For today, links to nine reports from Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, the Moscow Times, Tass, the Kyiv Post, National Public Radio, and the Kyiv Independent, and to analysis from Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Russian missiles and drones target Ukrainian energy sites. From AFP. Russia fired a combined 100 missiles and drones at Ukraine overnight, in a barrage that targeted energy sites across the country, Ukrainian officials said today. READ MORE . . .
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At least 19 injured as Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid with fresh barrage. From AP. KYIV — Russia pummeled Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with a large-scale drone and missile attack today, injuring at least 19 people, local officials said. The strikes were part of a series of sustained attacks by Russia against Ukraine’s power grid, which has been ongoing since March. READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 31 Ukrainian drone attack sparks oil depot fire in southern Russia. From the Moscow Times. An overnight Ukrainian drone strike in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region sparked a large fire and injured at least two workers at an oil depot, regional authorities said Friday. READ MORE . . .
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Ukrainian attacks in Russian-held east kill 5. From AFP. Ukrainian shelling attacks killed five people in Russian-occupied areas of the eastern Donetsk region on Friday, Moscow installed authorities said. READ MORE . . .
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Russian air defenses down 62 Ukrainian drones, 14 HIMARS rockets, three Hammer bombs — Ministry. From Tass. MOSCOW — Russian air defense forces downed 62 Ukrainian drones, 14 U.S.-supplied HIMARS multiple launch rockets and three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs in the past day, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a report. READ MORE . . .
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Ukraine signs security agreements with 3 Nordic states. From Kyiv Post. President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky signed bilateral security agreements in Stockholm yesterday with Sweden, Norway and Iceland. He met . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 31 Kharkiv residents welcome green light to use U.S. weapons on Russian targets. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR Beleaguered residents of Kharkiv, Ukraine, welcome the United States’ green light to hit Russian targets with American weapons. Click HERE to listen and read.
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FROM MAY 31 Ukraine stabilizes Kharkiv front after brutal Russian offensive, by Francis Farrell | The Kyiv Independent KHARKIV OBLAST – In battles fought under a sky swarming with enemy drones, even . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM MAY 31 NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine’s use of their weapons, by Matthew Lee and Karel Janicek | AP PRAGUE — NATO foreign ministers were meeting in the Czech capital Friday to prepare for this summer’s leaders’ summit as the alliance boosts support for Ukraine and countries one-by-one remove restrictions on how Kyiv can use western-supplied weaponry to combat Russia’s invasion. READ MORE . . .
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Biden tip-toes deeper into Ukraine conflict with arms decision, by Phil Stewart, Jonathan Landay and Max Hunder | Reuters WASHINGTON / KYIV — President Joe Biden’s decision to relax some restrictions on Ukraine’s use of U.S. weaponry inside Russia is a small but significant step deeper into the two-year-old war that experts say could help blunt Russia’s cross-border Kharkiv offensive. READ MORE . . .
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