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☆ Thomas Matthew Crooks was wearing Demolition Ranch’s shirt at the time of the Trump attempted assassination
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who opened fire on former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally Saturday in Pennsylvania, was pictured twice wearing a t-shirt that said “Demolition Ranch” on it. Demolition Ranch is a popular YouTube channel for gun enthusiasts with more than 11 million subscribers. “We were shocked and confused to find this out: The shooter who tried to assassinate Trump was wearing merch from my channel, wearing a Demolition Ranch t-shirt. Demolition Ranch usually posts a variety of videos relating to guns with titles such as “Eating A Meal Cooked ONLY With A GUN!! Carriker said Demolition Ranch cannot vet everyone who buys its products.

Persons: New York CNN — Thomas Matthew Crooks, Donald Trump, Crooks, Matt Carriker, Trump, ” Carriker, Carriker, CNN Crooks ’, CNN’s John Miller, Casey Tolan, Evan Perez, Danny Freeman, Majlie, Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Isabelle Chapman Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, Trump, Secret Service, Bethel Park, Bethel Park High School Locations: New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Pittsburgh, Bethel

☆ Ukraine Battles to Contain Russian Advances Across the Front
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian forces over the weekend pushed into Urozhaine, a southern village won back by Ukraine last summer, the latest in a series of slow but steady advances that are reversing hard-won Ukrainian victories. The Russian advances are a sobering development for Kyiv as its troops battle to contain attacks along a more than 600-mile front line. They have entered the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, a Ukrainian stronghold in the region, and are closing in on a key Ukrainian supply route. Ukraine hopes that weapons and ammunition recently supplied by Western allies will help it hold back Russian forces. That has already happened in the northeast, where beefed up Ukrainian defenses have managed to halt a Russian offensive that threatened Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Persons: Chasiv Yar Organizations: Western Locations: Urozhaine, Ukraine, Kyiv, Chasiv, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Ukraine’s, U.S, Russia

☆ Two days after surviving an assassination attempt, Trump picks his MAGA heir
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

And if Trump wins the election in November, a millennial will be a heartbeat away from the presidency. The Ohio Republican has turned on the establishment and elite academe that helped make his name with the vehemence that only a defector can muster. But he has explained that he was wrong about Trump and now believes that he was a great president. Trump critics are also seizing on the pick to question Trump’s commitment to his new unity message after he escaped the assassination attempt. Ultimately, Trump is clearly comfortable with Vance, a favorite of his firebrand son Donald Trump Jr.

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☆ The West finally allowed Ukraine to strike back at Russia — and it seems to be working
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The newly granted permission by the United States and other allies to use Western weapons to strike inside Russia has had a huge impact, Bankir said. While Kyiv hasn’t managed to reclaim large swathes of territory, it has successfully averted what could have been a disaster: The occupation of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city. “(Russia) knew that Ukraine did not have the capacity to strike these targets on the Russian territory,” Melnyk said. While Ukraine was previously able to strike targets inside Russia using Ukraine-made drones, ATACMS make these strikes far more efficient. However, Ukraine can still use the F-16 to deny Russia control over the skies – and push away Russian aircraft delivering bombs.

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☆ What dismissal of ‘Rust’ case against Alec Baldwin could mean for convicted film armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The dramatic dismissal of the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin over withheld evidence could mean the release of convicted “Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed from a New Mexico state prison, legal experts say. But the Baldwin case imploded on Friday – just two days after the trial began – with the sudden and shocking twists and turns of a nail-biting legal thriller. “I fully expect Hannah Gutierrez Reed to make the same argument for her conviction to be overturned,” Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN. Her ruling regarding the failure to disclose the ammunition should carry significant weight in the Gutierrez Reed case, CNN legal analyst Joey Jackson said. Hannah Gutierrez Reed will go free as well.

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Here’s what led to the dismissal in the Baldwin case. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer presides over actor Alec Baldwin's trial on involuntary manslaughter in First Judicial District Court on July 12, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The items, however, were cataloged separately from Baldwin’s case, excluded from the “Rust” case inventory and not tested to see if they matched the lethal round, according to Poppell’s testimony. Attorney Luke Nikas embraces actor Alec Baldwin during his trial on involuntary manslaughter at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 12, 2024. Dismissal with prejudice is warranted to ensure the integrity of the judicial system and the efficient administration of justice.”Gutierrez-Reed’s attorney, Jason Bowles, said he will move to dismiss her case following Baldwin’s case dismissal.

