"Powerful explosions" occurred in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, followed by black smoke blowing over a former factory turned into a Russian military base, exiled Mayor Ivan Fedorov said on May 30.
Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti published a video showing the interrogation of a woman who claimed to have tried bringing two orphans from Russian-occupied Henichesk to Germany via Kyiv. RIA Novosti called the woman a representative of the NGO Save Ukraine, but the organization’s press service said she was the godmother of one of the children.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin commented on a May 30 drone attack against Moscow, blaming it on Ukraine and threatening Kyiv with "mirror actions," reported Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Russian service.
Emergency power outages were introduced in parts of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, and Sumy around midday on May 30 due to a decrease in the system's frequency, reported Ukraine's Energy Ministry.
"Yesterday, Russian border guards celebrated their professional holiday. The fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps congratulated them by successfully crossing the 'holey' state border once again," one of the Russian militia groups fighting on Ukraine's side said on May 29.
Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski signed an order on May 29 suspending freight traffic for Russian and Belarusian vehicles across the border with Belarus, as reported by Polish news agency PAP.
Denmark will increase its spending on defense assistance to Ukraine by 17.9 billion Danish kroner (about $2.6 billion) in 2023-2024, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in an interview with DR.
About 100 Russian soldiers were killed, and over 400 were injured in a strike on a former healthcare facility in the village of Yurivka near Mariupol, exiled Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andriushchenko reported on May 29.
Russian troops hit the villages of Kozatske and Zolota Balka in Ukraine's southern Kherson Oblast on May 29, the regional administration reported. A 61-year-old man was killed in his house as a result of the Kozatske shelling, according to the report.
The draft law will enable the National Bank to nationalize Sense Bank (formerly Alfa-Bank), owned by Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman, wrote Ukrainska Pravda news outlet. It is yet to be signed into law by the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada and President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In the last 24 hours, Russian attacks were reported in nine Ukrainian oblasts. According to local authorities, two civilians were killed, and three were injured in southern Kherson Oblast. Fourteen more people were wounded in Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv oblasts.
Russian troops hit 161 Ukrainian settlements over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center said on May 12. One civilian was killed in Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, and another in the southern Kherson region, according to local authorities.
Ukrainian soldiers have advanced two kilometers toward Bakhmut and haven't lost any positions in the area in the past week, Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on May 12.
Ukraine needs "a bit more time" to launch its much-anticipated counteroffensive as the country is waiting for the delivery of pledged military aid, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as reported by BBC on May 11.
In the last 24 hours, Russian attacks killed six civilians in Ukraine's Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Sumy oblasts, according to local authorities.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Kyiv on May 9, discussing the EU ammunition supply plan, an upcoming package of sanctions against Russia, and the bloc's ban on Ukrainian food exports.
Russia struck a total of 139 settlements using various types of weapons, Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center said on May 9.
Deputy of the Odesa City Council Dmytro Tantsiura posted bail for Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov, charged with state funds embezzlement, Suspilne news outlet reported on May 5. Trukhanov was then released from the pretrial detention center.
Russian forces launched yet another large-scale missile strike against Ukraine in the early hours of April 28, killing at least 19 civilians and injuring 24 more. The number of casualties is not final and will be updated.
Russia struck a total of 147 settlements using various types of weapons, Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center said on April 27. According to local authorities, seven civilians were killed, and at least 32 were injured.
President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the 37th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster by honoring the memory of the liquidators of the largest nuclear accident in human history.
Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Mao Ning said on April 24, as cited by Bloomberg, that Beijing "respects the status of the former Soviet republics as sovereign countries after the Soviet Union's dissolution," adding that the country's position remains "unchanged."
Two former mercenaries of Russia's state-backed Wagner Group told Russian opposition media outlet Gulagu.net how they had killed dozens of Ukrainian civilians, including children, as well as prisoners of war when fighting in Donetsk Oblast.
Russian forces carried out attacks against nine Ukrainian oblasts over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center said on April 12. According to local authorities, two civilians were killed, and nine more were wounded in the Russian attacks.
Russian troops carried out attacks against nine Ukrainian oblasts over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center said on April 11. According to local authorities, seven civilians were wounded in the Russian attacks.
Russian troops carried out attacks against eight Ukrainian oblasts over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's Defense Ministry media center reported on April 10. According to local authorities, five civilians were wounded in the Russian attacks.
During their talks in Beijing, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to "work hard" on achieving a negotiated end to Russia's war against Ukraine, Reuters reported on April 6, citing a French diplomatic source.
"Today we are signing a document on the supply of Polish Rosomak armored personnel carriers, Rak self-propelled mortars, air defense systems, in particular the very effective Piorun," President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his April 5 visit to Warsaw.
Russia's National Anti-Terrorist Committee accused the Ukrainian special services of plotting an explosion that killed Russian propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky, Russian state-controlled media outlet RIA Novosti reported on April 3. President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on Tatarsky's murder, saying he "doesn't think about what's happening in St. Petersburg or Moscow."
Current Time, a project of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, reported on March 30 that the Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich previously detained by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), was arrested for two months by the Lefortovo court in Moscow.
Ukraine's military has likely pushed Russia's Wagner Group fighters back from Donetsk Oblast's 0506 route, which has become a critical supply line for Ukrainian defenders, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported on March 29.
A 9-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were returned to their family on the Ukrainian-controlled territory, ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on March 23.
