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Mass Gravesite in Ukraine

More than 400 graves have been discovered in a mass burial site in Ukraine's northeastern city of Izium, which sits on the Donets River in the Kharkiv Oblast and is one of the areas Ukrainian forces have liberated this month from Russian control. The gravesite appears to be the largest of its kind in Ukraine since Russia's invasion began. Investigators exhuming the site also found evidence of torture, including bodies with broken limbs and ropes around their necks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said yesterday.

Separately, Germany's national energy regulator took control of Russian-owned oil refineries in its region, including a facility in the northeast that supplies around 90% of Berlin's fuel. The action is meant to safeguard Germany's energy supplies before Europe moves to limit Russian oil imports, starting in December. The refineries make up about 12% of Germany's total oil-processing capacity, making Russia's Rosneft one of the largest companies in Germany.

See more updates on the war here. 

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"In our rural area, neighbors help one another. A couple of days ago, Cliff was dumping a load of earth behind his house, using his 13-ton truck, loaded with 12 tons of earth. His truck became stuck in the mud, and as he tried to drive it out, the truck began to tilt toward his house. Our neighbor John saw this, and drove his giant tractor (he owns several) next door to Cliff's property, and quickly pulled the big truck free. John is fighting cancer, and it isn't going well. But he didn't hesitate for even a moment to help his friend and neighbor."

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