Ukrainian forces launched a new large attack in Western Russian Kursk region
Ukrainian troops broke through the border in a surprise incursion in August 2024 and have resisted Russian attempts to expel them for the past five months
who support Moscow's war in Ukraine but are often critical of its failures
indicate that the latest Ukrainian offensive has put Russian forces on the defensive
The Ministry of Defense of Russia claims that Russia repelled two Ukrainian counterattacks in the Kursk region
Artillery and small arms battles are said to be taking place
and Ukraine is using Western armored vehicles to bring in large numbers of infantry
Zelensky: Losses of Russian and North Korean forces
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Russian and North Korean forces have suffered heavy losses in fighting in southern Russia
the Russian army lost almost a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroopers
A battalion is the basic tactical unit of the ground army and can consist of different numbers of soldiers
Usually it is a number of several hundreds
Ukrainian and Western estimates say 11.000 North Korean troops are deployed in the Kursk region
where Ukrainian forces control swaths of territory after a massive cross-border incursion in August
Serbian students repeated a hundred times that this is a marathon
Similar to Adam Mihnjik in the eighties in Poland
The government in Serbia is on the way to the end - you just need to be patient
With the inclusivity created at the plenums
students should continue during election engagement
including the opposition at some point - whatever it may be
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Polish troops guard the metal barrier border with Belarus, in Bialowieza Forest, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter Russia are behind a surging push by migrants in Belarus toward the European Union. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A Polish soldier patrols the metal barrier border with Belarus, in Bialowieza Forest, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter Russia are behind a surging push by migrants in Belarus toward the European Union. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A view of migrants behind the metal barrier border that Poland has erected along the border with Belarus, in Bialowieza Forest, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter Russia are behind a surging push by migrants in Belarus toward the European Union. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
FILE - Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, centre, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, centre left, and Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak,, visit visit troops who patrol Poland’s border with Belarus, in Dubicze Cerkiewna, eastern Poland on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter Russia are behind a surging push by migrants in Belarus toward the European Union. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
The soldier was hospitalized in serious condition in the town of Hajnowka. On Thursday he was taken to a military hospital in Warsaw but died there in the afternoon, the military said.
“The motherland and his compatriots will never forget about this sacrifice. I extend words of deepest sympathy to his family,” Tusk wrote.
The Polish foreign ministry on Thursday summoned the Belarusian charge d’affaires, demanding that Minsk authorities identify and hand over the soldier’s “murderer,” Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said.
Poland and the EU say many of the migrants are organized and aided by Russia and its ally Belarus to destabilize Europe. According to Polish officials, about 90% of the migrants at Poland’s border have Russian visas, which points to Russia’s role.
“For the first time we are dealing with a situation when a neighboring country is supporting migrants in an evident way and these poor people are tools of that policy,” a spokesman for Poland’s Foreign Ministry told The Associated Press.
The border is patrolled by about 6,000 Polish army troops, some 2,200 border guards and a few hundred police. Recently, some other officers also required hospital treatment for knife and other wounds inflicted from behind the barrier.
Following the stabbing attack, the government vowed to further step up security at the border and areas of buffer zones, where only the guards can go, to facilitate their task.
Poland has been taking steps to warn and dissuade potential migrants from trying to go via Poland, through information and posters disseminated in North African, Middle East countries and Turkey. The efforts have been successful in reducing the flow, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Pawel Wronski.
But recently more migrants have been arriving from Central African countries like Somalia, Eritrea or Yemen, where Western countries have limited possibilities of reaching people with information about the non-passable border, Wronski said.
Government officials on Thursday demanded explanations after it emerged that three soldiers were handcuffed and detained by Polish military police in March for having fired warning shots when faced with an advancing group of migrants on the border with Belarus.
The soldiers had allegedly fired warning shots first into the air and then into the ground as they tried to stop an advancing migrant group on Polish territory. No one was injured.
Government officials say the detention was an excessive measure.
“This is a shocking case, considering the fact that our soldiers were recently repeatedly attacked by aggressors from the Belarus side,” said President Andrzej Duda, who is the supreme commander of Poland’s armed forces.
Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said the military police overreacted and demanded clarification from them and from the prosecutors who are investigating. Prosecutors said Thursday footage from the shooting did not show the soldiers being in a life-threatening situation.
“The soldiers at the border are carrying out a mission for the Polish state,” Kosiniak-Kamysz told a news conference Thursday.
“We are always on the side of the soldiers ... of those who carry out their tasks at the border,” he said, adding that soldiers, in charge of protecting the border since 2022, have used weapons in emergency situations some 700 times.
