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Russia has begun its new offensive in eastern Ukraine, according to one of Ukraine's military commanders.

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Ukraine claims to have destroyed a prized Russian BMP-T armored vehicle, nicknamed the "Terminator," in Luhansk. »

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Oksana Bratseiko, a 29-year-old wedding planner at the Forever Bride Wedding Agency, who lives and works in Kyiv, Ukraine.

She'd already started fundraising on Instagram and raised the necessary total within a month of the wedding.

Yes, organizing a wedding at a time like this isn't easy, but it gives a boost to everyone's life. »

The Wyoming Republican Party is seeking to kill a bill working its way through the state Legislature proposing to raise the state's legal marriage age to 16, arguing that putting "arbitrary" limits on child marriage interferes with parental rights and religious liberty.

"In all scenarios, child marriage limits the rights of a child and deprives them of the opportunity to control their future.".

"In the House committee, there was no testimony weighing the trade-off of parental rights over against any 'significant issue' with child marriage in Wyoming," Wyoming Family Watch argued in its letter. »

Burger giant McDonald's has said it will remove a "tasteless" sign opposite a crematorium in Cornwall after the unfortunate coincidental placement was pointed out by CornwallLive.

Although the advertising hoarding has caused hilarity among motorists who spot it on the busy A39, others fear it may upset grieving families.

The sign, advertising the fast food chain's McCrispy burger, is right next to a crematorium sign and has been placed on a bus stop directly opposite Penmount Crematorium on the road between Truro and Carland Cross. »