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The third Black Sea Security Forum, an international security forum, began in Odessa on 29 May; this year, it brought together over 1,200 participants from Ukraine, Europe, the US and other countries around the world
The Chief of the Czech General Staff, Karel Řehka, has stated that the country must step up the training of its armed forces due to the potential threat from Russia. According to him, Moscow remains the main challenge to European security, and there is less and less time for modernisation and rearmament
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has reached the last 16 at Roland Garros, securing her ninth consecutive victory following her triumph at the tournament in Rome. After the match, she admitted that the French Open had been her childhood dream
On Friday, 30 May, unsettled weather with rain and thunderstorms is forecast for most regions of Ukraine. The heaviest rainfall is expected in the central, southern and eastern regions
Ukraine is ramping up its production of drones and is increasingly using them to strike Russian targets, logistics networks and rear-area facilities. This has changed the situation on the front line and bolstered Kyiv’s confidence following a difficult period in the war.
On the night of 29 May, Russian drones attacked foreign merchant ships travelling through a maritime corridor in the Black Sea. Two crew members were injured on one of the ships.
The 14th International Book Arsenal Festival will take place in Kyiv from 28 to 31 May. ThePublic highlights the festival events worth attending over the four days and the books worth buying.
As Vladimir Putin travelled through the streets of Astana, his motorcade was accompanied by armoured vehicles, a military helicopter and a vehicle fitted with a roof-mounted structure that may have been an electronic warfare system.
Former US military personnel and Pentagon officials have conducted a military simulation of a potential Russian invasion of Lithuania. One of the scenarios envisaged an attack from three directions simultaneously and a delayed response from NATO allies.
Rustem Umerov, Chair of the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Committee and chief negotiator, has arrived in Berlin for talks with national security advisers from Germany, France and the UK. The meeting is taking place against the backdrop of fresh Russian threats of strikes on Kyiv and discussions regarding Ukraine’s prospects for EU membership.
Officers from the State Bureau of Investigations have exposed a lawyer who, according to the investigation, demanded $9,000 from a serviceman in exchange for closing a case concerning unauthorised absence from his unit and removing him from the wanted list. He was arrested after the second instalment of the money had been handed over.
The Counter-Intelligence Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine has detained a Russian agent who was coordinating one of the largest-scale air strikes on Kyiv on the night of 24 May. He was detained the following day after the attack whilst conducting reconnaissance near a Ministry of Defence facility.
