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Ukraine launched an attack on Russian positions in Russian-occupied Berdiansk in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the exiled local authorities reported on May 29. At least five strikes were allegedly conducted on the evening of May 28, the authorities said, while local Telegram channels reported explosions near the airport.
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According to the report, Russia has also lost 3,801 tanks, 7,467 armored fighting vehicles, 6,207 vehicles and fuel tanks, 3,435 artillery systems, 575 multiple launch rocket systems, 331 air defense systems, 313 airplanes, 298 helicopters, 3,054 drones, and 18 boats.
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Russian forces shelled nine communities in Sumy Oblast on May 28, firing close to 50 rounds from various types of weapons, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported on Telegram.
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The Russian military heavily shelled the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast on May 28, the State Emergency Service reported. As a result of the attack, a 74-year old woman suffered shrapnel wounds in the village of Kucherivka.
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“The Air Defense Forces of Ukraine. You heard the air raid alarm differently than most people,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in the aftermath of Russia's overnight attack on Kyiv on May 28. “You look up to destroy enemy missiles, aircraft, helicopters, and drones. Every time you shoot down enemy drones and missiles, lives are saved.”
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The bill includes a complete ban on trade with Iran, investments, and transferring technologies, as well as stopping Iranian transit across the Ukrainian territory, and preventing the withdrawal of Iranian assets from Ukraine.
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Kyiv's air defenses shot down over 40 drones Russia launched at the capital overnight on May 28, in what the Kyiv City Military Administration says was the largest drone attack on the city since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
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Russia says it agreed to 60-day grain deal extension, not 120

by The Kyiv Independent news desk March 18, 2023 6:18 PM 1 min read
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Russia said on March 18 that it agreed to a 60-day grain deal extension that enabled Ukraine to export its agricultural products via the Black Sea, refuting Ukraine's earlier announcement that the deal was prolonged for 120 days.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that her country "repeatedly" notified all parties of the UN and Turkey-brokered deal that it was only renewed for 60 days, Interfax-Russia reported.

Ukraine has criticized Russia's push for a shortened period, saying it "contradicts" the original agreement. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stressed on March 17 that "Ukraine is one of the key links of global food security, so we insist that the grain deal be open-ended and automatically extended for 120 days."

Minister: Russian-Ukrainian grain deal extended for another 120 days

United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric confirmed an extension of the Ukrainian-Russian grain deal in a March 18 statement but refrained from saying the length of the term. He added that some 25 million metric tons of Ukrainian food commodities were exported to 45 countries since the landmark grain deal was implemented last summer.

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said during his speech in the western Turkish city of Canakkale that "as a result of our talks with the two sides, we have secured an extension to this deal," but he did not mention for how long.

The UN and Turkey have backed Ukraine's call for a 120-day rollover period amid Russia's push to renew the pact for only 60 days.

The grain deal, which allows ships carrying food commodities to leave from three designated Black Sea ports in the southern Odesa Oblast, was set to expire on March 18.

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