opening the door for the Pentagon to fund so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors.

the secretary of national security and defense council of Ukraine.Paula Bronstein /GettyThese criticisms culminated in an attempted mutiny in June led by the paramilitary Wagner Group.

Ukrainian defense official Oleksiy Danilov said that Russias concerns about another rebellion are preventing their military from launching a new offensive.His remarks come as Ukraines Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) reported growing confrontations between pro-Ukrainian residents of Crimea and Russias military stationed on the peninsula that Putin invaded and annexed from Ukraine in 2014.Danilov suggested more protests against Kremlin leadership may be not too far off in time.

Although the rebellion ultimately failed.Putin initially hoped for a quick victory in the special military operation.

but Ukraines stronger-than-anticipated defense effort.

The current situation for the kremlin is such that the unrealized desire for a second offensive on Kyiv will be overshadowed by the urgent need to prepare to meet a second march on moscow.Obviously there are a range of tougher measures that we would have to consider.

is battling an acute outbreak.000 new coronavirus infections a day over the past six days.

regulators approved another vaccine made by Oxford University and pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that is cheaper and easier to use than the Pfizer vaccine.London and southeast England are facing extremely high levels of new infections and there is speculation that restrictions there will have to be tightened to bring the virus under control.