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"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.
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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.
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Russia shelled two villages in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast on May 29, injuring at least seven people, including the elderly, children, and a pregnant woman, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.
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Moldova’s President Maia Sandu warned against the dangers of Russian propaganda and disinformation in the country and proposed the creation of a new governmental body to counter this threat. The envisioned “Patriot Center” would coordinate and implement the state's strategy on combatting disinformation, Sandu said during a press conference on May 29.
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According to updated information by the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, Russia launched 40 cruise missiles and 38 attack drones in the overnight attack. Ukraine’s air defense successfully intercepted 30 Shahed kamikaze drones and 36 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, the General Staff wrote.
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Russian forces attack 4 communities in Sumy Oblast

by The Kyiv Independent news desk April 3, 2023 1:16 AM 1 min read
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Russian troops attacked four communities in Sumy Oblast on April 2, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.

According to Ukrainian officials, Russian forces targeted the communities of Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, Khotin, and Yunakivka. No casualties were reported.

Twenty hits were reported in Yunakivka and, as a result of the shelling, power lines and an agricultural enterprise were damaged.

Six homes were damaged due to mortar shelling in Khotin, 17 hits were reported in Bilopillia, and two hits were reported in Krasnopillia.

Sumy Oblast is located at Ukraine’s northeastern border with Russia. It has been the target of daily Russian attacks from across the border since parts of the oblast were liberated from Russian control in early April 2022.

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