The Russian military is having problems signing up soldiers….
Russian missile lands near the Ukraine Nuclear power plant….
World leaders leave the Queen’s ceremony for the UN General assembly in New York City with the Ukraine on the agenda….
The Ukraine forces maybe actually making process against Russian Putin’s new lsmaller objective…
The Donbas region…..
Here’s what we know:
A Ukrainian official said that of 146 bodies exhumed so far in a northeastern city, most were civilians and some had been tortured.
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Russia is struggling to attract new recruits for its army, a U.S. official says.
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Most of the 146 bodies exhumed in Izium so far were civilians, a Ukrainian official said.
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A Russian missile hits less than 900 feet from nuclear reactors.
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The strike increases concerns about nuclear safety in Ukraine.
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After Putin acknowledges Xi’s ‘concerns,’ Russia and China pledge closer cooperation.
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World leaders gather in New York under the shadow of the Ukraine war.
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McDonald’s begins to reopen restaurants in Ukraine this week….
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Ukraine’s military said on Sunday that its forces had crossed the Oskil River, which has emerged as the new front line in the northeast after the recent rout of Russian forces from the Kharkiv region.
Since withdrawing from Kharkiv amid a lightning Ukrainian offensive this month, Russian forces have established a new defensive line along the Oskil, which flows south toward the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. Last week, Russia’s Defense Ministry released a map that showed Russian forces had withdrawn to the eastern side of the river, about 10 miles east of the city of Izium….
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If Ukrainian forces were to establish control of part of the eastern bank, it would suggest that Russian forces were not using the river as a defensive line, and that there might be little in the way to block Ukraine’s military from advancing into Donetsk and Luhansk, which are collectively known as Donbas. The complete capture of Donbas is a major strategic objective of President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion….