According to the indicative estimates of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has also lost 217 tanks, 90 artillery pieces, 42 multiple launch rocket systems, 30 planes, 31 helicopters, 900 armored personnel carriers, 374 cars, and more, since it attacked Ukraine on Feb. 24.
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In particular, the allies are considering steps against banks using SPFS, Russia's alternative to the SWIFT messaging system, to circumvent trade restrictions, the outlet said.
The IT Coalition for Ukraine, comprising 12 European nations, has raised a combined 58 million euros ($62.9 million) for Ukraine's IT and cybersecurity defense capabilities, Ukraine's Defense Ministry announced on May 31.
Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on Ukraine overnight on June 1, damaging energy infrastructure in various regions across the country.
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), alongside the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), charged the deputy head of the Rivne Oblast council over allegedly accepting a bribe worth nearly six hundred thousand hryvnias ($14,800), the agencies' join statement announced on May 31.
The European Council adopted new sanctions on May 31 targeting six individual and three entities from Iran who are involved in the transfer of drones to support Russia's war effort in Ukraine.
“The recommendations apply to the northern border in Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts, where Russian forces are firing on Ukraine,” said Michael Carpenter, senior director for Europe at the U.S. National Security Council.
A 28-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man suffered shrapnel injuries and were hospitalized in moderate condition, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said.
The Swiss volunteer had come to Ukraine to help evacuate people and animals from the areas of active combat operations. He was injured on May 30 during a humanitarian mission in embattled Vovchansk and received medical treatment, the prosecutors said.
Under favorable conditions, the printing house is expected to be restored in four or five months, said Serhii Polituchyi, the Faktor Druk printing plant owner.
"We must make the choice stark for China: Chinese firms can either do business in our economies or they can equip Russia's war machine with dual-use goods. They cannot do both," said U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo.
The village reportedly came under Russian attacks four times in the morning. Five houses, an administrative building, and other facilities were damaged, while four more houses and four cars were "completely destroyed," Donetsk Oblast Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
Speaking at the opening of a new bridge in Tbilisi on May 30, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that Georgian Dream would not allow a "Maidan" to happen in Georgia.
“Poland considered Ukraine's request for training, but we came to the conclusion that it would be both safer and more effective to train a Ukrainian unit formed of Ukrainians in Poland who are subject to conscription into the Ukrainian army,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.
Speaking to a press conference in Stockholm, Zelensky said that the country has "never stopped mobilizing" since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, but that mobilization "has increased" after the new law came into effect.
Earlier on May 31, messages appeared on the Polish Press Agency's website saying that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had ordered a "partial mobilization" to begin on July 1.