Members of the Monroeville Red Pandas baseball team are all smiles after defeating West End-Elliot on June 14. From left are Jordan Stancovich, Zach Lockwich, Luke Jackson, player/manager Donovan Baxter, Dalton Vojnik, Dylan Vojnik, Joe Schulte, Sonny Comunale, Jaired Lehman and assistant coach JT Taylor.
He and a number of his Gateway classmates were denied their senior seasons in 2020 when the covid pandemic shut down all spring high school sports.
Baxter then joined the baseball program at Saint Vincent, but a shoulder injury as a Bearcats freshman ended his time in the collegiate ranks.
“I had to step away after my freshman year. That was tough,” Baxter said. “Now, it is just a lot of fun to get out there with a number of my former Gateway teammates and others who played at Gateway over the past several years. I thought my baseball career was over, but this is a great way to still play the game I grew up loving.”
The Red Pandas, an expansion team in AAA, the highest division in Pittsburgh NABA, returns a Monroeville-based team to the league after the Monroeville Cardinals ended their two-year run in 2021.
The team is made up almost entirely of Gateway graduates, except for West Allegheny grads Matt and Zach Lockwich, teammates with Baxter at Saint Vincent.
“Having that itch to play again, I contacted some of the Gateway guys about putting this team together,” Baxter said. “We have a few guys still playing in college, but a lot of us were done playing and were missing the game. We all felt we were still young enough and not too far removed from the game. Before we get too settled into our jobs and our families, we wanted to see about playing together one last time.”
The team’s Gateway infusion includes seven members of the 2020 senior class — Baxter, Anthony Cammuso, Sonny Comunale, Ethan Birckbichler, Jaired Lehman, Jordan Stancovich and Dalton Vojnik.
Other former Gateway players on the team include Patrick Baxter, Marc and Troy Caggiano, Tony Castalano, Kris Dick, Ethan Frenchik, Luke Jackson, Caleb Lehman, Julian Santana, Joe Schulte, Justin Stancovich, Jim Torcasio and Dylan and Mike Vojnik.
Baxter said all of the team members try their best to make as many games as possible, but work and other commitments have limited those chances in some cases.
“This league is relaxed, in a sense, but at the same time, it is pretty competitive, and we like that,” Baxter said. “We see a ton of great pitching — even better, a lot of times, than we saw in high school. It is a true team effort each game. Everyone has contributed as much as they’ve been able.”
“I believe it was Jordan and Dalton who finalized it,” Baxter said. “We were all in agreement that we wanted to be something different since we just wore black and white jerseys our whole lives. So, we wanted some color. They pitched the Red Pandas idea. Red Pandas are an endangered species, and there’s not too many teams out there like us, either. That was a quote from Dalton, and it just stuck after that.”
The Red Pandas were 5-7 overall, four games and eight points back of the AAA leader, after a 10-5 victory over West End-Elliot on June 14.
Monroeville and West End-Elliot are next to each other in the middle of the AAA standings.
The game saw Monroeville rally from a five-run deficit after three innings. It scored five times in the fourth, once in the sixth and four more times in the seventh.
Monroeville batters combined for 11 hits. Comunale had a big game with two hits in four at-bats with a pair of doubles and four runs batted in.
Dalton Vojnik and Schulte each added a pair of RBIs, while Jackson and Dylan Vojnik drove in one run apiece.
Dalton Vojnik started on the mound for the Red Pandas, and Jaired Lehman came on in relief to get the win.
“We just have a good group of guys who are enjoying being together again,” Comunale said. “We are showing that we have what it takes to be a pretty competitive team. Our first game was like the first Monday (May 15) after a lot of us got back from school. We pretty much went right into it. It was a shaky first couple of games, but we’re getting in a groove.”
This season also is the first opportunity for the team members to play on the renovated Gateway High School field with the newly installed field turf and other upgrades completed earlier this year.
“We had been hearing for years that we would be getting turf, but it never came,” Baxter said. “It’s just great that we now are able to play on the turf on the same field we played on in high school.”
Monroeville is scheduled to return to action at 8 p.m. June 22 against CSI at John Herb Field off McKnight Road in Ross Township. The regular season is slated to conclude the week of July 10.
“We’re having a blast, and we hope to keep this going and keep this team together for as long as possible,” Baxter said.
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Gateway senior Deanna Gratton earned second-team All-Section 2-5A honors at third base for the 2022 season.
But first-year coach Donny Holl said that was far from the case in examining his youthful, and in some areas, inexperienced 2022 team which finished 1-11 overall and 0-10 in a strong Section 2-5A with the likes of WPIAL runner-up and current state quarterfinalist Penn-Trafford, as well as playoff qualifiers Thomas Jefferson, Latrobe and Connellsville.
“When the wins and losses aren’t where you want them to be, as a coach, you still want to see that growth, progress and other victories that might go unnoticed to people outside the program,” said Holl, the son of Gateway athletic director and football coach Don Holl.
“Taking Thomas Jefferson the full seven innings after they beat us in three innings the first time was a win for us. Doing better in the last few games was a win for us. We had girls who started out not catching the ball very well to now having a pretty trustworthy outfield and others who we know will make plays. The girls accomplished a lot, and they can be proud.”
Holl, who came on board as head coach earlier this year, said the seniors — Deanna Gratton, Tamara Martin, Jasmine Taylor and Nikkita Vojnik — led with a positive attitude every day.
“We knew we were going to struggle because we were young,” Holl said.
“They did an excellent job of leading by example and helping the younger girls get better. They did the little things that often times are forgotten with teams which are young and are struggling. They kept up the energy, and that propelled us to keep growing throughout the year.”
Gratton said she knew there might be some growing pains as a young team developed by gaining experience in practice and games. The Gators were shut out nine times in their 12 games and felt the sting of the 10- or 15-run mercy rule several times.
“Coming in, we had a young team with a number of freshman and some girls who had never played before,” Gratton said.
“Throughout the season, those younger players really grew, and we learned a lot from each other, especially with communication on the field. I think that was a successful part of the season beyond just the results of games.”
Gateway snapped a 23-game losing streak dating back to the WPIAL-playoff loss to Trinity in 2019 with a 19-4 nonsection rout of Woodland Hills on May 4.
“It was nice to finally be the big dog on the field,” Gratton said.
“It was awesome to see the freshmen and everyone else get a chance to celebrate together. It was a really good environment. It was just so much excitement. It was fun.”
Gratton was selected to the all-Section 2 second team for her play at third base.
“It is definitely a nice accomplishment, and it makes me feel really good about myself,” she said.
“Last year, I really didn’t play my position that much, so to get back there this year, it was a good feeling. I was pretty comfortable there.”
As a freshman in 2019, Gratton was selected to the first team as a designated player.
Gratton also entered the pitching circle at times this season to help out freshman starter Abby Griffith.
This summer, Gratton hopes to play a lot of games in travel tournaments with her Gamma Storm 18U travel team before her arrival on campus at Washington & Jefferson.
Gratton said she’s excited to continue her softball career with the Presidents in the Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference.
“I reached out to the coach, and she was very welcoming to me,” said Gratton, who will have a family rivalry with sister Kayla, who will be a junior at rival Waynesburg.
“It is a different level of competition, and I know I will have to work hard for my spot. I can’t wait to play and prove myself.
“It will be exciting and definitely different to go up against Kayla when we play Waynesburg. We had been on the same team together our whole lives. I did think about playing with her, but carving my own path at W&J was the better option for me. W&J had more opportunities for me in what I was looking for academically.”
Fellow senior Nikkita Vojnik is headed to Lancaster Bible College to play both volleyball and softball, while Tamara Martin is expected to join the basketball team at CCAC-Boyce.
For the returning girls, Holl said there are a number of offseason opportunities, especially ones over the summer, to improve and get better for next season.
“These girls are excited to continue to build and develop,” he said.
“We saw some great pitchers this year and faced some really challenging lineups. Seeing that helped the girls understand what they need and want to do to get better and win games.”
The Gateway baseball team was on the cusp of ending a WPIAL playoff win drought that extended more than two decades
The Gators and Hampton were tied 2-2 in the seventh inning of their WPIAL Class 5A first-round game May 15
and the contest appeared headed to extra frames
But then the Talbots' Phil Conti ripped out the hearts of the Gateway faithful with a two-out
two-run home run that sent Hampton to the quarterfinals and brought a sudden end to the Gators' season
Both teams played hard,” Gateway coach Bill Stoops said
We didn't get enough hits in key situations
The normally potent Gateway lineup was limited to four singles
one each from junior Brendan Majocha and seniors Mike Vojnik
Majocha and Stancovich knocked in the Gators' runs
Despite the way the playoff game transpired
Stoops praised his team for their efforts all season
one that produced a 12-6 overall record and an 11-3
The 12 victories were the most in a campaign since the 2009 squad went 13-6 and earned a trip to the postseason
“A lot of them have been with me for three years
Gateway made the playoffs for the third straight year after a three-year drought that included back-to-back one-win campaigns in 2013 and '14
The Gators solidified their playoff standing with a 5-1 record to close section play
Gateway proved to be a force in the section after winning six section games in a row after losing its opener to Franklin Regional
The Gators got their revenge against the Panthers by handing them one of only two section losses this season with a 3-0 victory April 23
Laurel Highlands claimed the section title and handed Gateway its other two losses
Stoops said it will be tough to see the seniors move on
Seniors Brady Walker and Kris Dick joined Vojnik and Stancovich as captains on this year's team
“You walked into the gym or on the field and you saw those guys putting the time in to get better,” Stoops said
“They set a really good example for the younger guys
They expected to have a good season and did what they needed to do to make it happen.”
