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Blasts were reportedly heard in several cities as anti-missile systems shot down incoming missiles. According to Ukrainian officials Russia has fired some 100 missiles. Intentional cuts to power supplies have been made in Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk in a bid to minimise any more damage to the country's battered energy grid. This comes as France's defence minister Sebastien Lecornu on Wednesday pledged further military support to Kyiv in an audience with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisting his government's backing is unflagging...

Security, Freedom, Democracy, Courage, Pluralism, Perseverance, Generosity Debts are awkward, especially debts of gratitude. When we owe others too much, we can find it hard to express our appreciation. If we are not reflective, we might minimize our debt, or simply forget it. If we think highly of ourselves, we might ignore a debt to someone we regard as less important. In the worst case, we can resent the people who have helped us, and portray them in a negative light, just to avoid the feeling that we, too, are vulnerable people who sometimes need a helping hand...

Ukraine retaken this Friday, 11, the city of Kherson, one of the main ones that were under Russian rule and the only regional capital dominated by Moscow. It was President Vladimir Putin's worst military defeat since the invasion began on February 24. The reconquest was completed moments after Russia withdrew troops from almost the entire region, with the aim of regrouping on the left bank of the Dnieper River. In extraordinary scenes posted on social media, a crowd of locals cheered as Ukrainian forces reached the center of Kherson...

A source confirmed to The Sun newspaper that the Russian president has been regularly receiving heavy steroids and injections to improve his health. Amid the war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been struggling with health problems caused by pancreatic cancer and Parkinson's disease, according to a new report citing leaked Kremlin emails. The veracity of the documents was confirmed by a Russian intelligence source to the tabloid The Sun. “I can confirm that he was diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson's disease, but it is already progressing...

Um menino de oito anos se tornou a pessoa mais jovem a vencer a íngreme escarpa rochosa do El Capitan, no parque nacional de Yosemite, nos EUA. A experiência mudou a vida do garoto, segundo afirmou seu pai, Joe Baker, que o acompanhou na escalada, encerrada ontem. Sam "Adventure (Aventura)" Baker iniciou a subida do penhasco com seu pai na terça-feira. Para realizar o feito, a dupla contou com uma equipe de outras duas pessoas. A subida foi realizada durante o dia e as noites foram passadas em estruturas provisórias, parecidas com redes, na face da rocha...

Posto está hoje com o carbino, que tem três vezes a tração do diamante. Grafeno está em segundo lugar O posto de material mais resistente do mundo foi por muito tempo do diamante, capaz de suportar uma pressão de até 97 megapascals (cerca de 9 mil vezes a pressão atmosférica) antes de se romper e podendo ser riscado apenas por outro diamante. Hoje em dia as coisas mudaram e outros materiais já acabaram com o seu reinado. O grafeno, até pouco tempo atrás, era o material mais resistente do mundo em seu estado cristalino, de acordo com pesquisadores da Universidade da Columbia (EUA)...

An interception of Russian bombers on the US-Russian border was atypical, as the Americans used undercover fighter jets. Flights by Russian bombers, most notably the Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, a giant turboprop with four counter-rotating engines, are common across Russia's border with Western countries, as well as between international airspace and NATO countries. In fact, for many, this was a great demonstration of Russian air power, which ended up proving limited during the invasion of Ukraine, with the loss of several aircraft and the non-use of Tu-95 bombers...

Russia unleashed a lethal barrage of strikes against multiple Ukrainian cities Monday, smashing civilian targets including downtown Kyiv where at least six people were killed amid burnt-out cars and shattered buildings. The onslaught brought back into focus the grim reality of war after months of easing tensions in the capital. Ukraine’s Emergency Service said a total of at least 11 people were killed and 64 were wounded in the morning attacks across Ukraine — the biggest and broadest since the early days of the war...

21 de set. de 2022 With no end in sight to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin is currently preparing to stage fake referendums in occupied regions of the country as a prelude to annexation. While there is little danger of the international community officially recognizing the results of such obviously rigged and illegitimate ballots, Russia’s referendum plans nevertheless have the potential to significantly escalate the war and must be prevented from proceeding. #eudebates the unique initiative...

The Ukrainian authorities have exhumed 436 bodies buried in a forest near the Ukrainian city of Izium, and 30 of them had "signs of torture", the governor of the Kharkiv region announced on Friday. "A total of 436 bodies were exhumed. Most show signs of violent death and 30 show signs of torture," Oleg Sinegu-bov said on Telegram. "There are bodies with a rope around them, with their hands tied, with broken limbs or bullet wounds. Several men have had their genitals amputated," Sinegubov said. 'Proof...

Hundreds of people have been arrested by authorities in Russia in protests against the new "partial mobilization" of reservists for the war in Ukraine, according to an independent human rights group. The NGO OVD-Info said that 724 people were detained in 32 different cities on Saturday (24). About a thousand people had already been arrested earlier in the week. Demonstrations have gripped the country since President Vladimir Putin announced plans to call up 300,000 reserve troops. "Unauthorized"...

"Hundreds of mass graves found in Ukrainian city of Izyum retaken by Ukraine" As soon as Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine, our response was united, determined and immediate. And we should be proud of that. We've brought Europa's inner strength back to the surface. And we're going to need all that strength. The next few months will not be easy. Whether it's families struggling to make ends meet or companies facing tough choices about their future. Let's be very clear: a lot is at stake here...