Persons: Alec, ”, Mary Marlowe Sommer, Baldwin, Hilaria, Halyna Hutchins, “, Hutchins, “ Rust, Joel Souza, Seth Kenney, – Erlinda Johnson –, Marlowe Sommer, Kari Morrissey, Alex Spiro, ” Morrissey, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, Alec Baldwin's, Ramsay de, Baldwin’s, Brady, Marissa Poppell, Troy Teske, Gutierrez, Teske, ” Marlowe Sommer, Luke Nikas, Alec Baldwin, ” Gutierrez, Jason Bowles, ” Bowles, CNN’s Julia Vargas Jones Organizations: CNN, Images Defense, Cornell Law School, Office, Court, Getty, State Locations: New Mexico, Mexico, Judicial, Santa Fe , New Mexico, . Maryland, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County

☆ Russia's showing NATO its hand in the air war over Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Sinéad Baker | Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Experts told Business Insider the Ukraine war has underscored how some elements of modern air combat are radically changing. And in fights like Desert Storm and the Iraq War, the West established air superiority by taking out its opponent's air defenses. The Russian air force can't meet Western air forces air to air in a major attack without being "shot to pieces," Bronk said. "Nobody really wants an air war with Russia," said John Baum, a Mitchell Institute expert and retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel. "It is not a highly desirable thing, I think, from either side, to want to have this air war."

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☆ Company debuts vending machines selling ammunition in 3 Southern states
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Anissa Carand Navya Shukla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Vending machines selling ammunition will now be in grocery stores in Alabama, Texas and Oklahoma – a move that has generated mixed feelings from officials in those states. Each machine sells ammunition for various firearm calibers, including rifles, shotguns and handguns, according to American Rounds. Earlier this month, the ammunition dispenser in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, was taken down and relocated by American Rounds. American Rounds plans to expand into more states, having already received offers from stores in California, Florida and Hawaii, among others, Magers said. The company, he said, is setting up two more dispensers in Texas and Colorado within the next couple of weeks.

Persons: Grant Magers, “ It’s, ” Magers, “, …, Kip Tyner, ” Tyner, Magers Organizations: CNN, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, Oklahoma, American Locations: Alabama , Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Texas, Tuscaloosa , Alabama, Tuscaloosa, California , Florida, Hawaii, Colorado

☆ Alec Baldwin trial on hold as judge considers defense request to dismiss case over disputed ammo
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Alec Baldwin 's involuntary manslaughter trial in New Mexico was put on hold Friday while the judge considers a defense motion to dismiss the case over disputed ammunition evidence. "We don't know if it's a live ammunition match or not," Baldwin's attorney Luke Nikas told the judge. The prosecution has said that the ammunition was not connected to the case and was not hidden. The issue came up Thursday on the second day of trial during defense questioning of sheriff's crime scene technician Marissa Poppell. "This is a wild goose chase that has no evidentiary value whatsoever," Morrissey told the judge Friday.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, Luke Nikas, it's, Marissa Poppell, Baldwin, Alex Spiro, Seth Kenney, Kari Morrissey, Troy Teske, Hannah Gutierrez, Reed, Hutchins, Morrissey Locations: Santa Fe , New Mexico, U.S, New Mexico

☆ Japan warns of rising tensions over China's military drills near Taiwan
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Anti-aircraft artilleries at a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II on Sept. 3, 2015 in Beijing, China. "Because of that increase in military activity we cannot discount the possibility of heightened tensions," Japan said for the first time in its annual Defense White Paper. With its westernmost island only 68 miles from Taiwan, Japan hosts more than 50,000 American troops, hundreds of U.S. military aircraft, and an aircraft carrier strike group that Washington could deploy to defend Taiwan. Japan's 548-page assessment also highlighted China's plans to double its nuclear arsenal to more than 1,000 warheads by 2030. It mentioned attempts by neighboring North Korea to boost its nuclear strike capability with surveillance satellites and new, more advanced missiles, some with sufficient range to strike the United States.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Organizations: NATO, Taiwan, North Locations: Beijing, China, Japan, Taiwan, readying, North Korea, Russia, U.S, Washington, Ukraine, Europe, United States, Moscow, Pyongyang

☆ Alec Baldwin 'Rust' manslaughter case dismissed by judge
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

US actor Alec Baldwin participates in a pretrial hearing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 8, 2024. A New Mexico judge on Friday dismissed the criminal involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin on the third day of the actor's trial, after ruling that prosecutors kept evidence about ammunition related to the case secret from defense lawyers. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer tossed the case against Baldwin, which related to the October 2021 accidental shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his movie "Rust," with prejudice. Baldwin wept as the decision was announced, on what was the third day of trial in the case in state court in Santa Fe. "There is no way for the court to right this wrong," Sommers said, referring to the prosecution's actions.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Hilaria, Sommers Locations: Santa Fe , New Mexico, Mexico, Santa Fe

