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“With the change in administration, something moved,” noted Sokol Bega, deputy head of reporting and political analysis at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. “This week is, maybe, a turning point.” In late June, Ukrainian troops abandoned their position along the so-called contact line that separates the Donbas, the part of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, from the rest of Ukraine. The country’s military withdrew around 500 meters from the line of contact, an unprecedented move in a longstanding conflict marked daily skirmishes and ceasefire violations....

In a Telegram post early on Monday, the Ukrainian Air Force said: “On the night of December 18-19, 2022, the Russian occupation forces attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made kamikaze drones “Shahed-136/131”. “In total, about thirty-five barrage ammunitions were found. “As last time, the attack UAVs were launched from the eastern coast of the Sea of ​​Azov. “The forces and means of the Air Force of the Armed Forces, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, destroyed thirty “shaheds” of the Russian occupiers!...

Musk said in a post on Twitter that his company retracted the request. His tweet came in response to a Politico article about U.S. military officials reportedly considering a previous request for funding help, which was first reported earlier this month. “SpaceX has already withdrawn its request for funding,” Musk’s tweet said. The funding question concerns Starlink, the SpaceX-operated satellite internet system that expanded coverage in Ukraine earlier this year....

“Today, the enemy has again destroyed generating energy facilities,” Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, said on Telegram. “Please take this seriously.” This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting with government officials on Wednesday to discuss energy facility security in the wake of recent Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure. Tymoshenko said these restrictions apply to all regions of the country. If these restrictions are not followed, he warns residents should prepare for temporary outages....

This was confirmed by the municipality communications manager Mdu Ncalane - stating that city has invested financially in Thanda, who won last season’s National First Division (NFD) title and gained promotion to the PSL. Thanda are open to selling their PSL status to fellow KwaZulu-Natal side AmaZulu, but Umhlathuze municipality have instructed their lawyers to investigate if the deal is approved by the PSL. “Obviously we are not happy with the deal....

After Detroit’s Alex Avila advanced on a check swing on a 3-2 pitch in the seventh inning, the Mariners’ appeal was rejected. The lost appeal prompted McClendon to give a dismissive brushing motion with his left hand, which umpire Tony Randazzo apparently took offense to. It’s such a faint gesture that even in the GIF below you have to try hard to even see it. The issue likely has to do with the fact that Randazzo threw McClendon out on Saturday for arguing balls and strikes....

Umtiti arrived at Barcelona in the summer of 2016 from Lyon and has quickly established himself as a regular at the heart of the Catalans’ defence. Griezmann 19/20 to score v Deportivo That form has also seen him break into the France team, where alongside Griezmann the youngster helped Les Bleus clinch a place at the 2018 World Cup. Now, with Griezmann’s Atletico struggling to reach the heights of previous seasons, Umtiti believes he would be a fine addition to the Blaugrana squad....

There are several methods of getting around this problem. Booting from the Recovery HD partition or a different device: The Recovery HD is a special partition on your startup drive that has been present since OS X Lion and later. You can also boot from another drive that has a bootable system on it, or your OS X Install DVD, if you computer came with one. Safe Mode: This is a special booting method that forces your Mac to perform an automatic disk check and repair as it tries to start up....

The UFC President, Dana White, defended his star champion by stating that it wasn’t her fault. He had tried to grab her arm when she was about to walk away, but Rowdy pulled her arm off his grip and headed backstage. “First of all, she was never supposed to speak, and neither was Amanda,” White explained during a post-fight press interview. “My production guys screwed that thing up. It made Ronda look bad again like she just stormed off....

The main event sees the UFC Flyweight title on the line as Deiveson Figueiredo defends against Brandon Moreno. On the other hand, the UFC Lightweight division is spotlighted in the co-main event in the form of Tony Ferguson vs. Charles Oliveira. Of course, the whole thing is dependent on late-notice changes – COVID-19 is bound to affect one of these fights at least. But overall, this looks like a potentially strong UFC show....

