Again, there are heavy air strikes on Kyiv. Germany revokes the licenses of four Russian consulates. News ticker on the Ukraine war.
- Reaction to Moscow: Baerbock ministry closes four Russian consulates
- Russia destroys Ukrainian warship: "high-precision strike" by the Russian Air Force
- Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine publishes latest figures
- Here you can read about the latest developments in the Ukraine conflict. Some of the information processed, in particular on losses of the armies involved in the Ukraine war, comes from the warring parties from Russia or Ukraine. In some cases, they cannot be independently verified.
Update from June 1, 4:30 a.m.: According to the authorities, three people have been killed in a night air raid on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Among the victims of the attack on the Denjansky district were two children, the military administration of Kiev said on Thursday night in the online service Telegram. Four other people were injured.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko also spoke of three dead and four injured in the attack. Just over the weekend, two people were killed in Russian drone attacks on Kyiv.
Ukrainian air defenses intercept a Shahed drone during an airstrike on Kyiv. (Archive image 30 May) © Evgeniy Maloletka/dpa
Ukraine war: US assures Ukraine of further aid
Update from May 31, 21:24 p.m.: The US is pledging new military aid worth 300 million dollars (280 million euros) to Ukraine. The armament package includes, among other things, ammunition for the Patriot air defense system, AIM-7 anti-aircraft missiles and Avenger air defense systems. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, ammunition for Himars multiple rocket launchers, ammunition for artillery pieces and tanks, and 30 million rounds of ammunition for smaller firearms will also be delivered.
Update from May 31, 19:16 p.m.: The Foreign Ministry in Moscow sees the German government's decision to revoke the licence of four Russian consulates in Germany as an "unfriendly act". The "ill-considered and provocative measure" will not be without consequences, the Foreign Ministry announced.
Update from May 31, 16:42 p.m.: Ukrainian forces have again attacked targets in Belgorod, according to the Russian regional governor. Two villages in the border area were shelled with artillery, Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. There are no reports of victims.
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Reaction to Moscow: Baerbock ministry closes four Russian consulates
Update from May 31, 13:37 p.m.: The German government revokes the licence of four out of five Russian consulates general in Germany. This is in response to the decision of the government in Moscow to limit the number of German officials in Russia to 350, a spokesperson for the Federal Foreign Office announced on Wednesday (31 May 2023). The Russian government has "taken a step of escalation." "And this unjustified decision forces the German government to make a very significant cut in all areas of its presence in Russia," the spokesman said. The reaction to the Russian actions had been closely coordinated in the federal government, said government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit.
Russia allegedly destroys Ukraine's "last warship"
Update from May 30, 12:30 p.m.: The Russian army says it has destroyed the last large warship of the Ukrainian naval forces. It was destroyed on Monday (29 May) in a "high-precision strike" by the Russian Air Force on a berth in the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine, the Russian army said on Wednesday (31 May).
According to the information, the ship is the "Yuri Olefirenko". Moscow called it the "last warship of the Ukrainian Navy."
Medvedev declares British officials "military targets"
Update from May 30, 12:10 p.m.: FormerRussian President Dmitry Medvedev, knownas a hardliner, has declared representatives of the British government legitimate targets in the war of aggression against Ukraine.
Britain is providing Ukraine with military support with equipment and specialists, thus waging an "undeclared war" against Russia, the current deputy head of the National Security Council wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. "Since that is the case, all of its public representatives (both military and civilian) who support the war) can be considered legitimate military targets."
Ukraine-News: Agreement on the protection of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant presented
Update from May 30, 11:40 a.m.: The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, presented an updated agreement on the protection of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant at the UN Security Council meeting on 30th May. This is reported by kyivindependent.com.
According to the agreement, the agreement contains five principles that are intended to help prevent a nuclear accident at the power plant occupied by Russian troops over a year ago. Grossi said he had worked out these principles in consultations with Ukraine and Russia and urged both sides to abide by them. According to the principles, no attacks may be carried out from or against the facility, in particular against the spent fuel storage facility, other critical infrastructure or personnel.
Ukraine war: Russia relinquishes initiative in war
Update from May 30, 10:30 a.m.: Since the beginning of May 2023, Russia has increasingly surrendered the initiative at the front. This is announced by the British Ministry of Defense in a new intelligence update on Twitter. The Kremlin is only reacting to Ukraine's actions instead of actively working towards its own war aims.
