On the official weigh-in, Usyk weighed essentially the most in his profession – 102.5 kg, whereas Fury weighed 127.4 kg. The Ukrainian boxer introduced a flag to the ceremony in assist of Azovstal's defenders.
Immediately, the official weigh-in process earlier than the combat between Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the WBA, WBC, WBO and IBO titles, and former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury occurred. This was reported by Igrovyi Boxing, in accordance with UNN.
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Usyk demonstrated the best weight of his profession – 102.5 kg, whereas Fury, identified for his measurement, weighed in at 127.4 kg, growing his weight in comparison with earlier fights.
The Ukrainian boxer attracted consideration with a particular gesture: he introduced a flag with the inscription “Free Azovstal Defenders” to the ceremony. On this method, Usyk emphasised the significance of worldwide assist for Ukrainian prisoners of battle.
For the primary time an AI-powered decide will work on the Usyk-Fury fightDec 18 2024, 12:18 PM • 12479 views
The Reserve+ app now permits customers to replace their private knowledge within the Oberig register. Customers will be capable to replace their cellphone, e-mail, and deal with not more than as soon as each 7 days.
A brand new service has been launched within the Reserve+ app – knowledge refinement. It’s already obtainable within the newest replace on the Play Market and App Retailer. UNN experiences this as regards to the Ministry of Protection.
It’s reported that because of the repeated clarification of knowledge, customers will be capable to change private knowledge about themselves within the Oberig register. Specifically: cellphone quantity, e-mail and deal with of residence.
"The regulation requires Ukrainians to inform the TCC inside every week each time there are modifications of their knowledge. For instance, their residential deal with or cellphone quantity. This easy motion used to take lots of time, as you needed to stand in line for a number of hours. With this service, we are going to save time for individuals and workers of the CCC," stated Kateryna Chernogorenko, Deputy Minister of Protection for Digitalization.
The deputy minister added that will probably be potential to replace the information a vast variety of occasions, however no more typically than as soon as each 7 days.
The Ministry of Protection reminded that the Reserve+ software for individuals responsible for army service was launched in mid-Could. The primary service introduced inside it was knowledge clarification, which was developed in accordance with the brand new mobilization guidelines. Over 3 million Ukrainians have used it within the two months since its launch.
Addendum
On December 19, the Ministry of Protection confirmedthat the Reserve+ cellular software had suffered a technical failure.
Later, the applying was restored after a technical failure.
Danica McKellar in 'Crown for Christmas'; Brendan Penny and Lacey Chabert in 'Pleasure, Prejudice, and Mistletoe'; Nicollette Sheridan in 'The Christmas Spirit'. Photograph:
Gabriel Hennessey/Crown Media; Shane Mahood/Crown Media; Patty Bamber/Crown Media
For a lot of, Hallmark Christmas films have develop into a perennial deal with. Whether or not placing them on within the background whereas adorning the tree and wrapping presents or curling up on the sofa and giving them your full consideration, there's a dependable heat to those TV films that’s merely unmatched.
But, with dozens and dozens of them launched yearly, it may be formidable to know the place to start. We're right here to offer you a information to the perfect Hallmark Christmas films of the previous, from old-school favorites like Silent Night time (2002) to newer hits corresponding to A Biltmore Christmas (2023).
Right here, in alphabetical order, are our 20 favourite Hallmark Christmas films, most of which can be found to observe on Hallmark+.
A Biltmore Christmas (2023)
Kristoffer Polaha and Bethany Pleasure Lenz in 'A Biltmore Christmas'.
