a Russian Defence Ministry map, which included the claim to have destroyed 44 MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket Systems – on which HIMARS are a type) near the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. – September 22, 2022 at 10:59AM

The demonstrations in Iran began as an emotional outpouring over the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman held by the country’s morality police for allegedly violating its strictly enforced dress code. Clashes between Iranian security forces and protesters angry over the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody have killed at least nine people since the violence erupted over the weekend, according to a tally on Thursday by The Associated Press. Widespread outages of Instagram and WhatsApp, which protesters use to share information about the government’s rolling crackdown on dissent, continued on Thursday. Authorities also appeared to disrupt…