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Ukraine’s Defense Forces have accumulated enough strength and weapons to start the de-occupation of Ukrainian territories that are temporarily seized by Russia. The relevant statement was made by Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov in an interview with Japan’s NHK, an Ukrinform correspondent reports, referring to the Main Intelligence Directorate at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. “Many civilians are still under Russian occupation, and time cannot be wasted anymore. We already have minimum weapons and other equipment stocks in place. I can only say that it will start soon,” Budanov told. The…

In the Izium district of Kharkiv region, a man who was traveling to work in the village of Oleksandrivka on a tractor exploded on an unknown explosive device. The press service of the Kharkiv regional police said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "On May 24, the Izium District Police Department received a report from a doctor that a man with a mine-blast injury had been taken to a medical facility," the report said. According to the police, the 33-year-old man was driving a tractor to work in the village of Oleksandrivka, Izium district. On the road, he saw an unknown…

The Russian forces are focusing their main efforts on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka directions, where 26 combat clashes took place in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its morning update on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Maryinka directions - 26 combat clashes took place, with Bakhmut and Maryinka remaining at the epicenter of hostilities," the report says. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 41 airstrikes, as well as 53 MLRS attacks. Civilians…

The U.S. Department of Defense has specified that given the term for training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, the deployment of infrastructure and other components, providing Ukraine with these fighter jets is part of a long-term commitment. That’s according to a readout published on the website of the U.S. Department of Defense on Tuesday following the phone call between U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin with Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov, Ukrinform reports.   It is noted that the meeting "will focus on sustaining Ukraine’s armored maneuver capabilities and bolstering Ukraine’s air defenses against Russia’s continued brutal attacks.”…

Pentagon spokesman General Patrick Ryder has said that another Ramstein format meeting will be devoted to the strengthening of Ukraine’s air defense, the provision of ammunition, as well as the discussion about the transfer of F-16 fighter jets. He stated this at a briefing on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “At this contact group, like the others, it will all start with Ukraine providing an overview of the current security situation there and what their most urgent needs are. And so I would expect that ground-based air defense will continue to be a topic of priority discussion, as well ammunition…

The National Police of Ukraine has opened a total of 78,248 criminal proceedings over Russian war crimes in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Internal Affairs Ministry, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Since the Russian full-scale invasion started, the National Police of Ukraine has opened 78,248 criminal proceedings over the crimes committed on the territory of Ukraine by the Russian military and their accomplices,” the report states. According to the ministry, a total of 65,919 cases are under investigation for the violation of the laws and customs of war, 9,192 – for the…

In the United Kingdom, Norwegian instructors are training Ukrainian soldiers to fire small arms in low visibility conditions and at night in defensive and offensive combat as part of a unit.   That's according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "This training makes it possible to improve the acquired combat skills to increase personal safety and security of the unit in various scenarios of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, so that servicemen can skillfully use the necessary tactical knowledge to protect Ukraine," the General Staff notes. Under the expert guidance of the Norwegian…

The situation in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation is an internal conflict. Representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andriy Yusov said this on the air of the telethon "United News", an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "The security and defense forces of Ukraine are liberating Ukrainian territory and de-occupying our lands in order to reach the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine of 1991. Everything that is happening on the territory of the Russian Federation is an internal Russian conflict," Yusov said. He noted that the structures that took responsibility for the events in the Belgorod region - the "Freedom…

In the Donetsk region, soldiers of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in cooperation with paratroopers, eliminated a field depot of Russian invaders. The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "In addition to the enemy's ammunition depot, 5 invaders and a truck flew into the air," the service said. Read also: Ukraine’s specops forces destroy Russian observation complex As Ukrinform reported, the Special Operations Forces destroyed the Russian optoelectronic complex "Irony" with the help of an attack drone, which was used by the invaders to monitor the positions of the Armed Forces of…

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has said that an operation on the creation of a “security zone” to protect Ukrainian civilians is being conducted in Russia’s Belgorod region, however only with the participation of Russian citizens. Andriy Yusov, a Main Intelligence Directorate representative, told Suspilne in a comment, Ukrinform reports. "Today the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion, consisting of Russian citizens, launched an operation to liberate the territories of Belgorod region from the so-called Putin regime and push back the enemy in order to create a certain security zone to protect…