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We love a superb escapist Christmas fantasy, which is strictly what A Biltmore Christmas gives, centering on a screenwriter (Bethany Pleasure Lenz) who by chance travels again in time to an previous film set and falls in love with one among its stars (Kristoffer Polaha). Hijinks ensue! —Kevin Jacobsen
Nicollette Sheridan in 'The Christmas Spirit'. Patty Bamber/Crown Media
Desperate Housewives alum Nicollette Sheridan stars in The Christmas Spirit as a journalist concerned in a automotive accident. Whereas in a coma, her ghost has to avoid wasting the city from a grasping developer. Her love curiosity is performed by Bart Johnson, Troy Bolton's dad in High School Musical. —Dana Schwartz
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The Christmas Prepare (2017)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Dermot Mulroney in 'The Christmas Prepare'. Alexx Henry/Crown Media
A journalist rides a cross-country prepare and falls in love with a fellow passenger. Sure, that’s Dermot Mulroney! Danny Glover and Joan Cusack are additionally on this film that's type of like Murder on the Orient Express with out the homicide. —D.S.
Danica McKellar in 'Crown for Christmas'. Gabriel Hennessey/Crown Media
Half Maid in Manhattan (2002), half A Christmas Prince, this one is a couple of former resort cleaner (Danica McKellar) who turns into the governess to a younger princess (Ellie Botterill) — who occurs to have a hunky older brother (Rupert Penry-Jones). —D.S.
George Krissa and Jonathan Bennett in 'The Vacation Sitter'.
Hallmark Media/Craig Minielly
Within the first Hallmark movie centered on a homosexual love story, Imply Ladies' Jonathan Bennett performs N.Y.C. businessman Sam whose Hawaiian trip is derailed when he's tasked with babysitting his sister's (Chelsea Hobbs) two children (Everett Andres, Mila Morgan) over the vacations. Searching for help from their neighbor, Jason (George Krissa), Sam finds himself in a sudden romance. —D.S.
James Denton and Teri Hatcher in 'A Kiss Earlier than Christmas'. Ian McCausland/Crown Media
The right approach for Determined Housewives costars Teri Hatcher and James Denton to reunite almost a decade after their collection ended is to star in a Christmas movie about second probabilities. In A Kiss Before Christmas, dissatisfied Ethan (Denton) needs for a extra worthwhile profession and wakes up as CEO of his personal firm — not with a spouse and children — which forces him to determine if this silk-stocking life is what he actually desires. Though that is one other Christmas wish-fulfillment flick within the Hallmark universe, Hatcher and Denton's plain chemistry is a present that retains on giving. —D.S.
Candace Cameron Bure and James Hutch in 'Let It Snow'. Eike Schroter/Crown Media
One other Candace Cameron Bure joint, during which she performs a businesswoman staying at a neighborhood inn that her firm goes to accumulate. Three guesses as as to if she will get into the Christmas spirit? —D.S.
Let It Snow is at the moment not obtainable to observe or hire.
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Mingle All of the Means (2018)
Jen Lilley and Brant Daugherty in 'Mingle All of the Means'. Bettina Strauss/Crown Media
The lady (Jen Lilley) who developed an app that's presupposed to be only for networking finally ends up discovering love on it, with a person (Brant Daugherty) who can greatest be described as "Canada-handsome." —D.S.
Brendan Penny and Lacey Chabert in 'Pleasure, Prejudice, and Mistletoe'. Shane Mahood/Crown Media
Lacey Chabert (a.okay.a. Mean Girls' Gretchen Wieners) stars as a "profession girl" named Darcy who's at all times been too busy for love…till now. —D.S.
Katie McGrath and Sam Heughan in 'A Princess for Christmas'. Toni Salabasev/Crown Media
A pre-Outlander Sam Heughan stars because the son of a duke (performed by Roger Moore?!) who hates Christmas, and falls in love with an American visiting for the vacations. It's important so that you can know that the outside shot of their fort is identical fort as 2017's A Christmas Prince on Netflix, and sure, I recognized it instantly. —D.S.
The solid of 'Silent Night time'. Philippe Bosse/Crown Media
Linda Hamilton stars on this TV film, which takes place in the course of the Battle of the Bulge, in a small cabin the place a platoon of injured American troopers need to share a cabin with German civilians. —D.S.
Lacey Chabert and Brendan Sutherland in 'The Sweetest Christmas'. Ricardo Hubbs/Crown Media
Lacey Chabert is again, this time taking part in a struggling baker who enters a gingerbread competitors. Bakers and journalists make up 80 % of the financial system of the Hallmark universe. —D.S.
