Ukraine, 5-6-24

For today, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, and Tass; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM

   

Russia warns Britain it could strike back after Cameron remark on Ukraine, by Guy Faulconbridge | Reuters  MOSCOW — Russia warned Britain today that if British weapons were used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory then Moscow could hit back at British military installations and equipment both inside Ukraine and elsewhere. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for related report from AP.

   

Russian drone attack disrupts power supply to parts of Ukraine’s Sumy region. From Reuters. A Ukrainian drone attack hit vehicles carrying workers in Russia‘s frontier Belgorod region, killing six people and injuring 35, the governor said today. Belgorod has . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Ukrainian drones kill six, injure 35 in Russia’s Belgorod region, governor says. From Reuters. Ukrainian drone attacks on two buses taking people to work killed six people and injured another 35 in the Belgorod region of Russia, the governor said today. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the attack took place near the village of Berezovka. He . . . READ MORE . . .

   

Russia says captured 2 frontline villages in Ukraine. From AFP. Moscow said today its forces had captured two more frontline villages in eastern Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its soldiers “liberated the village of Kotlyarivka in the Kharkiv region” and “the village of Soloviove in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” referring to . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for related report from Tass.

   

Medvedev gives warning amid talk of deploying Western troops to Ukraine. From Tass. MOSCOW — The deployment of Western troops to Ukraine would be akin to these countries declaring war on Russia, and lead to a catastrophe on a global scale, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said. “Sending their troops to the territory of former Ukraine,” he wrote on his Telegram channel, “will mean . . . READ MORE . . .