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For Lord Amir Zelensky, Ukraine's president, said he would dismiss his defense minister, Alexei Reznikov, asking Parliament to confirm,

Rostem Umerov, Head of the State Property Fund, as his replacement.

Rumors have long swirled around Mr. Reznikov's position.

His deputy was fired in January and made allegations of corruption at the Ministry, which Mr. Reznikov has rejected.

Ukraine's scum proved a newspaper reported on Thursday that his departure might be imminent.

Ukrainian troops breached Russia's first defensive line.

Near Zaporizhia, according to General, Alexander Tarnavsky, who is leading Ukraine's southern counteroffensive.

The army's efforts seem to be picking up speed as it takes advantage of the liberation on August 28th of Robotony, a village south of Zaporizhia.

Ukraine also said its air defenses had shot down 22 of 25 drones, aimed by Russia at the Odessa region.

Those that got through hit port infrastructure on the river Danubey.

An air strike by Sudan's army on a neighborhood in Kotum, the capital, killed at least 20 people, according to a local volunteer group.

The Sudanese armed forces carries out strikes to target members of the rapid defence forces.

A parliamentary group it has been fighting since April.

More than 5,000 civilians have been killed in the conflict and more than 2 million displaced.

India's space agency said that its rover on the Moon had been set to, quote, sleep mode,

unless awakened it will remain dormant as, quote, India's lunar ambassador.

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