Russia advances into northern Ukraine
Russian troops have surged onto Ukraine’s northeastern border after launching a complex offensive on Friday. At least nine villages have been captured, Russia takes up more square miles every day More than almost any other moment in the war.
Now that some Ukrainian troops are retreating, some commanders have taken the unusual step of pointing fingers. Thousands of civilians fled to Kharkiv, about 20 miles from the border and the nearest big city to the village. For now, it is safe, but people on the ground say machine gun fire is increasingly being heard.
Ukraine’s top military commander, General Alexander Silsky, acknowledged that the situation had “significantly worsened.” But he said Russia’s attempts to break through Ukraine’s defenses had so far been unsuccessful.
TOLL: Villagers of Kherson region slowly rebuilding their lives After Ukraine beat back Russia. Now, residents are bracing for another wave of attacks.
In Russia: President Vladimir Putin Sergey Shoigu movesHis defense minister was moved to head the National Security Council, the first shakeup of Putin’s national security team since the invasion began.
In Ukraine: Seaborne grain and oilseed exports Now close to pre-war levelsaccording to data shared with The Times.
Fighting rages in northern Gaza
The Israeli military has stepped up pressure on the southern city of Rafah, which it calls Hamas’s last stronghold in Gaza.but close ground combat Weekend clashes between Hamas militants and Israeli forces near Gaza City and Jabaliya were a reminder that the militants are likely to remain a force long into the future.
It has become a common scenario during the seven-month-long war: Israel declares an area cleared by Hamas, only to return after the militants have rebuilt their forces.
Military analysts say Hamas has been able to reestablish itself in some areas because Israel refuses to administer the territories itself or hand them over to non-Hamas Palestinian control.
us: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he was concerned that Israel’s failure to set a template for governance in Gaza meant its victory might not be “sustainable” and that it would be followed by “chaos, anarchy and ultimately the reappearance of Hamas.” “”.
Quote: “I am deeply saddened by the rapid deterioration of the situation in Gaza,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a statement about the fighting in the north.
Socialists win Catalonia elections
Spain’s ruling Socialist Party Became the winner of the regional election yesterday in Catalonia, but did not gain enough seats to govern alone. The vote is widely seen as a litmus test for Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s polarizing amnesty measure against separatists.
The Socialists are now likely to face weeks of haggling and possibly another election. But for the first time in years they may be able to form a local government led by an anti-independence party.
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A very British apostrophe fight
A decision by local councils in England to remove apostrophes from street signs such as St Mary’s Walk and the King’s Road has caused consternation and even some discreet acts of vandalism.
Officials said the decision will make streets easier to search in the database. Some experts say the apostrophe serves no practical purpose. One linguist says they can be decorative and confusing, like “harpoons” of punctuation.
But some supporters are angry. The president of the Society for the Preservation of Apostrophes, a small British group, said phasing out apostrophes was “cultural destruction”. “What’s next?” One former teacher added: “We just use emojis?”