Majocha (.413 batting average) and Dick (.414) paced a Gateway offense that finished with a team average of .323
Dick (1.73 ERA) and Vojnik (3.10 ERA) logged the most innings on the mound at 41 2⁄3 and 40 2⁄3
junior Ethan Frenchik and sophomore Santino Communale started the Hampton playoff game and are expected to help form the core of the 2019 Gators
who played in 16 games this year with five multi-hit performances
Frenchik provided one of the most memorable moments of the season when he threw six no-hit innings against Franklin Regional in the section victory
He also tossed five innings of no-hit ball in Gateway's victory over McKeesport five days earlier
Frenchik logged 17 2⁄3 innings this year and will return to lead the pitching staff
“We got a good look at some of the younger guys last fall and saw what they could do this spring,” Stoops said
“There will be a lot of opportunities to get on the field next year.”
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Gateway’s Ethan Frenchik (5) competes during a scrimmage game against Greensburg Salem March 13, 2019, at Gateway.
Gateway’s Dalton Vojnik gets pumped before a scrimmage game against Greensburg Salem March 13, 2019, at Gateway.
Gateway pitcher Anthony Cammuso competes during a scrimmage game March 13, 2019, at Gateway.
Gateway’s Dalton Vojnik competes during a scrimmage game against Greensburg Salem March 13, 2019, at Gateway.
Gateway shortstop Brendan Majocha competes during a scrimmage game March 13, 2019, at Gateway.
Gateway catcher Jordan Stancovich warms up before a scrimmage game March 13, 2019, at Gateway.
Gateway coach Mark Wardzinski talks to Anthony Cammuso before a scrimmage game March 13, 2019, at Gateway.
as the Gators are looking to qualify for the WPIAL playoffs for a fourth consecutive season
Gateway ended up 12-6 overall and finished third in Section 3-5A last year
The 12 victories were the most in a season since the 2009 squad went 13-6 and earned a trip to the playoffs
“I expect this team to compete for the section championship and make the playoffs,” coach Mark Wardzinski said
we don’t know what to expect from some of the new teams coming in.”
Gateway hit a solid .323 as a team last year
one of the highest averages in its section
Ethan Frenchik and Marc Caggiano are returning senior lettermen from last year’s club
Frenchik is a first baseman/outfielder and Caggiano is a utility player
All three are multi-year lettermen and also pitchers
“All are expected to have a big year,” Wardzinski said
Majocha hit .413 in 2018 while Caggiano had five multi-hit performances in 16 games
but we are not a team to be slept on,” said Majocha
who was the starting quarterback the 2018 Gateway football squad that went 12-1
our first goal right now is to win our section.”
Majocha has a 4.15 GPA and plans to attend either Carnegie Mellon or Case Western Reserve
where he will major in finance and play football at either school
is expected to be the ace of pitching corps
He provided one of the Gators’ biggest wins last season when he threw six no-hit innings against Franklin Regional
Frenchik also tossed five innings of no-hit ball in Gateway’s section win over McKeesport five days earlier
“I feel that defense and pitching need to be the main priorities in high school baseball,” Wardzinski said
“Limiting runs and errors greatly increases our chances of winning
We have also been working on having good quality at-bats
working pitchers and putting the ball in play.”
Two more players expected to help form the core of this year’s team are catcher Jordan Stancovich and outfielder Sonny Comunale
Stancovich (LB) and Comunale (CB) also started on the football team
Others penciled in as key players on the diamond include sophomore outfielder Luke Jackson (CF)
and junior infielders Anthony Cammuso (2B) and Dalton Vojnik (3B)
sophomore Joe Schulte will see varsity time as the team’s designated hitter
Frenchik and Cammuso will anchor the Gators’ pitching staff
Gateway posted an 11-3 record in section play last year
finishing behind Laurel Highlands (13-1) and Franklin Regional (12-2)
FR and Gateway were the only teams in the section to compile winning records a year ago
Wardzinski is in his 12th year coaching and his sixth year as a head coach
he was an assistant at Gateway after taking two years off from coaching
he was the Gators’ field boss for five seasons
“Coach Wardzinski is in his first year back as head coach and he expects big things from this team and from the three captains,” Majocha said
Gateway’s veteran coach believes defense will be one of the Gators’ strengths this spring
“We have multiple players at each position that can play defense well,” he said
“We have been working on our defense indoors
and are trying to get outside as much as possible.”
