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Ukraine’s General Staff said they had “partial success” around the tactically important Robotyne area in the Zaporizhzhia region, a key Russian strongpoint that Ukraine needs to retake in order to continue pushing south towards Melitopol.

Robust concrete structures, such as banks or government buildings, may be used as a strongpoint from which to defend.

With the French Open being rescheduled from its usual May-June slot to late September and early October, cooler and wetter-than-usual weather could play to Halep’s strongpoint: outlasting opponents over long rallies with her fluid movement and improved stamina.

Rallies and other public events, meanwhile, are not seen as Biden’s strongpoint, so cancelling those may shield him from scrutiny and the risk of making gaffes.

Forward elements had run into a German strongpoint and mines on the road.