"Russia has had little success in its goals of neutralizing the improved Ukrainian air defenses and destroying the Ukrainian counterattack forces. On the ground, it has deployed security forces to respond to partisan attacks in western Russia," the report said.
Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine publishes latest figures
Update from May 30, 9:10 a.m.: The Ukrainian General Staff has published current figures on Russian losses in the Ukraine war. According to the report, Russia has lost almost 208,000 soldiers since the beginning of the invasion. In the fighting in the past 24 hours alone, around 470 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured. Actual figures on troop strengths or casualties are not published by the warring parties. The information cannot be independently verified. The data at a glance:
- Soldiers: 207,910 (+470)
- Tanks: 3802 (+0)
- Armored fighting vehicles: 7472 (+3)
- Artillery systems: 3460 (+15)
- Multirocket launcher: 575 (0)
- Unmanned aerial vehicles / drones: 3124 (+32)
- Vehicles and fuel tanks: 6230 (+11)
- Source: General Staff of Ukraine on Facebook of May 31, 2023
Ukraine war: Ukrainian attack on Luhansk region
Update from May 31, 8:40 a.m.: Five people have been killed and 19 injured in shelling of a village in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region. This was reported by the Telegram channel of the Russian authorities there.
According to the report, four missiles were fired by a Himars unit of the Ukrainian army, which hit the village of Karpaty. The information has not been independently verified. Luhansk is one of four regions of Ukraine that the Russian Federation claims to annex.
After drone attack: fire at Afipsky oil refinery
Update of May 31, 7.15 a.m.: Fire at Russian refinery near Crimea: A day after Russia accused Ukraine of using drones to attack buildings in Moscow, the governor of Russia's Krasnodar region stated that a drone is the likely cause of a fire at the Afipsky oil refinery.
The fire was quickly extinguished, and there were no casualties, according to Veniamin Kondratyev. The Afipsky refinery is located not far from the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, near another refinery that has already been attacked several times this month.
Ukraine war: Moscow threatens retaliation after drone strikes
Update from May 31, 5:15 a.m.: After the drone strikes in Moscow, Russia has threatened Ukraine with retaliatory strikes. In addition to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, who accused Kiev of terror and announced a reaction, his close confidant Ramzan Kadyrov swore revenge: The leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya in the North Caucasus called for the imposition of martial law in Russia in order to take tougher action against Ukraine. Ukraine, which has repeatedly been attacked by Russia, had denied direct responsibility for the attacks against Moscow.
"We will soon show in the zone of the special military operation what revenge is in the whole sense of the word," Kadyrov wrote in his blog on the Telegram news channel. Once again, he also threatened Western Europe with Russian attacks, Russia could knock on the doors of Germany or Poland, for example, he said.
Ukraine war: US speaks out against attacks on Russia
Update from May 31, 4:45 a.m.: The U.S. government has reiterated that it does not support attacks inside Russia after the drone strikes on Moscow. "We have clearly expressed ourselves to the Ukrainians, not only publicly, but also privately, but we do not want to get involved in hypotheses," White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said in Washington on Tuesday. Information is currently being collected to find out exactly what happened. At the same time, she made it clear: "We do not support attacks inside Russia. Period." She once again called on Russia to end the war in Ukraine and condemned the "brutal" Russian airstrikes on the neighboring country.
According to Russian information, eight combat drones had fallen on the approach to Moscow on Tuesday night. Three of them were brought down by electronic means, five were shot down. Where the drones came from remained unclear. The Kremlin blamed Kiev for the drone strikes. The Ukrainian government rejected this.
Ukraine war: Russia attacks hospitals
Update from May 30, 22:30 p.m.: Hospitals and other health facilities in Ukraine are said to have already been attacked by Russia more than 1000 times since the war of aggression escalated in February 2023. The World Health Organization (WHO) reported this in an email on Tuesday evening, according to Reuters. "At least 1004 people were killed in the 15 attacks confirmed by the WHO in the last 101 months of the full-blown war," it said. Among them are health workers and patients.
Great Britain: Ukraine has the right to self-defense even within Russia
Update from May 30, 19:21 p.m.: Unlike the United States, Great Britain sees Ukraine as having the right to attack targets within Russia: For the purpose of self-defense, Ukraine could also attack targets on Russian territory. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Tuesday. "Legitimate military targets outside its own border are part of Ukraine's right to self-defense," Cleverly said.
