For today, links to reports from Agence-France-Presse, the Kyiv Independent, the Kyiv Post, the Associated Press, Tass, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date and a 9/11 TRUTH entry are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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Russian strike on Kharkiv hardware store kills two: official. From AFP. Russia today bombed a hardware superstore in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, killing at least two people and injuring over 20, in an attack condemned as “vile” by President Volodymyr Zelensky. Kharkiv’s regional governor said “two Russian guided bombs hit a construction hypermarket” and “a fire broke out over . . . READ MORE . . .
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Zelensky calls for more air defense after deadly Kharkiv strike. From the Kyiv Independent. After a deadly Russian strike on a buildings material hypermarket in Kharkiv, Zelensky today called for world leaders to supply more air defense protection. “When we tell world leaders . . . READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian forces down another Russian Su-25 in Donetsk Region. From Kyiv Post. Anti-aircraft gunners from Ukraine’s separate mechanized brigade named after General-Corporal Marko Bezruchko shot down another Russian Su-25 attack aircraft in the Donetsk sector today. READ MORE . . .
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine has taken back control in areas of Kharkiv region, aerial attacks continue, by Samya Kullab and Elise Morton | AP KYIV — Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered the northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Meanwhile, local officials said . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russian armed forces liberate Arkhangelskoye settlement in DPR — defense ministry. From Tass. MOSCOW — The Russian military forces liberated the settlement of Arkhangelskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic in the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry said in a broader statement. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 24 Putin says Ukraine’s Zelenskiy lacks legitimacy after term expired. From Reuters. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had no legitimacy following the expiry of his five-year term and this would raise a legal obstacle if Russia and Ukraine were to hold peace talks. With Ukraine under martial law . . . READ MORE . . .
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G7 aims to use frozen Russian assets to help ‘desperate’ Ukraine, by Gavin Jones, Giuseppe Fonte and David Lawder | Reuters STRESA, Italy — The G7 will explore ways to use the future income from frozen Russian assets to boost funding for war-torn Ukraine, finance chiefs from the Group of Seven industrial democracies said today. The G7 and its allies froze . . . READ MORE . . .
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Yellen says Ukraine loan plan has support, more work needed, by David Lawder | Reuters STRESA, Italy — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said today that a loan for Ukraine backed by the income from frozen Russian sovereign assets is the main option for G7 leaders to consider in June, but added . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia to answer with mirror measures if its assets in West illegally used — minister. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russia will answer with mirror measures if its assets are illegally used by Western countries, according to Finance Minister Anton Siluanov. “It has always seemed that . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 24 Top Russian military officials are being arrested. Why is it happening? by Emma Burrows | AP It began last month with the arrest of a Russian deputy defense minister. Then the head of the ministry’s personnel directorate was hauled into court. This week, two more senior military officials were detained. All face charges of corruption, which they have denied. The arrests . . . READ MORE . . .