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According to a report, Irish soldiers are to stay in Mali despite french soldiers withdrawing. Reportedly, other nations are expected to leave following a major deterioration in relations with the Malian government. Reportedly, France, who have a major commitment in the area are angry with the Malian military who have hired mercenaries from the russian group, wagner.

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in the Sahel region is scene to a conflict which began in 2011. According to the report, Ireland first deployed troops in 2013. Reportedly, an Irish defence forces spokesperson said any drawdown on an irish presence will be taken by the government. According to the report, Ireland has thirty four troops based in Mali, twenty to twenty three personnel being involved in training Malian troops. Deemed controversial.

Reportedly, there is a possibility of placing more irish troops in the area in September 2022, intended to be a scoping exercise looking at possibilities for u.n. missions.

According to a report, sources said there was a serious deterioration in the security situation in the Sahel in recent months. Fifty three french soldiers have died and freight drivers have been murdered and hijacked.

Reportedly, the gsim was formed as a merger of several militant groups, occurring as a consequence of french operations that resulted in several hundred being killed and their camps destroyed. According to the report, the gsim have support from other African nations.

According to a report, Ukraine armed forces reported sixty six exchanges of fire in Kyiv overnight. Reportedly, there was an estimated 149,000 troops amassed on Ukraine’s border overnight, 190,000 when including russian seperatists.

According to a report, the situation in Donbas was described as critical. Reportedly, Ukraine forces had amassed troops and lethal weapons.

According to the report, the Ukraine president was scheduled to travel to Germany where talks with the u.s. vice president are expected. Reportedly, in 2008 nato welcomed the suggestion that Ukraine and Georgia join nato but were not offered membership action plans. Membership may mean deployment to the Sahel.

According to a report, Ukraine has denied offensive operations or acts of sabotage in chemical production facilities following an account of intense provocation in Luhansk. Reportedly, in Donetsk, people are boarding buses or driving to Russia. According to the report, emergency ministers are flying to Rostov to help organize the exodus.

Reportedly, there is a build up of 190,000 russian troops on Ukraines border. According to the report, the whitehouse said, if Russia invades Ukraine they will be isolated from global financial markets.

According to a report, a seperatist leader has called on residents to flee to Russia amid the tense military standoff between Ukraine and Moscow. Reportedly, the head of the self proclaimed republic said in a statement that the Ukrainian army planned to seize Donbas by force, and that civilians needed to be evacuated.

According to the report, he accused Ukrainian forces of having amassed troops and lethal weapons along the point of contact, and claimed that the army is in combat formation, and ready. Reportedly, he said, the lives and health of our citizens may be endangered. For this reason, as from today, 18 February a mass centralised evacuation of the population to Russia has been organised in cooperation with Moscow, with reception and accommodation facilities for our citizens in the Rostov region. All conditions have been created for a quick transition at the checkpoints. Women, children and the elderly are to be the first to be evacuated.

According to reports, domestic violence has increased in recent years, especially during lockdown. Reportedly, the number of currently available spaces needs to almost treble in order to meet the obligations of the Istanbul convention, ratified by Ireland in 2019. According to the report, this means fifty-six new refuge places comprising of 7-8 buildings.

Reportedly, a woman can seek aid from a domestic violence refuge by contacting them directly. According to the report, in 2019, 1,134 women and 2,918 children were accommodated in refuges. Reportedly, in 2019 almost 3,000 enquiries from women seeking shelter in refuges were turned away. According to the report, the lack of available places is exacerbated by the housing crisis.

Reportedly, Russia, who according to an estimate have 60% of their ground forces positioned around Ukraine’s borders said the military withdrawal announced earlier this week will take time.

According to the report, seperatist authorities in the Luhansk region announced an increase in Ukrainian government shelling along the line of contact. Reportedly, the Ukrainian military command said shells hit a kindergarten in Luhanska, wounding two teachers. According to the report, a kremlin spokesman said, we have repeatedly warned that the excessive concentration of Ukrainian armed forces in the immediate vicinity, coupled with possible provocations could pose a terrible danger.

According to a report, the u.s. secretary of state and foreign minister, the Ukraine president and the u.n. secretary general will meet german counterparts at the Munich security conference. Reportedly, the u.s. secretary of state will also discuss the crisis late next week with the russian foreign minister.

According to a report, the u.s. said it would respond to Russia’s move to expel u.s. diplomat, Bart Gorman. Reportedly, russian diplomats that have stayed longer than three years must leave.

According to reports, there has been fresh fighting in the Donbas region of Donetsk and Luhansk. Russia control the eastern parts of the region. Reportedly, the russian president is scheduled to oversee a military drill of cruise and ballistic missiles.

According to reports, western sources say there is no evidence that Russia are withdrawing troops from the Ukraine border, though film showed combat tanks leaving Crimea following drills. Crimea has been a subject of russia since 2014.

According to a report, France said they will, within six months leave Mali. Reportedly, this follows a breakdown in relations with the country’s military. According to the report, there was anger in Paris at the alleged arrival from the wagner group. Reportedly, wagner, a private military group has taken part in conflicts such as the Syrian civil war and is present in the war in Donetsk and Luhansk.

According to the report, the french decision will see the departure of 2,400 troops. Reportedly, other european nations will withdraw several hundred soldiers from the smaller takuba task force, created in 2020. According to the report, there are twenty four members of Ireland’s army ranger wing deployed with minusma (united nations multi dimensional integrated stabilization mission) as part of a reconnaissance unit.

Reportedly, Mali has the third largest gold production in Africa. According to a report, Mali, considered one of the poorest countries in the world is connected to the french government since the creation of the central bank of west African states. Reportedly, some other members are Burkina Faso and Niger. According to the report, all seven members are connected to the french central bank.

According to a report, russian backed seperatists in the Donbas region accused the Ukraine army of shelling their positions, while Kiev claimed their soldiers were being attacked. Reportedly, a separatist official in the Luhansk region said there had been a large scale operation from the Ukraine army, and they had returned fire. According to the report, the Ukrainian military command said shells cut off the power supply in half the town of Stanytsia.

Reportedly, an observer mission for the organisation of security and cooperation in europe is expected to offer its assessment of the situation later.

According to the report, the u.s. and uk have accused Russia of disinformation over its claim it is withdrawing its troops.

According to a report, the national maternity hospital is moving to Saint Vincent’s, Elm park, Dublin. Reportedly, a social democrat leader said there was an agreement between the health care executive and saint Vincent’s health care group. ‘Not many people believe,’ she said, ‘myself included, that the Catholic church will allow terminations to be performed on the land.’

According to the report, under proposals aimed at advancing the €800 million project, the hse license for the hospital is to include legal measures requiring it to provide all medical procedures required under irish law. Reportedly, following the transfer, the st Vincent’s site would come under state control for 299 years. According to the report, the text of the agreement between the hse, the national maternity hospital and st Vincent’s healthcare group would be incorporated directly into the license.