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The war has created a big need for blue-collar workers in Ukraine. Women such as 32-year-old Yuliia Kuzmina are stepping up.

She grew up in Ukraine, studied accounting, and joined the army. But since Russia invaded, she's made a hard career pivot — twice.

Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said his forces had captured about 1,000 square kilometers of territory in Russia's Kursk region.

Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much territory in Russia in the past week as Russia has captured in Ukraine this year

Russia is “rapidly approaching” a key military hub in eastern Ukraine, a local official has said, as Moscow continues its advances despite Kyiv’s surprise gains in its enemy’s Kursk region.

Russia ‘rapidly approaching’ key Ukraine city despite Kursk setback

NBC News

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the Ukraine army’s incursion into the Kursk region, which has caused more than 100,000 civilians to flee, is an attempt by Kyiv to stop Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.

Putin says Ukraine's incursion into Kursk is an attempt to stop Moscow’s eastern offensive

The New York Times

KYIV, Ukraine — The saboteurs managed to place four explosives on a Russian freight train carrying diesel and jet fuel, roughly 3,000 miles from the Ukrainian border. But more important than the destruction of the train, Ukrainian intelligence officials said, was the timing of the blast.

Ukraine, Stalled on the Front, Steps Up Sabotage, Targeting Trains

MOSCOW (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin ordered his army on Monday to "dislodge" Ukrainian troops who have entered Russian territory as authorities said over 120,000 people had been evacuated away from the fighting. Kyiv launched a surprise offensive into Russia's western Kursk region last Tuesday, capturing over two dozen...

Putin orders army to ‘dislodge’ Ukraine as over 120,000 flee border

Many Russians fleeing Ukraine’s surprise incursion are furious at Moscow’s response. Kyiv said it now controls at least 1,000 square kilometers of Russia’s Kursk province and has detained at least 100 Russian soldiers, forcing Moscow to withdraw some troops from Ukraine to counter the offensive. Kursk residents told the Financial Times that authorities failed to coordinate an organized evacuation and blamed Kremlin-backed media and internet blackouts for leaving them in an information vacuum.

Russians criticize Putin after incursion

The Guardian

Everything going to plan, Ukrainian commander Syrskyi tells Volodymyr Zelenskiy; soldiers recount how Russians failed to protect border. What we know on day 903

Ukraine war briefing: Belgorod declares emergency, Kursk ‘real dilemma’ for Putin says Biden

Straight Arrow News SANcom

What was thought to be a small cross-border raid by Ukraine into Russia is now the deepest incursion made by either side since the war began.

Ukraine troops enter Russia, taking territory and prisoners

CBS News

President Vladimir Putin ordered his army on Monday to "dislodge" Ukrainian troops who have entered Russian territory as authorities said more than 120,000 people had been evacuated away from the fighting.Kyiv launched a surprise offensive into Russia's western Kursk region last Tuesday, capturing more than two dozen settlements in the most significant cross-border attack on Russian soil since World War II."One of the obvious goals of the enemy is to sow discord, strife, intimidate people, destroy the unity and cohesion of Russian society," Putin told a televised meeting with government officials."The main task is, of course, for the defense ministry...

Putin orders army to "dislodge" Ukrainian troops from Russian territory

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San Diego, CA

SAN DIEGO — A rarely seen deep-sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said. The silvery, 12-foot-long (3.6-meter) oarfish was found last weekend by a group of snorkelers and kayakers...

Rare deep-sea oarfish found in California, scientists want to know why

A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv's forces seize scores of villages, take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what has become the largest attack on the country since World War II. In more than a...

Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities

The Week

Gamble to boost morale, improve negotiating position and show the West it can still win is 'paying off – for now'

What can Ukraine gain from Russia incursion?

TheDailyBeast

Until recently, the ground war in Ukraine seemed to have turned in Vladimir Putin’s favor. Despite some real Ukrainian success stories—their use of drones, for example, to threaten the Russian navy or oil industry—on the front lines Russia has launched a series of offensives to push the defenders back. While not catastrophic for Ukraine, they made the prospect of recapturing occupied territory any time soon that much slimmer.Then, in early August, Kyiv’s forces broke through Russian defensive lines in a completely unexpected direction: over the border with Russia’s Kursk region. Ukrainian forces rapidly moved into Kursk, seizing several towns and...

Why Ukraine’s Charge into Russia Is Putin’s Very Worst Nightmare

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

The Current GA

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

UPI News

Russia declared a state of emergency in its western Kursk region amid an ongoing incursion by Ukrainian forces that has killed five civilians and injured 30 including six children, according to health officials.

Ukraine acknowledges Kursk incursion; Russia declares state of emergency

WashingtonExaminer

A TALE OF TWO FRONTS: Among the goals of Ukraine’s surprise offensive into the Kursk region on its northeastern border was to relieve the pressure that its undermanned front-line forces were feeling from a relentless Russian advance in the Donetsk region just to the south.  To some extent the strategy has worked, with Russia forced […]

Ukraine success in Kursk has yet to blunt Russia advances on embattled eastern front

Help for Ukraine comes not only from international organizations, foreign governments and large foundations, but also from ordinary citizens across the globe. Among them – a group of individuals in Norfolk, England, who have been helping Ukrainians since the start of Russia’s invasion. Omelyan Oshchudlyak has the story. Video: Yuriy Dankevych.

British garage owners help deliver cars to Ukraine

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Appling County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

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Analysis: How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded

LONDON/KYIV, UKRAINE — In the hours before Ukrainian soldiers stormed across Russia's western border, there was no sign from Moscow that anything was amiss. At midnight...

Analysis: How Russia looked the wrong way as Ukraine invaded

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