"Ukrainian forces crossed to the Russian-occupied east bank of the
Kherson region and have
taken up positions. Russian-installed regional
governor Vladimir Saldo said Ukrainian “sabotage groups” had managed to
hide out on the outskirts of the Russian-controlled town of Kozachi
Laheri, near the Dnipro river. They were later “cleared out” by Russian
forces, he said." AlJazeera
"Pyongyang
has repeatedly carried out missile tests in response to what North
Korea describes
as provocative war games carried out by Japan, South
Korea, and the US. North
Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected the launch of strategic cruise
missiles fired from a patrol ship of his country’s East Sea Fleet." Sputnik
"A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles while
Southern California experiences a historic tropical storm from Hurricane
Hillary. People immediately hit social media to express their disbelief over
experiencing an earthquake at the same time California deals with a
once-in-a-lifetime tropical storm that has sparked a state of emergency." Breitbart
"Russians conducted at least nine searches among representatives of the
Jehovah's Witnesses religious organisation in temporarily occupied
Crimea, and two house arrests were reported.....four followers of the Church of Jehovah's Witnesses to various terms of
imprisonment, accused of participating in the organisation and financing
of an "extremist community". Pravada
"President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will
touch down in Maui as the search goes on
for more than 1,000
people left missing and unaccounted for nearly two weeks since wildfires
devastated the Hawaii island.
Biden will pause his vacation in Lake Tahoe to fly
from Reno, Nevada, to Maui, where he and first lady Jill Biden will take
a helicopter tour of the burned-out areas." Breitbart
"Russia’s Luna-25 automatic interplanetary station has collided with the Moon.....“According to the results of a preliminary analysis… the Luna-25
spacecraft switched to a non-designated orbit and ceased to operate due
to a collision with the surface of the Moon,” Roscosmos said." RT
"The US is not in a position to supply Ukraine with tactical ballistic
missiles in quantities that
could help turn the tide in its
counteroffensive, the Financial Times has reported...... the FT, citing unnamed American officials, claimed that the US simply
does not produce enough tactical ballistic missiles, those which Ukraine
has been asking for, to “make a significant difference on the battlefield.” RT