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Russian invaders are preparing new provocations in the Black Sea and are likely to use Ukraine’s Gurza-M boat captured by them at Berdiansk Port for this purpose. The relevant statement was made by the Association of the Reintegration of Crimea on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The aggressor transferred the Gurza-M artillery boat of the Ukrainian Naval Forces, which was captured at Berdiansk Port, to the Black Sea. In May, this boat was spotted in the bays of Sevastopol and near Snake Island,” the report states. Reportedly, Russian occupiers are making attempts to use the Gurza-M radio equipment to spread…

More than three months have passed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale aggression in Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting on all fronts - military, diplomatic, economic, humanitarian. And what the ruthless enemy is doing on our land - very often cruelty and insidiousness know no bounds - is difficult to describe in ordinary words. But in this case there are clear, unambiguous legal definitions. This report, entitled "An Independent Legal Analysis of the Russian Federations Breaches of the Genocide Convention in Ukraine and the Duty to Prevent," a summary of which Ukrinform offers to you, was compiled by two well-known institutions…

Russian invaders wounded 32 people in the Mykolaiv region on May 28. Hanna Zamazieieva, head of the Mykolaiv Regional Council, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Fortunately, there are no children among victims. All victims were delivered to our medical institutions and are receiving the necessary help," Zamazieieva said. In general, according to her, 258 citizens who were affected by Russian attacks on the Mykolaiv regions stayed in the hospitals as of this morning. Some 58 people were provided with outpatient care. On May 28 and 29, the enemy fired on residential areas of Mykolaiv, with casualties recorded among the…

Russian invaders are piling the bodies of the fallen Mariupol residents, which were exhumed or washed out from the ground, at a local supermarket. The relevant statement was made by Advisor to Mariupol Mayor Petro Andriushchenko on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the premises of Shchyryi Kum supermarket on Svobody Avenue, Russians set up a corpse landfill. Literally. Russians are bringing here the bodies of the fallen, which were washed out from graveyards when they attempted to restore water supply and partially those that were exhumed. They are simply piling them like waste,” Andriushchenko wrote. In his words, there…

Russian troops have opened fire on 46 settlements in Luhansk Region and Donetsk Region over the past day, leaving four civilians killed and nine injured. The relevant statement was made by the Joint Forces Task Force on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. In addition, 89 civilian objects were damaged and destroyed in Russia’s shelling, including 85 residential houses, regional specialized boarding school, cinema, coke and chemical plant and motor depot. The pyrotechnics experts of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service detected and neutralized 47 explosive items in such districts of Donetsk Region as Pokrovsk, Volnovakha, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut. Over the past…

In Luhansk Region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have pushed Russian troops away from the Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway, which is used to deliver humanitarian aid. The relevant statement was made by Luhansk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Haidai on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “In the Popasna direction, near Komyshuvakha, the enemy troops were pushed two kilometers away. The Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway is now less shot through. Humanitarian goods are transported,” Haidai noted. <script async src="https://telegram.org/js/telegram-widget.js?19" data-telegram-post="serhiy_hayday/6770" data-width="100%"></script> In his words, Sievierodonetsk is remaining Ukrainian controlled. The enemy’s efforts were unsuccessful. Russian occupiers seized Myr Hotel on the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk but…

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed seven Russian troops and a self-propelled artillery system in the Zaporizhzhia direction. The relevant statement was made by Zaporizhzhia Region’s Defense Forces on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. On May 28, 2022, the Ukrainian military eliminated seven enemy troops and destroyed one Russian tank, one self-propelled artillery system, two armored fighting vehicles, three Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), four motor vehicles and five mortar systems. The following districts are remaining temporarily uncontrolled in Zaporizhzhia Region: Berdiansk, Melitopol, Vasylivka and Polohy (excluding such settlements as Orikhiv and Huliaipole). Regional authorities continue to send humanitarian…

The Russians lost about a third of their modern tanks in the war with Ukraine. According to Ukrinform, this was announced by the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Viktor Andrusiv, on Channel 24. "Before the war with Ukraine, Russia had about 3,000 modern tanks in its arsenal, and now more than 30% have already been destroyed by our defenders in three months of war. Well, in six months this figure will only increase," said the adviser to the Interior Minister. Read also: Ukraine's Armed Forces kill about 30,000 Russian soldiers According to the official, T-34 tanks,…

In Luhansk region, Russian invaders have destroyed more than 17,000 hectares of forest areas, with the amount of environmental damage being estimated at more than UAH 38.3 billion. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the press service of the State Ecological Inspectorate. "Specialists of the State Ecoinspectorate with the help of modern space technology have detected large-scale forest fires in Luhansk region and calculated the damage, which amounts to 38,364,197,367 hryvnias," the statement said. Read also: Land mines pose threat to wildlife in Chornobyl exclusion zone - ecology ministry It is noted that wildfires affected the nature reserve fund…

The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council has released a fresh review of Russian misinformation, as well as fake and manipulative reports circulated by the enemy on May 28. The Center posted the list on Telegram, as seen by Ukrinform. Russian Ambassador to the United States, Mr Antonov, said that "the supply of multiple rocket launchers to Ukraine could escalate the conflict, as there is a risk that such means could be deployed near Russia's borders and Ukrainians would be able to launch strikes at Russian cities." This is manipulation, said the Center. In addition,…