Cover image: The central street of the Russian city of Kursk, May 28, 2023. OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP
- A Ukrainian drone attack on the western Russian city of Kursk, about 150 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, hit a train station, injuring five, the regional governor announced on Sunday. The machine would have crashed on the roof of the building, causing a fire.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that a drone attempted to fly towards Moscow and the attack was foiled. The machine was destroyed by electronic means and crashed in a deserted area, without causing any casualties or damage, said the Russian defense ministry.
- At least seven people died, including a 6-year-old girl, and 144 others were injured, including fifteen children, after a Russian bombardment on the city of Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine on Saturday. France denounced “a news illustration of Russia’s cowardice and cynicism ». For his part, theUN has sentenced “this repeated pattern of Russian bombing on populated areas of Ukraine”.
- Visiting Sweden, Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, asked to the world of ” stand up against russian terror » and of “provide Ukraine with additional tools to protect lives”. He also reported that kyiv and Stockholm are moving forward on joint production of Swedish CV90 light tanks, and trials with Ukrainian pilots on Swedish Gripen aircraft have begun.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the generals in charge of the Russian military operation in Ukraine during a meeting in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, the Kremlin announced on Saturday morning.
- The Russian army said on Saturday that it had “completely eliminated” about 150 Ukrainian soldiers trying to cross the Dnieper Riverfront line in southern Ukraine, where Kiev forces are trying to penetrate the defenses of Moscow.
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