A military site in western Ukraine has been hit by a new wave of Russian night strikes, Ukrainian authorities said Monday (May 29) in a rare public statement on the subject. The administration reports“fires in fuel depots” and military equipment, suggesting that an airstrip at a military airfield was damaged. Follow our live.
Ukraine says it shot down 37 missiles and 29 Russian drones. “Last night, the occupiers attacked military sites and those of essential infrastructure of Ukraine” by launching missiles from planes over the Caspian Sea and drones from the North and South, according to the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army Valeri Zaluzhny.
The fifteenth attack of the month in kyiv. Ukraine’s capital was again hit overnight by explosive drones and missiles, according to military authorities, less than 24 hours after suffering its largest drone attack since the start of the war. “Attacks on Kyiv have been repelled”said the civil and military administration of Kyiv on its Telegram channel.
Volodymyr Zelensky hopes for “strengthening of ties” with Turkey. The Ukrainian president on Sunday sent his congratulations to Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his re-election as head of Turkey, hoping for the “cooperation” of both countries “for security and stability” in Europe.
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk shocked by boos at Roland-Garros. Booed on Sunday during the Paris tournament for refusing to shake hands with her Belarusian rival, the tennis player assured that she did not understand the hostile attitude of part of the French public. “What happened today, I must admit that I did not expect it”, she reacted on Sunday.