Candace Cameron Bure in 'Switched for Christmas'. Jeremy Lee/Crown Media
Candace Cameron Bure will get her personal Parent Trap/Princess Switch on this endearingly goofy movie during which the Full House alum performs twin sisters who conform to swap lives forward of the Christmas festivities. —Okay.J.
Paul Campbell, Andrew W. Walker, and Tyler Hynes in 'Three Clever Males and a Child'. Bettina Strauss
If the title doesn't hook you, we don't know what’s going to. After a child is left at a firehouse with directions for Luke (Andrew W. Walker) to deal with him, the firefighter will get his two estranged brothers to assist him, forging a stronger bond within the course of. —Okay.J.
Erin Cahill and Ryan Paevey in 'A Timeless Christmas'. Bettina Strauss/Crown Media
An prosperous man from 1903, Charles Whitley (Ryan Paevey), time travels to 2020 and falls for a Twenty first-century girl, Megan Turner (Erin Cahill), who's a tour information of his 1900s mansion–turned–historic landmark. —D.S.
Tyler Hynes and Bethany Pleasure Lenz in 'An Surprising Christmas'. Allister Foster
What's Christmas with out an elaborate ruse? When Jamie (Tyler Hynes) runs into his ex, Emily (Bethany Pleasure Lenz), he convinces her to faux they're nonetheless collectively for the advantage of his household at Christmas. Naturally, their relationship evolves in, you guessed it, sudden methods. —Okay.J.
Russian assaults towards Ukraine killed seven individuals and injured not less than 34 others over the previous day, regional authorities mentioned on Dec. 20.
Ukrainian forces downed 40 out of 65 Shahed-type drones and different unmanned aerial autos, in addition to 5 Iskander-M or the North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles, the Air Power reported. Twenty extra drones had been reported as "misplaced" throughout Ukraine.
Russia launched a sequence of missile assaults towards Kyiv on the morning of Dec. 20, killing one individual, injuring 10, and inflicting harm throughout town, native authorities reported.
Russian forces launched a large-scale assault on town of Kherson, concentrating on residential areas and demanding and social infrastructure amenities, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin mentioned. No less than two individuals had been killed and 10 extra injured, based on native authorities.
A Russian missile strike on a two-story home within the metropolis of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast injured not less than six individuals, together with a 15-year-old woman, based on Governor Serhii Lysak.
The aftermath of a Russian missile assault on town of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in a single day on Dec. 20, 2024. (Serhii Lysak/Telegram)
4 individuals had been killed within the villages of Shevchenko, Katerynivka, and the city of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast, Governor Vadym Filashkin mentioned. Three extra individuals had been injured within the area over the previous day.
Russian assaults on the villages of Cheremushne and Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast injured two ladies aged 46 and 54, Governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned.
Three different individuals suffered accidents in a Russian missile strike close to Kupiansk. The assault broken 12 homes and a postal depot of Nova Poshta, Ukraine’s largest personal supply firm.
One other hostile assault was recorded within the Kyiv district of Kharkiv, which resulted in a hearth. Earlier, 4 individuals have been injured within the shelling, together with a 12-year-old woman.
One other enemy assault on the Kyiv district was recorded in Kharkiv. This was reported by the mayor of the town Igor Terekhov, experiences UNN.
One other arrival in Kyiv district. There’s a hearth on the website of the hit.
– mentioned Igor Terekhov.
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Occupants shelled Kharkiv, injuring 4 individuals, together with a 12-year-old woman with shrapnel wounds. Rescuers are extinguishing a 30-square-meter hearth on the scene.
A 12-year-old woman and three different individuals have been injured in a strike in KharkivDec 20 2024, 08:40 PM • 5607 views
Russian forces have launched a large-scale assault on Ukraine utilizing kamikaze drones, prompting an air-raid warning throughout the jap half of the nation.
