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US-led NATO said on Tuesday its member states were boosting security around key installations as Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine and stepped up threats against the West.Russian missiles pounded Ukraine for a second day, after dozens of air raids across the country on Monday that killed 19 people, wounded more than 100 and knocked out power supplies.Moscow has annexed new tracts of Ukraine, mobilised hundreds of thousands of Russians to fight stanley cup and repeatedly threatened to use nuclear arms in recent weeks, spreading alarm in the West. A European diplomat said NATO was considering convening a virtual summit of the Western defence alliance to consider its response.NATO was closely monitoring Russias nuclear forces, but had not seen any change in its nuclear posture, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters in Brussels stanley cups uk .The allies were increasing security around critical infrastructure after attacks on gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea and any deliberate attack would be met with a united and determined response , he said. It is still unclear who was behind the recent explosions.More missile strikes killed at least one person in the southeastern Ukrainian town of Zaporizhzhia and left part of the western city of Lviv without power, local officials said. Air raid sirens earlier wailed across Ukraine for a second day.Russian President Vladimir Putin, under domestic pressure to ramp up the seven-month war as his forces have lost ground since early S vaso stanley eptember, s Dmru Unexploded grenade found on Paphos beach
NEW YORK 鈥?The rule that negated using video replay to confirm a Houston Texans touchdown may be too harsh and will be re-examined immediately, NFL director of football operations Ray Anderson said Friday.Anderson, also co-chairman of the competition committee th stanley cup at suggests rules changes to the owners, said a change could come this year. The NFL traditionally resists changing rules during a season. We will certainly di stanley becher scuss the rule with the competition committee members, as we do all situations involving unique and unusual circumstances, and determine if we feel a change should be recommended to ownership, Anderson said in a statement. Not being able to review a play in this situation may be too harsh, and an unintended consequence of trying to prevent coaches from throwing their challenge flag for strategic purposes in situations that are not subject to a coaches challenge. Anderson added the NFL is not bound by past events when a rule is proved to have loopholes, and that a 15-yard penalty for throwing the challenge flag on a play that is automatically reviewed might be enough. For now, throwing the challenge flag also eliminates the use of replay. All scoring plays otherwise are reviewed.Justin Forsetts third-quarter 81-yard run in the Texans 34-31 overtime victory at Detroit on Thursday initially was ruled a touc stanley cup hdown, although replays clearly showed his knee and elbow touched the turf when he was hit by Lions defenders. Detroit coach Jim Schwartz challenged, resultin |
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