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Aaron Rhodes is a prominent international human rights activist and a senior fellow at the Common Sense Society. On Tuesday, the Kyiv Post published an opinion piece by Rhodes in which he spoke out against recent calls by other activists for Ukraine to accept a ceasefire and bring an end to the conflict. Rhodes positioned his piece as a response to an alleged demonstration being planned for February 15, nearly a year after Russia’s invasion first began....

The outcry was sparked by Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, in a tweet that has since been deleted. In response to another tweet from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about a $775 million military aid package from the United States, Ulyanov wrote: “No mercy to the Ukrainian population!” In response, Oleg Nikolenko, a representative for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, called for Ulyanov to be expelled from Austria and said his words are advocating for genocide....

Hence, all eyes will be glued to the screens when Portugal and Ukraine will go head-to-head on Monday (October 14) at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. Fernando Santos’ Portugal has managed to accumulate eight points over four games so far. Sitting five points clear, Andriy Shevchenko’s Ukraine would do all it takes to increase their lead to eight points. Ukraine is yet to be beaten in this competition, and wouldn’t want to break their record on Monday....

Davis was clearly hyped during TBS’s scheduled interview with him, which came after the Tar Heels dug themselves out of a 7-0 hole to take a 22-18 lead at the under-eight TV timeout with 7:53 remaining in the half. MORE: UNC vs. Kansas live score, updates, highlights Davis barely let courtside reporter Tracy Wolfson get out her first question before going off. “We’re competing out there,” Davis said. “It’s live action, Tracy....

For those unaware, Naughty Dog is offering two in-game bonuses for Uncharted 4 that are somewhat unconventional in terms of the types of rewards other games offer during these kinds of weekend events. Instead of doling out extra XP, for instance, the studio is providing players with a 50 percent Relic bonus on all challenges and a 70 percent discount on all cosmetic item bundles, the latter of which gives fans the opportunity to stock up on the action-adventure release’s vanity objects at relatively inexpensive prices using Uncharted Point microtransactions....

Regarding the figure, it represents Uncharted 4 copies sold to customers, instead of those shipped to retailers, and it also includes the game’s physical and digital sales as of May 16. And while many would argue that more than 2.7 million units is a respectable showing for the first week, it’s important to note that what is potentially the last game in the series failed to match the statistics of Uncharted 3’s reported global shipping of 3....

However, Jon Jones admitted that he would continue to root for all the fighters training in the gym. The two-time light heavyweight champion also mentioned that his training methods had improved while he was there. ‘Bones’ took to his official Twitter account and wrote: Jones also revealed that he is on the lookout for training partners, mainly wrestlers and kickboxers, as he will not be able to train in his garage forever....

Masvidal recently sat down for an interview with Yahoo Sports and discussed the possibility of a superfight against either Conor McGregor or Nick Diaz. Jorge Masvidal wants a shot at Conor McGregor or Nick Diaz While conversing with Yahoo Sports, BMF Champion Masvidal claimed that he is not interested in facing the winner of the upcoming bout between Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington, as he has his sights set on a bigger fight....

The first of that will see him face Marlon Moraes in his Bantamweight debut - a move that many have been skeptical about as the Brazilian has had struggles cutting weight to 145 before. Either way, he weighs around 152 pounds now and has been devouring two pounds of salad a day to try and make 135. When talking to the media at the gym ahead of UFC 245, Aldo was asked about his retirement and if it’s looming anytime soon....

Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje is currently on a 3-fight win streak, having finished James Vick, Edson Barboza, and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, via first-round knockout. He stated after the Cerrone fight that he intends to sit out and wait for a title shot, being the first to admit that Tony Ferguson was ahead of the line for a title shot (which he’ll get on April 18th). At the time, many felt that McGregor should have fought Gaethje - the more exciting fight....

Aside from being a top UFC heavyweight contender, Ciryl Gane is also a gamer. ‘Bon Gamin’ is friends with Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi and they like to play video games together live on Twitch. During a recent soccer video game session, ‘Bon Gamin’ was surprised when Hakimi suddenly called Mbappe to join him for a bit. An overwhelmed Gane then shared the epic moment on social media. In a recent Instagram post, the UFC star said:...

