

Nazarov added that new equipment from the U.S. Myre says Nazarov doesn't think the rebellion has affected the war in Ukraine because the Wagner group "weren't expected to play a crucial role" now that Russia is mostly on the defensive. Viktor Nazarov, who spent nearly a decade in the Soviet army as a young man but is now chief adviser to Ukraine's top general. Some of Russian President Vladimir Putin's generals have not been seen in public recently, prompting questions about who might be under suspicion or arrested for what they knew about the Wagner group's failed rebellion last weekend. France saw protests after George Floyd was killed in 2020, but this incident "hits closer to home." President Emmanuel Macon called the killing "unexplainable and inexcusable."

Fine particulates in the smoke irritate the lungs.

Haze from Canadian wildfires blankets the Chicago skyline as seen from the city's South Loop neighborhood on Wednesday.īoth high heat and smoke can trigger respiratory problems, NPR's health correspondent Allison Aubrey says on Up First this morning.
