Morning Bird: Ukraine reported the liberation of four of its villages in the Donetsk region. Trump again threatens with the National Guard
The Ukrainian army has regained part of the territory in Donbass, which consists of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. These are the villages of Mykhailivka, Zelenyj Haj, Volodymyrivka and Novomykhailivka. Republican President Donald Trump threatened another American city led by Democrats, that he will send the National Guard into its streets.
The Donetsk region is the center of new battles
The Ukrainian army has liberated three villages in the Donetsk region, said Oleksandr Syrskyj, the chief commander of the Ukrainian armed forces. Specifically, he named the villages Mykhailivka, Zelenyj Haj, and Volodymyrivka. The Ukrainian military intelligence HUR then announced the capture of the village of Novomykhailivka in the same region. In contrast, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of the village of Filya in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Moscow is occupying a vast part of Ukrainian territory, and recently the invasion forces in the east of the country are slowly but steadily advancing, despite high losses, wrote the server Ceskenoviny.cz.
Trump plans to expand the number of cities where the National Guard could be deployed
US President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to expand the deployment of the National Guard to another city run by the Democratic Party. This is about Baltimore in the state of Maryland. Trump justifies sending the soldiers by high crime rate, which local politicians reject. Last week he mentioned that he was considering their deployment to Chicago and New York. Currently, thousands of National Guard members and federal police officers are patrolling in Washington, reported agency AP.
Iran will stand up to American demands, says Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated that the United States wants Tehran to be "obedient" to them. However, his people will reportedly stand up to such a "serious insult". Khamenei's comments come after Iran and European powers agreed on Friday to resume talks in an effort to revive full-fledged negotiations over a program concerning uranium enrichment. France, Britain and Germany declared they could reactivate UN sanctions if Tehran does not return to the negotiating table, reported Al Jazeera.
Music festival interrupted performance due to waving Palestinian flag
The organizers of the Victorious music festival in Portsmouth apologized to the Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers, which claims that during their performance the sound was muted due to the display of the Palestinian flag. A number of other performers withdrew from the festival because of this. The organizers were accused of suppressing freedom of expression, said CNN.
Sources: Ceskenoviny.cz, AP, CNN, Al Jazeera
