Ukraine may suffer “major” territorial losses while facing “gloomy overall picture” - Western intelligence report as seen by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung(https://faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/ukraine-ein-duesteres-gesamtbild-der-nachrichtendienste-19741385.html…)
Between January 1, 2024 and May 25, 2024, Russia has dropped almost 10,000 guided bombs on Ukraine - Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rustem Umerov
Russia has 10,000 S-300 missiles in stock, but there are effective weapons to counter them - President Zelensky(https://facebook.com/watch/?v=1131922421424056…)
Fixed-wing drone crashed 30 km from Orsk, Russia, probably targeting the Voronezh-M over-the-horizon radar.(https://t.me/ural56ru/72115, https://t.me/ural56ru/72116)
Kharkiv hypermarket death toll rises to 14, more than 40 wounded - Zelenskyhttp://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/10487…
Another Russian attack on a Kharkiv residential area injured 25 civilians - Kharkiv Major Terekhov and Regional Prosecutor’s Office(https://t.me/ihor_terekhov/1402…,
(Germany and Italy refuse) President Zelensky called on the West to allow Ukraine to use allied-supplied weapons to strike military targets inside Russia.(https://president.gov.ua/en/news/bagato-lideriv-zasudili-rosijskij-teror-vazhlivo-shob-take-z-91141…)
So far, 350 prisoners have been released to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Justice Minister Denys Maliuska (https://nytimes.com/2024/05/24/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-prisoners.html…)
The production of Russian artillery shells is around three times higher than that of the US and Europe - Sky News, citing Bain & Company
Russian experts have traveled to North Korea to support the development of a North Korean reconnaissance satellite which Pyongyang aims to launch in the near future.(https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240526000500315…)
The Kremlin intensifies concerted campaign of low-level sabotage operations (i.e. arson) across Europe to disrupt Western military aid to Ukraine - The New York Times
If Russia makes a strategic breakthrough of the defenses in eastern Ukraine, Poland, the Baltics are ready to deploy troops to Ukraine.(https://uawire.org/der-spiegel-baltic-states-and-poland-ready-to-intervene-in-ukraine-if-russia-gains-ground…)
President Zelensky calls on Central Asian countries to participate in the June Peace Summit “The only scary thing is that Putin won’t be there. That’s all. Might Putin invade one of the Central Asian countries with tanks because of that? No, it’s not enough for that kind of reaction. So what are those refusing to join in afraid of? They’re afraid of losing something, afraid of losing their relationship with today’s Kremlin.”(https://youtube.com/watch?v=iu2yFj5A0nE…)
The White House may have begun discussing lifting the ban on Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons to strike military targets within Russia - Ukraine’s Head of the Verkhovna Rada’s delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Yehor Cherniev
“[The Russian attacks on Kharkiv] stress again the need for Europe to urgently ramp up support for air defense: it saves lives and protects Ukrainian towns” - EU HR/VP Josep Borrell(https://x.com/JosepBorrellF/status/1794488623020310869…)
“Don't buy into the Kremlin fairytales. At the NATO Ministerial Meeting in Prague, I will be asking my colleagues to step up the support to contain Russian imperialism.” - Czech Foreign Minister Lipavsky on reports on Putin’s readiness for a ceasefire (https://x.com/JanLipavsky/status/1794388746378547572…)
Ukraine is ready to build food hubs in Africa - President Zelensky commemorating Africa Day on May 25(https://youtu.be/PZEb0AHJV8Y)