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Weekly Forecast Monitor: August 23, 2024 - Global Hotspots

2 Sep 2024

Risk level – medium • Russia continued its advance toward the town of Pokrovsk in the 35% eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. [...] 25% Risk level – medium • Ukraine carried out one of its largest drone attacks in Russian territory since the start of the war, with Russia shooting down 45 drones, including in the Moscow region. [...] Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the military 25% would shift its focus to the fight with Hezbollah after the Rafah Division of Hamas had been “defeated.” Risk level – medium • An Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon killed a member of Fatah, the first such time that the party of Palestinian 15% President Mahmud Abbas had been targeted in Lebanon. [...] Military escalation The Israeli military said the bodies of six hostages were recovered (up 20 pts from start of 2024) in the city of Khan Younis. [...] United States: Wind/Coal What happened: Wind power in the United States surpassed the production of coal-fired generation in both March and April of this year, a milestone for the expansion of renewable power in the U.

Authors

Robert Calzada

Pages
5
Published in
United States of America

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