☆ Alec Baldwin’s Trial Pauses as Unexamined Rounds Are Brought Into Court
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Julia Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The trial of Alec Baldwin took a dramatic turn on Friday when a manila envelope of previously unexamined evidence was brought into the courtroom, prompting the judge to put on blue latex gloves, cut it open with a pair of scissors and then get down from the bench to examine ammunition in the well of the courtroom. It was an unusual scene in a case that has seen dramatic twists and turns for more than two years. Lawyers for Mr. Baldwin, who is on trial for involuntary manslaughter for his role in the fatal shooting of the cinematographer on the set of the film “Rust,” called for the case to be dismissed on Friday, accusing the prosecution of hiding evidence that could help explain how live ammunition wound up on a film set where it was supposed to be banned. “They buried it,” Luke Nikas, a lawyer for Mr. Baldwin, said in court, accusing the prosecution of failing to disclose that it was given a batch of rounds said to be connected to the case when the defense asked to review all the ballistic evidence. “They put it under a different case with a different number.”

Persons: Alec Baldwin, Baldwin, ”, ” Luke Nikas Organizations: Mr Locations: manila

☆ Alec Baldwin trial: Judge pauses trial after defense alleges government misconduct
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Josh Campbell | Cheri Mossburg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

However, the technician testified the items were catalogued separately from Baldwin’s case and were not included in the “Rust” case inventory or tested to see if they matched the lethal round. Baldwin’s team argued prosecutors did not properly disclose this evidence to the defense and asked for the case to be dismissed. In response, prosecutor Kari Morrissey said investigators determined the ammunition was not a match to those found on the “Rust” set and had no evidentiary value to the case. The judge has ordered additional witnesses to testify before she renders a ruling on Baldwin’s motion to dismiss the case. At opening statements Wednesday, prosecutors alleged Baldwin was reckless with firearms on set and violated the “cardinal rules of firearm safety” with his actions.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, “, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, Troy Teske, Marissa Poppell, Baldwin’s, Kari Morrissey, ” Morrissey, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, Seth Kenney, Detective Alexandria Hancock, Gutierrez Reed, Jason Bowles, Halyna Hutchins, ” Baldwin, Hutchins, Joel Souza, Baldwin, ”, Alec Baldwin's, –, Harlan Rust, Alex Spiro Organizations: CNN, Office Locations: Santa Fe, Mexico, “

☆ U.S., Germany foil alleged Russian plot to assassinate CEO of German arms firm sending weapons to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Dan De Luce | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. intelligence agencies discovered the plan to go after Papperger earlier this year and informed the German government, the sources said. We have also been clear that Russia's actions will not deter Allies from continuing to support Ukraine." The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA and the German embassy in Washington all declined to comment. The Intelligence Committee is closely following these threats, which only strengthen our resolve to support Ukraine." And in February, the company signed a memorandum with Ukraine to set up a joint production plant for artillery ammunition.

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☆ NATO’s Pledges to Ukraine Fall Short for a Counteroffensive This Year
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Lara Jakes | Eric Schmitt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Despite billions of dollars in additional weapons and security assistance that NATO announced this week, allied officials said Ukraine would not be ready to launch a dramatic counteroffensive or retake large swaths of territory from Russia until next year. Donations of missiles, combat vehicles, ammunition and air defenses from the United States and European countries will take weeks, if not months, to reach the front lines. Some of the newly committed weapons have not yet been bought or built. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said long-anticipated F-16s fighter jets would be delivered to Ukraine this summer. “This is a huge disappointment for me personally, because Ukrainians are expecting that those goods will come, this military equipment will reach Ukraine, but it’s not happening.”

Persons: Antony J, Blinken, “, Gitanas Nauseda, ” Organizations: NATO Locations: Ukraine, Russia, United States, Washington, Lithuania

☆ South Korea to mass produce lasers that can take out drones at $1.50 a hit
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Yoonjung Seo | Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —South Korea is beginning the mass production of a low-cost laser weapon that has successfully shot down small drones during testing, the country’s key arms agency said Thursday. The release did not give a cost for the weapon, but said each shot fired would only cost about $1.50. In Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere, small drones - some available off the shelf - have shown the ability to disable or destroy multimillion-dollar pieces of military hardware, including tanks. The agency said South Korea is the first country to publicly acknowledge it will deploy a mass-produced laser weapon. In 2022, the US Navy successfully tested a high-energy laser system against a target representing a cruise missile.