“I’ve been in this position three times in my career,” said dos Anjos, who enters his main event pairing on a two-fight skid. “I started in the UFC with two losses and was able to put together a good winning streak and (when I changed divisions), it was the same thing.” Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Instead, the Brazilian veteran has navigated these treacherous waters before and been able to chart a course to contention both times, but the circumstances are not exactly the same....

Name: Livia Renata Souza Record: 11-1 overall, UFC debut Division: Strawweight Team: Team Maximo / Atos Jiu Jitsu Seldom do you see a potential Top 10 talent competing in the opening bout of an event, but that’s the situation this weekend as Livia Renata Souza makes her delayed UFC debut in Sao Paulo, Brazil against Alex Chambers. As business has picked up in the strawweight ranks and new names have risen towards the top of the division, people seem to have forgotten about Souza, a former Invicta FC champion who went 4-1 in the all-female promotion with her only setback being a razor-thin split decision loss to Top 15 fixture Angela Hill....

For months now, fans have been eagerly anticipating the official announcement of a grudge match between best-friends turned sworn enemies Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal. The pair used to train together at the American Top Team gym in Florida under the tutelage of Dan Lambert. However, gone are the days when they used to be friends; Masvidal and Covington don’t see eye to eye anymore. After all this time, since both Masvidal and Covington are coming off of losses in their respective title fights against the division’s reigning champion Kamaru Usman, it makes sense for the UFC to put together this fight....

Ukraine’s armed forces said that at 6 p.m. on Friday, two Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets struck the island, which has been the scene of a bitter tussle between both sides since the war started on February 24. Next to their statement on Facebook, Ukraine’s army posted a video that they said showed the strike. The footage shows a plane dropping munitions at least twice on the island, with what appears to be white streaks rising above it....

Monastyrsky and other ministry officials, including his deputy minister Yevheniy Yenin and state secretary Yurii Lubkovich, were on board the emergency civil service helicopter when it crashed in Brovary, a city near Kyiv, said the head of the National Police of Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko. The crash took place at around 8:20 a.m. local time in foggy weather conditions, according to local media reports. “In total, 16 dead are known so far, two of them are children....

Side-by-side maps of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region—the frontline of the war—dated July 8 and July 12, show the number of major fires in Ukraine - an indication of Russian shelling - before and after Ukraine ramped up attacks using the HIMARS precision rocket weapon system provided by Washington. NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System or FIRMS was created to monitor large-scale fires. The maps illustrate a sharp decrease in the number of fires detected by NASA satellites—an indicator that long-range strikes on Russian ammunition warehouses appear to be playing in Ukraine’s favor....

For months now, Ukrainians have given a new meaning to resilience, but they cannot fight alone. The Ukraine war is a watershed moment in European history, and the pre-war European security system is clearly no longer viable. New approaches are needed, none more so than Ukraine’s further integration into the European Union (EU). The future stability of the continent depends on it. Important steps have already been taken. In June, Ukraine was officially granted EU candidate nation status, countering Moscow’s attempts to crush Ukrainian statehood that date back to the end of the Cold War....

The Russian Foreign Ministry tweeted that the goal of Russia’s military action against Ukraine is to actually prevent any war from breaking out there. Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya suggested the authors of the tweet seek mental help. While holding a printout of the tweet, Kyslytsya read it aloud at the U.N. meeting in New York. “Those who posted today, this text—‘Foreign Minister Lavrov: The goal of Russia’s special military operation is to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there’—Russian embassy in London, retweeted by the Russian Foreign Ministry....

Tensions between the two countries have been rising since 2014, when the war against Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, collectively known as Donbas, began. Though Russia continues to deny providing the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics troops and weapons, it also warned Ukraine against attempting to take the Donbas region back. Russian officials alleged that Ukraine building its troops in the east was a sign of it trying to reclaim the rebel-controlled area, with Russian Chief of the General Staff General Valery Gerasimov previously warning that any “provocation” in the Donbas region would be “suppressed....