time attacks on its neighbour.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Mykola Kalashnyk, the Kyiv regional governor, reported in the early hours of Sunday &quot;another enemy drone attack&quot;.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&quot;Unfortunately, as a result of the enemy attack on Vyshgorod, one person was killed and 11 were wounded. Among them is one child,&quot; Kalashnyk wrote on Telegram.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The latest attack followed a Russian drone and missile attack on Friday night that killed three people and left hundreds of thousands across Ukraine without power.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Russia, which denies targeting civilians, says it struck energy infrastructure powering Ukraine&#39;s military-industrial complex.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ukraine says Russia&#39;s attacks are a cynical ploy to wear down its civilian population.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After Saturday night&#39;s intense explosions that kept many in the capital awake, Galyna Bondarenko, a Ukrainian media worker, told AFP in Kyiv that the blast had sent debris flying into her home.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&quot;There was a piece of debris next to the bed, which hit the bed and got stuck,&quot; she said.</span></p>

FILE: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 18, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images/File)

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Kyiv’s delegation travels to the US for talks on Washington’s revised war-ending plan as Russia intensifies strikes. Kyiv faces political turmoil, drone attacks, and mounting pressure after targeting Russian oil infrastructure and tankers in the Black Sea.

Ukraine negotiators to hold talks in US on plan to end war

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<p id="isPasted" style="line-height: 2;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">ISLAMABAD: Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late Tuesday they heard explosions and saw multiple drones that targeted some of their boats, currently situated off Greece, AFP reported.</span></strong></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">&quot;Multiple drones, unidentified objects dropped, communications jammed and explosions heard from a number of boats,&quot; the Global Sumud Flotilla said in a statement, without adding whether there were any casualties.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">&quot;We are witnessing these psychological operations firsthand, right now, but we will not be intimidated,&quot; the statement said.</span></p><div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-3&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1970612507057217867&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Farticles%2Fnew%2F&sessionId=ef235de2b6ecd5e0e1ae8a1a8b8dfb4570691669&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 719px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" data-tweet-id="1970612507057217867"></iframe></div></div><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">German human rights activist and flotilla member Yasemin Acar said in a video she posted on Instagram that five vessels had been attacked.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>&lsquo;Only humanitarian aid&rsquo;</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">&quot;We are carrying only humanitarian aid,&quot; she said. &quot;We have no weapons. We pose no threat to anyone. It is Israel who is killing thousands of people (and) starving a whole population.&quot;</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">In an earlier video, Acar said the activists had &quot;sighted 15 to 16 drones&quot;, adding that their radios had been jammed as loud music could be heard.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">One video posted by the flotilla&#39;s official Instagram page showed an explosion it said it recorded from the Spectre boat at &quot;01:43 GMT +3&quot;.</span></p><div class="fr-embed"><blockquote class="instagram-media" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 2;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="width: 0px; height: 0px; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="width: 0px; height: 0px; border-top: 8px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px; line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></a></span><p style="color: rgb(201, 200, 205); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DO9k0ENCPh4/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 115, 230);" target="_blank">A post shared by Global Sumud Flotilla (@globalsumudflotilla)</a></span></p></div></blockquote></div><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">In another video posted by the same page, Brazilian activist Thiago Avila said four boats had been &quot;targeted with drones throwing devices&quot; just before another explosion was heard in the background.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The Global Sumud Flotilla set sail from Barcelona earlier this month with the aim of breaking Israel&#39;s blockade of Gaza and delivering aid to the territory.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><strong>51 vessels</strong></span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">It currently numbers 51 vessels, most of which are situated off the Greek island of Crete.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">It had already been targeted in two suspected drone attacks in Tunisia, where its boat had been anchored before resuming its voyage towards Gaza.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Among its high-profile participants is environmental activist Greta Thunberg.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Israel said Monday it would not allow the boats to reach Gaza.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Israel blocked two earlier attempts by activists to reach Gaza by sea in June and July, AFP reported.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">The BBC on September 10 reported, two vessels that were part of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists including Greta Thunberg were struck in separate suspected drone attacks.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Global Sumud Flotilla posted footage appearing to show the first boat being hit by an object outside the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said.</span></p><div class="fr-embed"><blockquote class="instagram-media" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOXaR_MiOZ_/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 115, 230);" target="_blank"><div style=" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px; line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0px auto 12px; width: 50px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="padding-top: 8px;"><div style="color: rgb(56, 151, 240); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 2;">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="width: 0px; height: 0px; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto;"><div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px); line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="width: 0px; height: 0px; border-top: 8px solid rgb(244, 244, 244); border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px); line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></div><div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px; line-height: 2;"><br></div><div style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px; line-height: 2;"><br></div></div></a></span><p style="color: rgb(201, 200, 205); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0px 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOXaR_MiOZ_/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" style="font-size: 18px; color: rgb(0, 115, 230);" target="_blank">A post shared by Global Sumud Flotilla (@globalsumudflotilla)</a></span></p></div></blockquote></div><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Israel has come under huge international pressure over its war in Gaza, which has sparked a dire humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory, AFP reported.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Last month, a body backed by the United Nations officially declared famine in part of Gaza.</span></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><br></p><p style="line-height: 2;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">And on September 16, UN investigators accused Israel of committing &quot;genocide&quot; in the besieged territory.</span></p>

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