Of russias full scale invasion in feburary of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraines army. But as ukraines government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. Meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainan generals claim theyve breached russias formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy told the Observer Newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. But the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying ukraine expects weaker Russian Defences ahead. Questions over ukraines slow progress on the battlefield remain, but ukraine says its forces are making steady gains in the south of the country, expanding its units in recent week
Person has died the cause is under investigation. It could be several days before the ground dries up enough for people to leave. And while many party goers are making the best of it, some say the conditions are a disaster. Heres seven year veteran of Burning Man David date. Hundreds of vehicles that are completely stuck in the mud. There are people walking on foot to the nearest city and there are camps, a lot of european camps that fly in and do burning man that have left everything, their trash, their tents, their infrastructure so this is a disaster like never been seen at burning man. 0ur david willis, is there amid the mud. This was supposed to be the day the people attending this festival headed home instead Tens Of Thousands of them are stranded here, mired in mud which has thickened over the course of the last few hours, following renewed downpours of rain. As you can see behind me, some people are packing up in readiness for their departure but a driving ban remains in force
To face far weaker Russian Defences ahead. Ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country and has recently expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, which is a Logistical Centre for russian forces. Last week, ukraines military said it had captured the village of robotyne, in the zaporizhzhia region, amid a counteroffensive that is yielding incremental gains. Sources in the Ukrainian Army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. An adviser to president zelenskyy, aleksander rodnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv s forces. Weve been waiting for this moment for quite some time. Weve been hoping that we would pierce through the Russian Defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe Military Experts when they talk about it. So hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have established, those will be easier to essentially overcome. And perhaps hopeful
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And this is what i should say, i have much less words to explain the henous crime that may not be precedented in the history, america has been like playing as as a fascist government all over the world for years, for decades now, its more than 76 years now the of palestine is struggling against israel to survive and all those countries are supporting you know undue proportion and now the rejection of the russias resolution in Un Security Council is a sheer violation of the human rights i believe meanwhile the us has sent military aid to and since 2016 they are putting about 10 billion dollar i believe every year, one 3. 8 billion dollar annually, and this is really strange that what they want in the region, they are standing israel with all the military support and trying to eliminate all the arab. Countries arab middle east region and that is very dangerous point in the history of humankind, i believe and one has to take this the present decisions and the present intentions of the gov