The now muddy nevada desert. Plus, an escaped killer on the loose. The search intensifying after a convict was caught on a home surveillance video. And ukraines fired Defense Minister, president zelenskyy sacking him in the middle of crucial counteroffenses. Hi there, welcome to a special Holiday Edition of early start. Im david culver. We start with what is anything but a relaxing Holiday Weekend for Tens Of Thousands of people at the burning Manifest Value in the nevada desert. They are trapped in a sea of mud out there this morning. What a mess out there. Theyre waiting for organizers to give the allclear to exit the site. That is expected to happen sometime today. Amid a downpour friday and saturday transformed the Dry Desert Dirt into thick claylike mud that traps bikes and organizers alike. Organizers asked the attendees to shelter in place and shelter and food. And also plans to set fire to the iconic Burning Man Effigy in tonight. Police out there are investigating one death at
The dismissal of Oleksii Reznikov signals a strategy shift. Mr reznikov led the Ministry Since before the start of russias full scale invasion in february of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraines army. But as ukraines government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. Meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainian generals claim that they have breached russias formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi told the Observer Newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. But the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying that ukraine expects weaker Russian Defences ahead. Questions over ukraines slow progress on the battlefie
Oleksii reznikov has been through more than 550 days of full scale war. I believe the Ministry Needs New approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole. Yuriy sak is a an adviser to ukraines Defence Minister he gave us his assessment of the change of the Defence Minister. We as a nation, we are now driven by one single objective and goal, which is to defeat the enemy on the battlefield and to win this war, and restore stability and security in europe and the world. The captain of our team is our commander in chief, president zelensky. So he makes decisions about how, in his view, is best to achieve the goals that we have ahead of us at this specific stage. So, the move that is announced now reflects the president s vision. You mentioned that reznikov was the Minister Of Defence was over 550 days. And as somebody who works with him closely, i can tell you that every single one of these 550 days, he woke up and went to bed with one single though
Of russias full scale invasion in feburary of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraines army. But as ukraines government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. Meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainan generals claim theyve breached russias formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy told the Observer Newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. But the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying ukraine expects weaker Russian Defences ahead. Questions over ukraines slow progress on the battlefield remain, but ukraine says its forces are making steady gains in the south of the country, expanding its units in recent week
So cirstea will face Karolina Muchova who is through to the quarterfinals of the us open for the first time after victory over chinas xinyu wang. The tenth seed started strongly, only for the world number 53 to power back in the second set. But she went on to take the third. It feels good, but yes, i dont want to start here, so i dont really put it in my head like it something. I am really proud of myself that i made it here but still looking forward to go for the next round. Ben shelton is into the quarterfinals of the us open for the first time after beating fellow american tommy paul. The unseeded 20 year old sealed a shock four set victory when 14th seed paul went long on a forehand, meaning the world number 47 shelton advances. He becomes the youngest american man to reach the us open quarterfinals since andy roddick in 2002. Hell face another american in the quarters, francis tiafoe. Now to the premier league. Arsenal celebrated an injury time win over Manchester United at the em