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Update from May 30, 6:30 a.m.: Russia has once again attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones. Fragments of the drones shot down by air defenses crashed, among other things, into a residential building and killed a civilian. An elderly woman was taken to a hospital, the state agency Ukrinform reported on Tuesday, citing the city administration and Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The apartment block had caught fire. The search work is still ongoing, as people may still be trapped under the rubble.
Other fragments of downed enemy drones crashed in different districts and, among other things, damaged cars. According to the military administration, more than 20 drones were destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses in Kiev airspace. Never since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression in February 2022 have there been so many drone and missile attacks in Kyiv within a month as this May.
A Ukrainian policeman stands in front of a rocket fragmentation after a Russian missile attack on Kyiv. © Evgeniy Maloletka/dpa
Russia had already massively attacked Ukraine with dozens of missiles and cruise missiles in the days before. On Monday, Russian air strikes had shaken Kyiv even in broad daylight. Until then, most airstrikes occurred mostly at night or in the early hours of the morning. According to the Ukrainian military, Russia fired a total of eleven missiles during the attacks on Kyiv. On Sunday night, Ukraine registered a record number of 54 kamikaze drones fired. There were deaths and injuries – including in Kyiv.
Ukraine-News: Strike against Russian forces near Mariupol
Update from May 29, 21:40 p.m.: There are unconfirmed reports from Ukraine of a devastating "blow" to Russian occupying soldiers near Mariupol. According to the Kyiv Independent, the city's exiled Ukrainian mayor spoke of 100 killed and more than 400 injured military personnel in a "temporary Russian base" in the village of Yurivka. According to the report, he cited "local partisans" in Mariupol.
According to the description, the Ukrainian forces were apparently well informed: Only the day before, four buses with Russian military personnel had arrived in Yurivka, said local politician Petro Andriushchenko. Communication equipment and an "electronic warfare system" were also destroyed. However, there is no official confirmation of this account.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan on winning the run-off election in Turkey - and found words of praise for Erdogan's initiative around the grain deal.
Ukraine war: Zelensky adviser Podolyak calls for demilitarized zone in Russia
Update from May 29, 19:34 p.m.: Ukrainian presidential adviser Mychailo Podolyak on Monday called for the establishment of a demilitarized zone in Russia to protect Ukraine from renewed aggression. "The main topic of the post-war settlement should be the creation of protective measures," Podolyak wrote on his Twitter channel. To ensure the safety of Ukrainian residents, "it is necessary to establish a demilitarized zone of 100-120 km on the territory of Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk." Compliance with this zone must be monitored by international authorities.
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Ukraine war: "Insufficient" – Lavrov criticizes grain deal with Kyiv
Update from May 29, 17:00 p.m.: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticized the implementation of the recently extended agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea as inadequate. "If everything remains as it is right now (...), you have to assume that it will no longer work," Lavrov said during a visit to the Kenyan capital Nairobi, according to the Russian news agency Interfax. Ukraine, on the other hand, repeatedly accuses Russia of hindering the shipment of its grain despite the agreement.
In particular, Lavrov complained about ongoing restrictions on Russian agricultural and fertilizer exports, which Moscow expects to ease in exchange for exporting Ukrainian grain. In addition, Moscow is calling for an end to sanctions against its state-owned agricultural bank in order to make payments easier.
Attacks against Kyiv: Apparently ballistic missiles also in use
Update from May 29, 14:35 p.m.: In the latest wave of attacks on Kyiv, Russia fired a total of eleven missiles, according to the Ukrainian military. "At about 11.30 a.m., the Kyiv region was attacked with ballistic missiles and cruise missiles of the Iskander ground-based system," the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, wrote on Telegram on Monday.
"A total of eleven missiles were fired: Iskander-M and Iskander-K from the north." All projectiles were intercepted by air defense. Russia had shelled the Ukrainian capital first on Monday night and only a few hours later in broad daylight with dozens of drones, cruise missiles and missiles. Never since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression in February 2022 have there been so many drone and missile attacks in Kyiv within one month as this May. (with agency material)