Two and a half years later, the UFC was back in the state capital, and while some things have changed, others remain the same. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year The venue is still considered one of the most impressive in The Association, while the Kings have taken major steps forward to become one of the league’s most intriguing squads. And just like last time the UFC blew through town, Faber was in the cage, after coming out of retirement a few months after turning 40 and becoming a father....

While the MMA waits to see what’s next for UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas, the strawweight division will continue to develop its next big stars. UFC Vegas 48, taking place on Saturday inside the UFC’s APEX Center, features a bout that could enhance the division. Sporting News, with the help of Sports Interaction, takes a closer look at a pretty even strawweight bout in Diana Belbita vs. Gloria de Paula....

In an interview with Ukrainian news site Obozrevatel, Tuka said Kyiv will not fight to the last Ukrainian, but “to the last Russian,” saying Ukraine should not limit itself to hit enemy targets within its territory but strike on Russian territory too. “I would very much like our American partners to stop tying us hand and foot with the demand not to shell the territory of Russia,” he told Obozrevatel....

The Wall Street Journal reported that the change is tied to the hesitance of U.S. officials, including President Joe Biden, to provide long-range missiles that could be fired into Russian territory and further inflame tensions with officials in Moscow. While the U.S. has refrained from providing Ukraine with long-range Army Tactical Missile System rockets, or ATACMS missiles, which can travel almost 200 miles, the modified HIMARS would disallow Ukrainian forces to fire ATACMS if acquired from another source....

Ukraine’s security got a boost last month when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed America’s unwavering support for Kyiv’s sovereignty. But instead of capitalizing on the U.S. endorsement and strengthening the Ukrainian government’s position at home, Kyiv is playing into Putin’s hands by implementing discriminatory policies against its own loyal ethnic minority citizens. In so doing, Ukraine risks alienating its closest NATO allies in the region just as it needs them the most....

While over 10 million Ukrainian residents have been forced from their homes since Russia invaded on February 24, either by fleeing the country or by moving internally, a significant number have since returned. In a tweet on Tuesday night, Ukrainian journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk said that returning residents of Kyiv were ignoring pleas from Mayor Vitali Klitschko and others urging them to delay their return. “Our beautiful Kyiv comes back to live,” Gumenyuk tweeted....

“The Air Force aviation, was also deployed to strike specific terrestrial targets and objects of the occupiers,” General Staff of the Armed Forces added in a Facebook post on Monday, vowing: “Together we will win!” Invading Russian forces have targeted the outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian air force since the war began on February 24. Russia’s Defense Ministry said on March 9 that it had it had destroyed 81 radar stations and damaged 90 percent of Ukraine’s airfields, crippling its combat aviation....

The zoo shared a video of the newborn goats on February 27 in a Facebook post that can be found here. It shows a zoo worker gently handling and stroking the newborns as the worker edges them towards their mother. The goats were born after a “very tense night,” during which loud explosions were heard until the morning, the zoo said. “Fortunately, there were no direct hits on the territory of the zoo....

An all-or-nothing game in both teams’ bids to reach the finals, the one-off knockout match could end their World Cup dreams or leave them one game away from being in Qatar in November. Ukraine have not qualified for the finals since their solitary World Cup appearance in 2006, when they reached the quarterfinals in Germany. Many neutrals will be willing Ukraine’s players to progress in a year when their preparations — and, in many cases, their careers — have been wildly disrupted by the attack on their homeland....

The UK Ministry of Defense said in a Friday intelligence update that Russian troops’ “failure” to destroy their military vehicles and other weaponry before withdrawing from the battlefield “highlights their poor state of training and low levels of battle discipline.” The defense ministry predicted Russia will “likely continue to lose heavy weaponry” as the war continues. UK defense officials estimated Ukraine has captured 440 or more Russian tanks and about 650 additional armored vehicles in the months since Russia first invaded Ukraine in late February....