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Russian invaders launched a rocket attack on the city of Sloviansk in the Donetsk region at night, killing at least three people and injuring six others. According to Ukrinform, Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, said this on Facebook. "At least three people were killed and six were injured in a rocket attack by the Russians on Sloviansk at night. A school and at least seven apartment buildings were damaged," the statement said. According to Kyrylenko, as of now, rescue operations are underway. The exact number of casualties is being clarified. He stressed that "this air strike…

Following the death of French BFMTV journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff as a result of Russian shelling of a humanitarian convoy in Ukraine, the French National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office has announced the opening of an investigation into a war crime. The inquiry was entrusted to the Central Office for Combating Crimes against Humanity, Genocide and War Crimes, according to Ukrinform referring to BFMTV. "The investigation is open into the facts of deliberate attempt on the life of a person protected by international law of armed conflict, deliberate attempts on persons not directly involved in conflict, and deliberate attempts on personnel and vehicles…

The fiercest fighting is taking place in the Sievierodonetsk, Bakhmut and Kurakhove areas, with the Ukrainian military restraining enemy offensives. Oleksandr Motuzianyk, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said this at a briefing at the Ukraine Media Center - Ukrinform. "Russian occupying forces do not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The fighting has reached its maximum intensity, with Russian troops firing along the entire line of contact and trying to fire artillery deep into our defenses. At the same time, the assault…

The threat to Odesa region posed by unrecognized Transnistria has decreased after a mobilization campaign in the breakaway region failed. Locals feared that the area’s Moscow handlers could deploy them to the war with Ukraine as cannon fodder, while many potential recruits left the de-facto Moscow-controlled territory. The chief of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, Serhii Bratchuk, commented on the latest developments for Radio NV, Ukrinform reports. "Transnistrians believe that Russia, as always, will use them as cannon fodder, so no one wants to become minced meat… So after several provocations (by the Russian special services - ed.), including the…

During her first visit to Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna visited Bucha, Kyiv region. The Kyiv Regional Military Administration reported this on Telegram. "Bucha is a symbol of the Russian army’s crimes against humanity. Tortured civilians, multiple cases of destruction of housing infrastructure and looting by Russians are something that the world must never forget,” as stated by the Kyiv RMA. Read also: French FM Colonna arrives in Kyiv As reported, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna arrived in Kyiv Monday, May 30. On May 26, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba had his first phone call with…

In Sievierodonetsk, Russian invaders do not retrieve the bodies of their dead from the battlefield, so a strong corpse odor prevails on the city outskirts. Fierce battles continue as the enemy is trying to advance toward the city center. Serhiy Haidai, the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, said this on the air of the UA Razom Telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "The Russians always employ the same tactics, firing for several hours in a row – four to five hours – before going on the offensive. Those who go on the offensive die, then there’s shelling again, then…

Russian invaders have opened fire on a car with two volunteers inside, and three doctors have gone missing in Sievierodonetsk. The relevant statement was made by Luhansk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Haidai on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The security situation update as of May 30, 2022. Russians are advancing inside Sievierodonetsk. A volunteer car with two volunteers came under enemy fire; they were injured but taken to safety now. Three doctors went missing: the front part of their car was found torn apart, and there is no connection with them,” Haidai noted. In his words, Sievierodonetsk’s critical infrastructure…

Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak has commented on the statement by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, claiming that Russian forces attack only military targets of Ukraine, and shared the photographs of these ‘military targets’. The relevant statement was made by Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak on Twitter, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “‘We do not hit civilian targets, only military ones’ – claimed Mr. Lavrov, Russia’s war crimes justification minister. We believe WHO has to establish an international psychiatric council to evaluate the…

A total of 243 children have been killed and over 444 injured in Ukraine since the Russian invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “As of May 30, 2022, over 687 children in Ukraine were affected by the Russian armed aggression. According to the data from juvenile prosecutors, 243 children were killed and over 444 injured,” the report states. These data are not final, as they are being investigated within the areas of hostilities, temporarily occupied and liberated areas. Currently, most casualties were recorded in Donetsk Region (153),…

Russian troops launched two missile strikes on Odesa region, hitting a road and railway bridge across the Dniester estuary. "Desperately continuing to destroy the non-functioning bridge across the Dniester estuary, the ruscists hit the previously broken track. The shock wave damaged several private houses nearby. No casualties among the population have been reported. One missile was shot down by the air defense units," Serhiy Bratchuk, Spokesman for the Odesa Military Administration, posted on Telegram. Another missile was shot down by the air defense forces. "On the morning of May 30, an anti-aircraft missile unit of the Air Command ‘South’ detected…