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Rusia lanzó un nuevo ataque masivo contra la región ucraniana de Kherson: al menos un muerto
Una serie de ataques rusos en la ciudad de Kherson, en el sur de Ucrania, dejó este miércoles un muerto y tres heridos, en lo que las autoridades locales describieron como un presunto bombardeo doble, una táctica diseñada para golpear nuevamente tras la llegada de los equipos de rescate.
El jefe de la administración regional, Oleksandr Prokudin, confirmó en redes sociales la muerte de un hombre y que otras tres personas resultaron heridas. Prokudin señaló que los bombardeos continuaron incluso después del arribo de los servicios de emergencia. “Es una táctica deliberada de Rusia para impedir el rescate de las víctimas y dañar a médicos, rescatistas y policías”, escribió.
Kherson fue ocupada por las fuerzas rusas al inicio de la invasión en 2022, pero fue recuperada por el ejército ucraniano meses después. Desde entonces, ha estado bajo bombardeos constantes por parte de las tropas rusas, que mantienen posiciones al otro lado del río Dniéper.
En la región cercana de Odessa, también ubicada en el litoral del mar Negro, un ataque nocturno con drones lanzado por las fuerzas rusas causó tres heridos, provocó incendios y dañó viviendas e infraestructuras civiles.
“El enemigo ha vuelto a atacar Odesa con un ataque masivo de drones”, afirmó Oleh Kiper, gobernador de la región, en un mensaje publicado en la aplicación de mensajería Telegram.
Kiper señaló que el alcance del ataque aún no estaba completamente determinado. Habitualmente, las fuerzas aéreas ucranianas difunden los detalles técnicos de los bombardeos nocturnos más adelante en el día.
El Servicio Estatal de Emergencias de Ucrania confirmó en Telegram que tres personas resultaron heridas y que varios incendios se desataron en distintos puntos de la ciudad como consecuencia del ataque. Según las imágenes publicadas, los servicios de emergencia trabajaban entre escombros, con viviendas visiblemente afectadas por el impacto de los drones.
El alcalde de Odesa, Hennadiy Trukhanov, compartió fotografías que muestran los daños causados por el ataque, incluyendo un edificio de viviendas gravemente destruido y otras estructuras afectadas. En una de las imágenes, trabajadores de emergencias remueven escombros mientras un perro permanece junto a un montón de madera, en un entorno de destrucción visible.
El apoyo de la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN) a Ucrania sigue siendo “inquebrantable”, afirmó el martes el secretario general de la alianza, Mark Rutte, durante una visita oficial a la ciudad portuaria de Odessa, en el sur de Ucrania.
Rutte anunció que los países aliados han comprometido más de 20.000 millones de euros en asistencia de seguridad durante los primeros tres meses de 2025.
“Estoy aquí hoy porque creo que el pueblo de Ucrania merece una paz real, una verdadera seguridad en su país, en sus hogares”, declaró Rutte en una conferencia de prensa conjunta con el presidente ucraniano, Volodimir Zelensky. Ambos visitaron un hospital en Odesa y se reunieron con soldados heridos como parte de la agenda de la visita.
El viaje de Rutte se produjo pocos días después de un ataque con misiles balísticos rusos en la ciudad de Sumy, ubicada en el noreste del país, a unos 30 kilómetros de la frontera con Rusia. El ataque, ocurrido en la mañana del Domingo de Ramos, dejó al menos 35 muertos, incluidos dos niños, y 119 heridos. Fue el segundo ataque de gran escala contra zonas civiles en poco más de una semana.
Esta es la primera visita del secretario general de la OTAN a Ucrania desde que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, asumió el liderazgo en las negociaciones de alto el fuego entre Kiev y Moscú, que han incluido varias rondas de conversaciones celebradas en Arabia Saudí.
Rutte reconoció la complejidad del proceso diplomático en curso: “Estas discusiones no son fáciles, especialmente a raíz de esta horrible violencia”. No obstante, expresó el respaldo de la alianza atlántica a los esfuerzos de Washington. “Todos apoyamos el esfuerzo del presidente Trump por la paz”, declaró.
(Con información de AFP y REUTERS)
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Russia has turned to its so-called «shadow fleet» to carry out a roughly $29.3 million «semi-dark» ship-to-ship oil transfer in the Gulf of Oman, deliberately sidestepping Western sanctions, according to reports.
Maritime intelligence firm Windward AI reported on March 8 that the Russian-flagged tanker M/V TRUST, a vessel already blacklisted by the U.S., European Union and United Kingdom, carried out a «high-probability» covert crude transfer in Omani territorial waters.
Based on an estimated price of about $90 per barrel on March 10, the cargo involved in the transfer was valued at roughly $29.3 million.
«The timing of the operation coincided with heightened military escalation in the Gulf following Operation Epic Fury, suggesting the vessel exploited regional instability to conduct the transfer under reduced scrutiny,» Windward said.
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A crude oil tanker sits anchored in Muscat during the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran in Muscat, Oman, March 6, 2026. (Reuters/Benoit Tessier)
The tanker had previously loaded approximately 325,000 barrels of Russian crude oil at the Russian port of Ust-Luga, Windward said.
Windward described the operation as a «semi-dark» activity, meaning one of the vessels transmitted its automatic identification system (AIS) signal while the other did not.
