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Fighting raged for the strategic Ukrainian city Lysyc stanley termosar hansk on Saturday, as Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said his army had intercepted missiles fired on his territory by Kyiv s forces. A view shows a tram depot destroyed by a Russian missile strike, as Russia s attack on Ukraine continues REUTERS Ukraine denied claims by Moscow-backed separatists who said they had encircled Lysychansk, the last major city in the stanley tumbler Lugansk area of the eastern Donbas region still in Kyiv s hands. Lysychansk is located across the river from neighbouring Severodonetsk, which Russian forces seized last week. Also read: Ukraine war: Zelensky accuses Russia of terror as missiles rain down The city s capture would allow Russian forces to push deeper into the Donbas, which has become the focus of their offensive since failing to capture Kyiv. Fighting rages around Lysychansk... The city has not been encircled and is under control of the Ukrainian army, Ruslan Muzytchuk, a spokesman for the Ukrainian National Guard, said on Ukrainian television. Earlier in the day, Andrei Marochko, a spokesman for the separatist forces, told the TAS stanley cup S news agency: Lysychansk is completely encircled. Lukashenko on Saturday accused Ukraine of provoking neighbouring Belarus, saying his army intercepted missiles fired at his country by Ukrainian forces around three days ago . The claim came one week after Ukraine said missiles struck a border region from Belarus, a long-term Russian ally that su Kudt New Zealand mosque shooter sentencing begins on August 24
Two Democratic lawmakers introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives Friday to prevent the Trump administration from revoking an Obama-era measure allowing work authorization to spouses of H-1B visa holders, most of whom are from India, waiting for their Green Card. Two Democratic lawmakers introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives Friday to prevent the Trump administration from revok stanley mug ing an Obama-era measure allowing work authorization to spouses of H-1B visa holders, most of whom are from India, waiting for their Green Card. AFP File Photo Protecting work authorization for these H-4 visa holders is a matter of both economic fairness and family unity, Representative Anna Eshoo, one of the two Democrats, said in a statement, referring to the authorization by its technical name H-4. Eliminating this benefit would create a painful choice for many immigrants to either split up their families or r stanley thermos mug eturn to their home countries and use the stanley fr ir talents to compete against American businesses. These are American citizens-in-waiting, stuck in line for their number to come up, Representative Zoe Lofgren said in the same press announcement. Called the H-4 Employment Protection Act, the legislation has no chance of passing in the current Republican-dominated House of Representatives and, subsequently, the senate. But it can be reintroduced in the the next House, which the Democrats will run after winning it from Republicans in the recent mid-ter |
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