A US soldier who was returned to the US to face possible disciplinary action crossed into North Korea during a tour of the demilitarized zone
becoming the first American detained in the North in nearly five years
"What we do know is that one of our soldiers
crossed the demarcation line and we believe he is in custody in North Korea," US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said
"We are closely monitoring and investigating the situation and working to notify the soldier's family." "I am absolutely concerned about the well-being of our soldiers and we remain focused on this," Austin said
The soldier has been identified as Private Travis T
King and has been in prison in South Korea for about a month and a half for disciplinary action
He was directed to the airport from where he was supposed to go to Texas
Travis King joined the US Army two years ago
and at the time of his rotation in South Korea
he was a member of the 6th Cavalry Regiment
It is still unknown how long he stayed in South Korea
but it is known that he spent 50 days in detention due to disciplinary punishment
It is not known whether he served his sentence in a South Korean prison or in military custody at a US base
he was supposed to board a plane to the US
but he and his entourage could not pass the checkpoint
At some point he left the airport and headed for the demilitarized zone
It is believed that he is the first American soldier who crossed into the territory of North Korea after 1982
It remains unclear whether King planned to defect
"I can't believe Travis would do something like that."
Gates said she last heard from her son "a few days ago," when he told her he would be returning to Fort Bliss soon
She added that she just wanted to "come home."
North Korean state media did not immediately report the incident at the border crossing
The Army released his name as a detained soldier after King's family was notified of the incident
a number of US officials provided details of the case on condition of anonymity
which oversees the demilitarized zone between South and North Korea
confirmed that the American citizen had crossed the border "without permission" and was believed to be in custody and working to "resolve this incident."
The incident comes at a time of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula
which were heightened by the launch of two ballistic missiles on Wednesday.
The short-range missiles were fired from an area near Pyongyang
flying 550 and 600 kilometers before falling into the sea off its east coast
North Korea tested more powerful missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads
including a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile
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Carl Schmitt in the book Ex Captivitate Salus
gives a record from the summer of 1946 in which Andrić remembers: "In the fall of 1940
We met by both knowing and greatly appreciating Leon Blow
That Serb told me the following story from the mythology of his people: Marko Kraljević
fought a whole day against a powerful Turk
and after a fierce fight finally managed to defeat him
the snake that was sleeping on the dead man's heart woke up and said to Mark: "You were lucky that I was asleep during your fight." At that the hero exclaimed: "Woe to me
that I killed someone better than me !" I then told that story to some friends and acquaintances
who was then an officer of the occupying army in Paris
But it was clear to all of us that today's victors would not allow themselves to be impressed by such medieval tales
Steve Rogers: What
Natasha Romanoff: Public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable
Steve Rogers: Yes
causing a passing Rumlow to look away uncomfortably]
Natasha Romanoff: [uncomfortable herself] You still uncomfortable
Steve Rogers: [even more uncomfortable] That's not exactly the word I would use.
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Members of the armed forces of Croatia have 67 percent higher salaries compared to their colleagues in Serbia
after the decision of the Government of Croatia to increase salaries in the armed forces by an average of about 40 percent
the average net income for soldiers with the rank is about 1.150 euros
the Balkan Security Network portal reports
The increase is provided for all members of the military
but primarily includes those who have had the lowest salaries so far
sailors of the Croatian army was increased
so that the net salary was increased from 816 to 1.080 euros
while the salary of the police officer (the first military rank
the conductor in Serbia) was increased to 1.168 euros
the Croatian distributor will have a net salary of 1.198 euros
so professional Croatian soldiers in the future can count on an average salary of around 1.150 euros
which is as much as 460 euros or almost 67 percent more than the average Serbian soldier receives
According to official data published in Informator on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Serbia
the average salary among professional soldiers in the Armed Forces in October last year
According to earlier announcements by the President of Serbia
this situation will change in Serbia's favor
According to the proposed draft of the Budget Law
158 billion 859 million and 212 thousand dinars
or one billion 355 million and 696 thousand euros
are planned for the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Army
Who mentions the extraordinary elections when the rating of the party in power is falling
Vučić is not the most important political factor in the country