Russia has been pressing hard towards the strategic hub of Pokrovsk in recent months, steadily inching forward. The scale of assaults did not drop after Ukraine launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s west Kursk region on Aug. 6. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the situation near Pokrovsk was “extremely difficult” and Kyiv would further strengthen its positions.
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She’s a Norwegian princess. He’s an American self-professed shaman. Their wedding is this weekend
The Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, will marry American self-professed shaman Durek Verret on Saturday in a picturesque corner of southern Norway. Märtha Louise, 52, and Verret, who claims to be a sixth-generation shaman from California, have attracted headlines with their alternative beliefs. The princess — she has retained the title — has…