Mariupol
On the eve of the appearance of the first F-16 fighters, Ukraine is conducting an active campaign to eliminate the Russian air defense network in the occupied Crimea. Analysts say that the Ukrainians systematically make Crimea " unsuitable for the presence of Russian troops there.
According to the secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine, Russia may repeat the strategy used in Syria's Aleppo in 2016, destroying infrastructure and bombing civilian areas to force the population to leave Kharkiv.
Russian invaders shelled Nevsky Prospekt in Luhansk region with grads and barrel artillery, causing destruction.
On May 9, Russian invaders wounded one resident of the Donetsk region, chairman of the Donetsk regional state administration Vadim Filashkin said.
The Ukrainian military attacked a Russian military base in Malokakhovka, a temporarily occupied area of the Kherson region, resulting in an explosion and a strong fire on the evening of June 1.
The state border guard service noted that among the border guards released today there are those who passed in the Donetsk and Izmail border detachments.
According to Lubinets, all those who returned from captivity Today report that they did not see representatives of the ICRC.
Ukraine managed to return 75 people from Russian captivity. Among them are National Guardsmen, border guards, a police officer and four civilians. The SBU also showed exclusive footage of the prisoner exchange.
Starting from June 1, in severe or complex cases of acute intestinal infections in Ukraine, additional laboratory tests for cholera will be conducted to prevent the spread of the disease in a favorable season for the pathogen.
On May 29, Russian troops wounded eight more civilians in the Donetsk region.
Three civilians were killed and 14 others were injured as a result of Russian shelling of localities in Donetsk region on May 28.
In the occupied Kherson region, in the death certificates of people who drowned as a result of the explosion at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, collaborating doctors diagnosed a heart attack to conceal the true number of victims.
On May 27, Russian forces killed one civilian and wounded three others in Donetsk region.
Russia has used the occupied port of Sevastopol to load and export 27,000 tons of stolen Ukrainian grain to Venezuela, indicating its attempt to legalize trade with the occupied territories.
An 11-year-old boy was reunited with his mother after returning from the temporarily occupied territory near Mariupol, where he had been living with an elderly relative for over 2 years.
As a result of hostile shelling in the Donetsk region on May 24, 2024, three residents died and two were injured.
Russians injured 2 residents of Donetsk region in Toretsk on May 23, and since February 24, 2022, they have killed 1969 civilians and injured another 4915 in Donetsk region, not including unknown victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
Ukrposhta presented postage stamps and envelopes "Azov. 10 years. The Free Choose to Fight" stamps and envelopes issued as part of the "Own Stamp" project. The issue is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Azov Brigade and has a special significance.
In occupied Mariupol, Azovstalskaya Street was renamed tula Avenue against the wishes of the majority of local residents, erasing the city's Ukrainian past.
russia continues to restrict visits by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to Ukrainian prisoners of war, denying them adequate food, water and medical care, and subjecting them to constant torture, in violation of the Geneva Conventions.
On May 22, Russians killed 1 civilian and wounded 4 others in Donetsk region, bringing the total number of civilian casualties in the region since February 24 2022 to 1,968 killed and 4,913 wounded, according to the data provided.
Ukraine celebrates the Naval Infantry Day on May 23, in honor of the creation of the Marine Brigade in 1918 by Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi.
The invaders illegally export stolen Ukrainian grain from the occupied Kherson region to the Republic of Karelia, using containers belonging to Chinese and Kazakh logistics companies to circumvent international sanctions.
At least 25,000 civilians in Mariupol were killed during the russian invasion, including 164 children. These figures were cited by the advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko.
The russians exhumed and reburied 80-90% of the bodies in Mariupol, and new mass graves are known to be located in Mariupol, at the Starokrymske cemetery, and in the villages of Mangush and Vynohradne.
Over the past six months, the number of Russians in the temporarily occupied Mariupol has increased by about 7-8 thousand, changing the ethnic composition of the city.
Russian troops are moving military equipment and units around Mariupol and nearby settlements, placing them near residential areas and civilian infrastructure.
On May 18, one person was killed and another wounded as a result of Russian shelling in Donetsk region, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration said.
Over the past day, three people were killed and five others were wounded in Russian shelling in the Donetsk region.
The temporarily occupied port in Berdiansk is barely functioning due to an acute shortage of workers, as most locals do not trust the russian troops.