Persons: DAPA, ” James Black, ” Organizations: South Korea CNN, Korea’s, Administration, RAND, Korea Institute for Defense, Hanwha Aerospace, US Navy Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Ukraine, RAND Europe, Britain

☆ Putin's war of attrition is coming at a massive cost, with 5,000 soldiers killed or injured in the battle for one neighborhood
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Read previewRussia's war of attrition in Ukraine is coming at a huge cost in killed and injured troops, with a Ukrainian official claiming Russia suffered 5,000 casualties in battles for one neighborhood alone. Related storiesHavrylyuk pointed to massive Russian casualties he said its military was sustaining, claiming that 5,000 Russian troops were killed or injured in battles for control of a single district in the strategically vital town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk, east Ukraine. AdvertisementThe hilltop town has been the scene of ferocious fighting in recent weeks, with Russian forces managing to seize control of a district last week. The ISW said that high casualties were part of Russian President Vladimir Putin's strategy to grind out a victory in Ukraine through a war of attrition.

Persons: —, Ivan Havrylyuk, Havrylyuk, Putin, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: Service, Business, Russian, Institute for Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Chasiv Yar, Donetsk, US, Kharikiv, Russian

For more than six months, Russia has been carrying out a sabotage campaign across Europe, largely by proxy. “We’re seeing sabotage, we’re seeing assassination plots, we’re seeing arson. Russia’s sabotage campaign has, at times, smacked of a shotgun approach carried out by amateurs. In London in March, several men were charged with working with Russian intelligence services to set fire to a Ukrainian-linked warehouse. And French authorities last month detained a Russian-Ukrainian man who was allegedly building bombs as part of a sabotage campaign orchestrated by Moscow.

Persons: Armin Papperger, Olaf Scholz, Boris Pistorius, Fabian Bimmer, “, ”, Adrienne Watson, “ Russia’s, Oliver Hoffman, ” Hoffman, Donald Tusk, Papperger, Dariusz Borowicz, Agencja Wyborcza.pl, Reuters “, ” CNN’s Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, Kyiv, Rheinmetall, NATO, National Security, NATO Allies, Embassy, intel, US, Reuters, Ukraine Locations: Ukraine, Europe, Kyiv, Germany, Berlin, Russia, West, Moscow, Papperger, Unterluess, United States, Washington, Russian, Polish, Lithuania, Poland, Ukrainian, London, Warsaw

☆ Live Updates: Opening Arguments in Alec Baldwin Trial Set to Begin in New Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Julia Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

The prosecutors gave Mr. Baldwin — who had been rehearsing with a gun when it discharged a live bullet, killing the cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins — about three weeks to decide. That decision led to an indictment and, now, a trial that could lead to a maximum punishment of 18 months in prison if Mr. Baldwin is convicted. The prosecutors decided to dismiss the original indictment against Mr. Baldwin while they had the gun examined. Ms. Morrissey learned that an NBC News reporter had the details of the “presumed confidential” plea offer, she wrote in court papers. “He has no title or credit in either documentary,” Mr. Nikas wrote, calling him a subject of the projects.

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The NATO official said they had observed “an unprecedented escalation and spread of Russia’s hybrid warfare” over the past six months, which included “physical sabotage” on the supply line of NATO weapons intended for Ukraine. “It is everything from point of production and origin, to storage, to those who are making decisions, to the actual delivery,” the senior NATO official said. Recent high-profile arrests have revealed the ad-hoc, clumsy nature of how the Kremlin’s intelligence operations have evolved since the start of the war in Ukraine. Russia is big enough to have resources to fight a war against Ukraine and also maintain its security operations against European countries… against us. There are people who take part in the war against Ukraine, and then they are rotated to some other region or area.

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☆ Front-line NATO allies say the West needs to give Ukraine the 'technological superiority' it needs to beat Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe West should send Ukraine the kind of weapons it needs to inflict a lasting, strategic defeat on Russia, NATO countries on the front lines of the military alliance said Tuesday. With this threat in mind, the Baltic nations have long pushed for increased defense spending among NATO member states. "The goal must be [the] strategic defeat of Russia in Ukraine," said Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds. The Baltic states say enabling Ukraine to win will require a massive political buy-in and support from the West. "We have to say clearly: 'Yes, we will help Ukraine to win this war.'"