Supply: Ukrainian Air Power on social media; on-line air-raid warning map
Particulars: Teams of drones have been noticed over Sumy Oblast, jap Kharkiv Oblast, northern Donetsk Oblast, southeastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Poltava Oblast and Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
At 21:29, an air-raid warning was issued for Kyiv: "Consideration! Enemy strike UAV heading your means from the east!"
In Magdeburg, Germany, a automobile drove right into a crowd of individuals at a Christmas market, touring 400 meters. The incident killed 11 individuals and injured about 80.
Within the German metropolis of Magdeburg, at the very least 11 individuals have been killed in a automobile accident, and the variety of injured reaches 80. That is reported by BILD, UNN stories.
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Medics are working on the scene, offering emergency support to the wounded. The injured are mendacity on the bottom close to the market stalls, the place just a few hours in the past a festive environment reigned.
As a result of assault, the honest was closed and tram service within the metropolis middle was suspended. Police stated the motive force drove about 400 meters via the fairgrounds, forsaking chaos and quite a few victims.
It’s not but recognized whether or not the attacker acted alone or had accomplices. The investigation is ongoing, and the town is in a state of shock.
Terrorist assault at Christmas market in Germany: 60 to 80 individuals injuredDec 20 2024, 07:56 PM • 6052 views
The Biden administration is planning to announce within the coming days its closing assist package deal underneath the Ukraine Safety Help Initiative (USAI) price round $1.2 billion, Reuters reported on Dec. 20, citing unnamed sources.
The U.S. offered greater than $60 billion in army assist to Ukraine underneath the Biden administration. The USAI is a Pentagon-led program that provides arms to Ukraine by contracts with U.S. protection firms.
The package deal is anticipated to incorporate air protection interceptors and artillery ammunition, one of many sources instructed Reuters.
Individually, the U.S. can be offering help to Kyiv by the presidential drawdown authority (PDA), underneath which Washington provides Ukraine with army tools from current U.S. army stockpiles.
It’s not instantly clear whether or not the Biden administration plans to announce additional assist packages underneath the PDA.
The New York Instances (NYT) reported on Dec. 17 that the U.S. could run out of time to ship the remaining $5.6 billion in army assist allotted to Ukraine underneath the PDA earlier than Donald Trump takes workplace subsequent month.
Trump’s assist for Ukraine hangs within the air as analysts and politicians attempt to gauge his plans to deliver peace to Ukraine, as he promised to finish the struggle inside "24 hours" after reelection with out revealing particulars.
A fireplace broke out in Zaporizhzhia because of an assault by enemy drones, an ambulance arrived on the scene. The Air Drive stories a number of teams of drones within the Ukrainian sky.
A fireplace broke out in Zaporizhzhia because of a drone assault. This was reported by the pinnacle of the Zaporizhzhia RMA Ivan Fedorov, UNN stories.
"A fireplace broke out in Zaporizhzhia because of the drone assault. An ambulance crew arrived on the scene," Fedorov mentioned.
Earlier, Fedorov reported the specter of drone assaults in Zaporizhzhia area.
The Air Drive has warned of a number of teams of enemy drones which have been noticed within the Ukrainian sky.
Ukraine has acquired the sixth IRIS-T SLM air defence system from Germany.
Supply: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a night deal with on Friday, 20 December, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Commenting on Russia's newest missile strike on Kyiv, Zelenskyy thanked Ukraine's companions, "who’re responding to this and different Russian assaults with the readiness to offer extra air defence methods, extra weapons that may shield towards terrorists".
"We've now come again from Brussels with new agreements on air defence methods. Germany has additionally handed over a further IRIS-T system. Thanks," he added.
Beforehand: For the reason that starting of the full-scale Russian invasion, Germany has offered Ukraine with six IRIS-T SLM (medium-range) and 4 SLS (short-range) methods.
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Throughout a go to to Kyiv in early December, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed that the sixth IRIS-T SLM system would arrive in Ukraine by the top of the yr.
In early September, Scholz introduced that Germany had ordered a complete of 17 IRIS-T air defence methods for Ukraine, consisting of eight medium-range (SLM) and 9 short-range (SLS) methods.
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The Kyiv IndependentDmytro Basmat
