reinforced Ukrainian troops have stalled a Russian offensive on the donet region town of pokrov a key part of the front for more than a week but there are no signs that Russia has abandoned its goal of advancing on the city the New York Times reports it is noted that the fighting in the Villages and Fields to the east of the city remains unstable and Russian troops continue to advance in other places according to servicemen fighting there the publication added that in the poov area Ukraine has reinforced its troops with soldiers from two brigades the poov Direction came as a surprise admitted a tank commander from the 93rd mechanized Brigade of Ukraine the 12th as of Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine also announced its presence in New York City near prros when the Brigade was deployed in this area the situation on the front line was catastrophic despite intense fighting our soldiers are holding the line as Battlefield field maps show the Russian Advance on pakros was halted a week ago near the town of selovo but the Russian Advance continued South where the Russian army has all but encircled the Ukrainian held Territory between the towns of poov and kurakov recall that as Forbes wrote Ukrainian troops are counterattacking in several sectors along the Eastern front it was noted that the general staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was able to form a reserve Detachment of about five brigades in particular by involving the National Guard forces it was noted that last year the National Guard of Ukraine expanded and strengthened several of its brigades uniting them into a so-called offensive guard that includes the 12th a of Brigade as well as the karadag Brigade which recently took up positions south of poov and quickly counterattacked now the capture of the city by the Russians no longer seems inevitable it was noted that the high Terrain in poov and its environs encourages the attacking forces to head towards the lowest seven approaches to the city this also directs them towards selovo at least 21 people have died in Vietnam after typhoon yagi slammed the country's North triggering landslides and floods State media reported on Sunday national television station vtv said at least 12 people had been killed in mountainous provinces after heavy rain caused by the typhoon softened the soil and collapsed on houses in Lao Kai Province a landslide swept through a village killing six people and injuring nine others the report said in hin Province a landslide killed four people in a family as they were sleeping in the early hours of Sunday the report added the Heavy Rain also saw Rivers burst their Banks submerging houses in various parts of the northern region yagi described by Vietnamese meteorological officials as one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade made its way to the Southeast Asian country after it left three people dead and nearly a hundred others injured in the Chinese province of hyan the typhoon landed at Vietnam's Coastal provinces of kuang nin and hiong with wind speeds of up to 149 kmph State media reported kuang nin is home to the UNESCO world heritage site halong Bay known for its towering Limestone Islands hundreds of cruises were canceled at the popular site before the typhoon landed according to local media authorities said they expected more rain in the coming days and issued warnings for further flooding and landslides for fore fore