Persons: —, Hanno Pevkur, Pevkur, Serhii, Laurynas, Kasčiūnas, Andris Sprūds, Joe Biden, Jens Stoltenberg, Andrew Mellon, Kevin Dietsch Organizations: Service, Lithuania —, Kyiv, Business, Estonian, POLITICO, NATO, Artillery, System, Getty, Russian, Moscow, Chamber of Commerce, Latvian Defense, Andrew Locations: Ukraine, Russia, NATO, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Baltic, Moscow, Washington ,, West, Europe, AFP, Kyiv, Washington , DC

☆ Russia needs 'significant' ammo from countries beyond Iran and North Korea to sustain Ukraine offensives, NATO official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Russia needs a lot of ammo supplies to sustain its offensives in Ukraine, a NATO official said. It's already turned to allies like Iran and North Korea to help replenish its stocks. But supplies from Iran and North Korea won't be enough, the official said, per Reuters. AdvertisementRussia needs "significant" ammo supplies from countries other than Iran and North Korea in order to sustain its offensives in Ukraine, a senior NATO official said, per Reuters. "To sustain real offensive operations, we think that Russia would have to secure significant ammunition supplies from countries beyond what it is already getting from Iran and from North Korea," they said, per Reuters.

Persons: It's, — Organizations: NATO, Service, Reuters, Business Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Iran, North Korea, Washington ,

A U.S. marshal on a Supreme Court security detail shot and wounded an armed man who tried to carjack him early Friday near Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s home in northwest Washington, according to court documents. The marshal was sitting in an unmarked federal vehicle when a silver Toyota minivan pulled over next to him, according to court documents. Flowers through the window four times, hitting him in the mouth, according to the court documents. A second U.S. marshal from another vehicle also responded and fired his weapon, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Flowers was charged with armed carjacking, carrying a pistol without a license, and possession of a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device.

Persons: Sonia Sotomayor’s, Flowers Organizations: Supreme, Toyota, Metropolitan Police Department Locations: U.S, Washington

☆ Alec Baldwin trial: Key people in the case
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It was so unnecessary,” Baldwin said of Hutchins’ death in a 2022 interview with CNN. Morrissey took over the case in 2023, dropped the charges against Baldwin and then later refiled them, citing “additional facts” in the case. She presided over the high-interest trial of Hannah Gutierrez Reed, during which she kept to a succinct schedule. Hannah Gutierrez Reed“Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed in March. “It felt like someone had taken a baseball bat to my shoulder, I remember that distinctly,” Souza testified in the Gutierrez Reed trial.

Persons: CNN —, Alec Baldwin, Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Hutchins, Halyna Hutchins Halyna Hutchins, Fred Hayes, Hollywood ”, Matthew, Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin, Andrew Kelly, Reuters Baldwin, ” Baldwin, Luke Nikas Nikas, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart, Sullivan, Nikas, Kari Morrissey Kari Morrissey, Gabriela Campos, Morrissey, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer, Mary Marlowe Sommer, Marlowe Sommer, Bill Richardson, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, Hannah Gutierrez Reed “ Rust, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, “, ”, ” Joel Souza Joel Souza, Pool Souza, “ Rust, ” Souza, Gutierrez Reed, Souza, ‘, ” David, Dave Halls, “ Rust ” Organizations: CNN, BBC, UCLA, “, Hollywood, YouTube, Colt, ” Prosecutors, Sullivan LLP, Harvard Law School, Court, New, New Mexico Gov Locations: New Mexico, Ukraine, British, Europe, New York City, Los Angeles, New York, “

☆ Zelensky arrives in Washington for NATO summit with support for Ukraine’s war effort top of the agenda
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, DC, as the high-stakes NATO summit prepared to kick off – and providing longtime long-term support for Ukraine in the war against Russia is at the top of the agenda. Ukrainian officials said the timing of Moscow’s assault – a day before the start of the summit – was calculated. However, Ukrainian officials want to see that policy expanded further to allow strikes against Russian military targets anywhere in Russian territory. “We want the lifting of any sort of limitations on the weapons Ukraine is receiving,” Stefanchuk said at an event in Washington on Monday. The European diplomat said there have been “deep and frank conversations” with Ukrainian officials.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden’s, Zelensky, Putin, Ruslan Stefanchuk, Ukraine –, ” Zelensky, ”, Biden, ” Stefanchuk, Andriy Yermak, “, “ I’ll Organizations: CNN, NATO, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russian, National Security, Biden Locations: Washington ,, Russia, Ukrainian, Ukraine, ”, European, Russian, Washington, Vilnius, Wiesbaden

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