Satellite Images Show Destroyed Road Bridge Near Power Plant in Kherson

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Satellite images released by Planet Labs PBC show a destroyed road bridge in Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast. Before and after images show the damaged bridge near the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. The images were taken on August 28 and on September 2, according to Planet Labs. Footage verified by Storyful shows the bridge had sustained damage in August. On September 1, the Ukrainian military said they had hit the bridge again, making the facility increasingly inoperable. On Monday, August 29, Ukraine announced a counteroffensive in the Russian-controlled Kherson region, targeting several other strategic areas, power plants and bridges in the area. Credit: Planet Labs PBC via Storyful

Hospital Staff Cheer on Toddler Before Successful Heart Transplant Surgery

Staff at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital greeted a toddler with rapturous applause and bubbles before his heart transplant surgery on January 19, viral video shows. Video shared by mom Patience Clouse shows 15-month-old Mark Jr as he’s wheeled through a corridor lined with hospital staff. Speaking to Storyful, Clouse said that Mark Jr was born with a congenital heart defect and was placed on the transplant list in July after going into heart failure last summer. She added that Mark Jnr had his first open-heart surgery at just six days old. “His surgeon did amazing, and I’m still in awe knowing that he performed such a major and life-saving surgery on a heart the size of our thumb,” she said. Clouse added that Mark Jr has been doing really well post-surgery and was scheduled to be discharged on February 9. Credit: Patience Clouse via Storyful

Toddler Belts Out Soul Classic at Restaurant After Telling Mom Not to Be Shy

This is the adorable moment a toddler was filmed belting out a classic song at a restaurant after telling her mom not to be shy. La’Tekia Magazine filmed her daughter performing a passionate rendition of Aretha Franklin’s 1967 hit Respect at a Florence, South Carolina, branch of LongHorn Steakhouse. She captioned the video on her YouTube channel Zara Bug, “My three-year-old thought the music in LongHorn was too boring.” “We like to listen to classic music at home, and my daughter absolutely loves to sing, so we had been singing this particular song to participate in a talent show together and she wanted to practice while we were eating,” La’Tekia told Storyful. She added: “I told her, ‘No, we would practice at home.’ She said, ‘Mom, don’t be shy; just sing it like this’, and she burst into song. Lol.” Credit: YouTube/zarabug3348 via Storyful

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