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2:17 PM

South Africa to grant diplomatic immunity to participants of upcoming BRICS summit, allowing wanted Putin to join.

There has been ongoing speculation as to whether or not Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend this year's summit in person due to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) warrant for his arrest.

1:41 PM

Ukraine retrieves bodies of 79 fallen soldiers.

Ukraine managed to return the bodies of 79 fallen soldiers, the Ministry for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories announced on its website on May 30. The bodies will be returned to their families and loved ones for burial.

1:26 PM

Ukraine's newly-appointed Education Minister renounces his academic title after scandal.

Education Minister Oksen Lisovyi said on May 30 that he had formally renounced his academic title amid earlier allegations of plagiarism surrounding his academic research.

12:31 PM

Parliament adopts law to allow insurance against war risks.

Ukraine’s parliament adopted a law allowing insurance of investments in Ukraine against war risks. The law expands the capabilities of the Export Credit Agency, allowing it to insure both domestic and foreign investments against the risks caused by armed aggression or terrorism.

11:45 AM

Russian forces shell 10 Ukrainian regions over past day, killing 4, injuring 45.

Russia carried out mass strikes against Ukraine over the past day, mostly using drones and artillery.

10:40 AM

Update: At least 1 dead, 13 injured after night attack on Kyiv Oblast.

At least 13 people were injured and one woman died after the Russian overnight drone strike against Kyiv Oblast and the capital on May 30, the Kyiv police reported on Telegram.

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10:14 AM

Update: 29 drones shot down overnight.

According to the information published by Ukraine’s Air Force, Russia launched 31 Shahed kamikaze drones over the last night.

9:34 AM

Drones hit buildings in Moscow, Russia says.

A drone attack damaged several high-rise buildings in Moscow on May 30, according to Russian state media. The incident happened around 4 a.m.

8:45 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 207,440 troops in Ukraine.

According to the report, Russia has also lost 3,802 tanks, 7,469 armored fighting vehicles, 6,219 vehicles and fuel tanks, 3,445 artillery systems, 575 multiple launch rocket systems, 332 air defense systems, 313 airplanes, 298 helicopters, 3,092 drones, and 18 boats.

7:37 AM

Russia issues arrest warrant for US Senator Graham after Ukraine visit.

Russia’s Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham following his comments during the recent trip to Ukraine.

6:49 AM

Borrell: Russia won’t negotiate without first trying to win war against Ukraine.

The European Union’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell said he is “not optimistic” about how Russia’s war against Ukraine could unfold this summer, adding that he believes Moscow won’t enter negotiations without trying to win the war.

6:05 AM

Russia launches 3rd mass aerial assault against Kyiv over past 24 hours, killing at least 1, injuring 3.

Russia launched yet another drone attack against Kyiv overnight on May 30, targeting Ukraine for the 17th time this month, the Kyiv City Military Administration said at around 5 a.m. local time.

3:17 AM

Russia's drone attack on Kyiv injures 1, debris causes fire.

Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reported that a 27-year-old woman was wounded in Holosiivskyi District. Debris that fell over Kyiv’s Darnytskyi District caused a fire in a house, he added.

1:20 AM

Russia lost over 10,000 units of military equipment since Feb 24, 2022.

The Russian military has lost at least 10,469 units of military equipment since the start of the full-scale invasion, according to the Oryx analytical project.

11:44 PM

Anti-Kremlin militia claims to have reentered Russia's territory.

"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.

10:39 PM

Poland to close border for Russian, Belarusian trucks.

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.

10:31 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia launches 2 large-scale attacks on Kyiv in less than 24 hours

9:19 PM

Denmark to provide Ukraine with another $2.6 billion in military aid.

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.

7:48 PM

Update: 2 people killed, 8 injured in Donetsk Oblast following Russian guided bomb attack.

Two people were killed and eight others were injured after Russian forces shelled the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast, the Prosecutor General's Office reported on May 29.

7:18 PM

Official: 100 soldiers killed in strike on temporary Russian base near Mariupol.

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.

7:05 PM

Putin signs law denouncing arms control treaty.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law on May 29 denouncing the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, according to a Russian government website.

6:09 PM

Russian shelling of Kozatske, Kherson Oblast, kills civilian.

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.

6:01 PM

Ukraine's parliament passes additional sanctions against Iran.

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, voted in favor of the proposal to impose additional sanctions against Iran for a period of 50 years, lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak reported on May 29.

5:15 PM

Ukrainian parliament allows nationalizing banks owned by sanctioned figures.

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.

4:43 PM

1 killed, 9 injured in Russian airstrike on Donetsk Oblast.

Russian forces used air-dropped bombs to attack the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast on May 29 around 11:30 a.m., killing at least one person and injuring at least nine, the regional Prosecutor’s Office reported.

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Official: Soils in Crimea deemed unsuitable for agriculture

by The Kyiv Independent news desk April 20, 2023 8:57 AM 1 min read

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Soils in northern Crimea are unsuitable for agriculture, according to a televised statement on April 19 from the Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva.

Much of the former farmland in northern Crimea has become contaminated and unusable for agricultural projects due to Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The land has been destroyed by excessive water extraction, which led to increased salinization to a level that degraded the soil.

According to Tasheva, the problems with water extraction began in 2014 when the Russian occupiers issued "many licenses for ground water extraction" after the illegal annexation of Crimea.

The ecological impact of the Russian military presence in Crimea extends beyond water use, Tasheva said. New infrastructure projects and destruction of natural resources for creation of military bases also negatively impacted the ecosystems.

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