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Trump's USA  Trump's speech to the nation
Former advisor warns of a state of emergency

Donald Trump is laying the groundwork for declaring a state of emergency before or in connection with the midterm elections. That's what Ty Cobb, who was special legal advisor during Donald Trump's first term, said in an interview with PBS.

- I think tonight's speech is intended to lay the groundwork for what he needs to be able to declare a state of emergency in connection with the midterm elections, he says.

According to Cobb, Trump will likely do everything he can to prevent a shift of power to the Democrats. This could include intimidating minority voters by deploying the National Guard or ICE agents, something that Cobb says has been suggested by Steve Bannon and Attorney General Todd Blanche.

- I also think they will try to do everything that gives them the opportunity to seize voting machines, just like Trump wanted to do in 2020. But then Bill Barr declared that there was no legal basis for that, Cobb says.

Russian invasion  Ukraine’s response
Protest leader accuses Syrskyi’s circle of trying to silence protests

People close to Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi are trying to intimidate protesters into calling off protests against the firing of former defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov, one of the leading figures behind the protests, Dmytro Koziatynskyi, told the Kyiv Independent.

The decision to dismiss Fedorov has been highly unpopular in Ukraine, and the protests have increasingly focused on Syrskyi, after it emerged that President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s decision was based on disagreements between the two.

Koziatynskyi’s former commander, Alina Mykhaylova, said on social media that the USF unit had contacted her and demanded to know which unit he served in because he had posted about the protests and urged people to participate.

“I know that the commander of my former battalion received inquiries from higher up about my whereabouts, even though I have been a civilian for over a year,” says Koziatynskyj.