However, Cleverly did not want to comment on the drones that fell on Moscow. "I don't have any details and I'm not going to speculate about the nature of the drone strikes on Moscow," he said.
Ukraine war: Zelensky calls Putin's goal "restoration of the Soviet Union"
Update from May 30, 16:30 p.m.: In an interview with the South Korean medium chosun, Zelensky commented on Putin's goals. "The restoration of the Soviet Union. This is his goal in life," Zelenskyy said. When his intended attempts failed, "he decided to become an aggressor." Putin wants nothing more than to seize Ukraine by force, destroy Ukrainian identity and destroy Ukrainianness through war. "Putin's next target is Belarus," Zelenskyy said.
Zelensky also appealed to the South Korean people to support Ukraine. According to him, Ukraine and South Korea can cooperate in the field of security and defense industry, in the field of high technologies and cyberspace, as well as in post-war reconstruction.
Ukraine war: Russia attacks command centers
Update from May 30, 14:53 p.m.: According to its own statements, Russia has deliberately attacked command centers. Decision-making centers in Ukraine were attacked, according to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, according to a report by the Interfax news agency.
Ukraine war: Kyiv rejects complicity in drone attack and mocks
Update from May 30, 12:10 p.m.: Ukraine has once again denied involvement in the drone attack on Russia's capital Moscow and reacted with ridicule. Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, mocked that Russian drones may have returned to their senders. "You know that we are approaching the era of artificial intelligence. Maybe not all drones are ready to attack Ukraine and they want to go back to their creators and ask: Why are you sending us against the children of Ukraine? On Kyiv?", Podolyak said.
Ukraine war: Moscow blames Kyiv for drone strikes
Update from May 30, 9:10 a.m.: Russia has blamed Ukraine for the drone attacks on Moscow – and spoke of an "act of terrorism". "This morning, the Kyiv regime inflicted an act of terrorism with unmanned aerial vehicles on objects belonging to the city of Moscow," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. A total of eight drones were used, all of which have now been destroyed. Three were deviated from their original trajectory, the remaining five were shot down by Russian anti-aircraft defenses, it said.
Moscow did not provide any evidence for the accusations. There was initially no reaction from Ukraine, against which Russia has been waging a war of aggression for more than 15 months.
Ukraine war: Moscow becomes target of drone strikes
Update from May 30, 7:25 a.m.: The Russian capital Moscow became the target of a drone attack on Tuesday morning, according to Russian sources. "This morning, at dawn, a drone strike caused minor damage to several buildings," Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. "So far, no one has been seriously injured." The city's emergency services are on site. Photos shared on online networks show traces of smoke in the sky.
Ukraine war: "Massive" drone attacks on Kyiv
Update from May 30, 5:30 a.m.: At least one person was killed in a "massive" Russian drone attack on Kyiv on Tuesday night. Rescue workers have recovered three injured and 20 other people from a multi-storey building in the south of the capital, where a fire broke out due to falling debris, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram.
"One person is dead, three were injured. The two upper floors were destroyed, there could be people under the rubble," Klitschko explained. Earlier, he said that a 27-year-old woman in the same area of Holosiivskyi had been hospitalized with "minor" injuries. "Massive attack! Stay indoors!" appealed Klitschko. Bomb alarms sounded during the night in Kyiv, in the central Ukrainian regions of Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Mykolaiv, as well as in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson. After numerous night air strikes, Russia had also attacked Kyiv with missiles during the day on Monday, whereupon residents fled to the shelters and the metro.
Ukrainian Defense Minister hopes for German Eurofighter
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, in his own words, sees the possibility of supplying Eurofighters from Germany. "If Great Britain and Germany were to combine their capacities for the Eurofighter, that would be an important step," he told the newspapers of the Funke media group and the French newspaper "Ouest France" (Tuesday). There is already an international coalition of main battle tanks with the core model of the German Leopard 2 as well as American Abrams and British Challengers. In the same way, a fighter jet coalition could be formed with the core F-16 model as well as Eurofighters and Swedish Gripen jets, Reznikov explained. In the middle of the month, Germany and Great Britain ruled out supplying fighter jets to Ukraine in the foreseeable future. (with agency material)