According to the firm, the M/V TRUST had anchored and switched off its AIS transponder while holding what it called a «prolonged stationary meeting» with another tanker, likely producing an anonymous vessel to transfer cargo process.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets the Russian delegation and some officials ahead of the Istanbul talks May 14, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. (Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A fully «dark» meeting, Windward said, typically involves two vessels not transmitting, but, in this case, only one ship appeared to be broadcasting, creating partial visibility that still complicates tracking efforts.
Such tactics are part of a broader strategy by Moscow to continue exporting crude despite sweeping Western sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The semi-dark oil transfer comes amid heightened volatility in global energy markets tied to the escalating conflict in the Middle East and limited traffic in the Strait of Hormuz given the joint U.S.-Israeli military action against Iran.
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A navy vessel sails in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which much of the world’s oil and gas passes, March 1, 2026. (Sahar Al Attar/AFP via Getty Images)
Oil topped $100 a barrel March 9 as traders priced in the risk that the conflict was disrupting flows through the Strait, which carries about a fifth of global supply, CNBC reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on March 9 that Russia, the world’s second-largest oil exporter and holder of the largest natural gas reserves, stands ready to resume long-term energy cooperation with European customers if they choose to return, Reuters reported.
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Meanwhile, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that Russia «should not be involved» in the escalating conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran.
His comments followed reports suggesting Moscow may be providing intelligence support to Tehran, though the Kremlin has not publicly confirmed the claims.
On Russia’s ship-to-ship semi-dark cargo transfer amid the ongoing conflict, Windward highlighted «operational blind spots that enable illicit maritime activity to proceed largely uninterrupted.»
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David Bier, a Democrat-called witness at a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday, drew a sharp rebuke from GOP Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana after accusing the Trump administration of attempting a «population purge» in the U.S.
Earlier in the hearing, Bier, an immigration policy expert at the CATO Institute, argued that both legal and illegal aliens «are a benefit to this country» because they help to reduce the national deficit.
Kennedy ripped into Bier, asking, «What planet did you parachute in from? You trigger my gag reflex.»
Bier had just claimed that federal judges opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement operations «are much braver» than U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
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«They are much braver. They put their names on their rulings, and they stand behind their constitutional rulings,» said Bier.
He accused the administration of attempting to carry out a «population purge,» saying, «They’re trying to deport U.S.-born citizens, people born here, they are trying to deport them as well. So, it’s not a mass deportation agenda, it is also an agenda intended to reduce the population of the United States, including U.S.-born people.»
Earlier in the hearing, Bier had called for «more» immigrants to help address the soaring national deficit.
While being questioned by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Bier said that there are «clear reasons for believing that they are reducing the deficits and debt, they are a benefit to this country, and we need more people who are going to contribute in the future as our population ages.»
Bier said «it’s easy to understand why» immigrants reduce the deficit «because they work at 12 percentage points higher than the national average, they use less benefits because they’re subject to constraints, unique barriers to applying for those benefits, in particular Social Security and Medicare. Those are by far our largest programs, and they’re not eligible for those at all if they’re here in the country illegally or if they came legally and they don’t have a sufficient work history to qualify.»
After the hearing, Bier later told Fox News Digital that «this exchange had nothing to do with illegal immigration» and that «the question was about immigration generally.»
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ICE officers participating in a week-long immigration enforcement operation in the Houston, Texas area, which resulted in the arrests of 646 illegal immigrants. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Despite testifying in a hearing titled «Sanctuary Cities: The Cost of Undermining Law and Order,» during which members criticized the mass migration under the Biden administration, Bier posited that more immigration is a positive step for the country.
«According to the Social Security Administration, we need about 35 million more workers in order to keep revenues equal to expenses by the middle of the 2030s,» he said. «So, we are at a position right now where immigration is not going to solve it. Obviously, it’s not going to solve it, but it is moving us in the right direction.»
He praised immigrants, saying, «These are people who are showing up, they’re ready to work, they’re often prime age individuals who are ready to enter the labor force.»
«So, it’s a huge benefit fiscally to the United States to have these people who want to contribute to our country,» he added.
Bier was not the only one arguing in the hearing that illegal immigrants can improve communities. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., one of the Trump administration’s most outspoken critics, took a similar line, arguing that sanctuary policies actually lower crime, poverty and unemployment.
«Data shows that sanctuary policies actually make communities safer, healthier and more prosperous. That’s right, the evidence shows, the research shows sanctuary jurisdictions have lower crime rates, higher median household income, less poverty, less reliance on public assistance, higher labor force participation, and lower unemployment,» said Padilla.
«That’s right. It seems like sanctuary cities are helping to make America great, I said it,» he added.
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Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Likewise, Kennedy was not the only Republican who took issue with Bier. After arguing over whether it was a mistake for Congress to ban people from entering the country illegally, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, slammed Bier as a «smug guy.»
«You haven’t answered my question, but that’s okay. You’re a smug guy, and that’s part of your shtick,» said Moreno.
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After another Democrat-called witness declined to answer the same question, Moreno criticized both, saying, «This is the best that Democrats can come up with.»
«This is the best witnesses you’ve got? A guy who can’t distinguish whether it’s okay to have people enter our country illegally. Of all the millions of people that you could have chosen to testify … the best you have is a guy who has no idea what our immigration law is, and isn’t sure if somebody should enter the country illegally [and] another guy is a smug guy who obviously has an agenda,» said Moreno.
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