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No significant changes to the mobilisation rules are expected in Ukraine from 1 June. The Ministry of Defence has announced an update to the ‘Reserve+’ app, whilst the State Border Guard Service is preparing to launch a new online service to check temporary restrictions on travel abroad
Dutch boxer Rico Verhoeven has lodged an official protest against the result of his title fight against Oleksandr Usyk, which ended in an early victory for the Ukrainian by technical knockout
A scandal has erupted in Poland over Ukrainian blogger Andriy Havryliv, who drove his car into the Morskie Oko area within the Tatra National Park. Following the publicity, Polish officials have taken an interest in the case, and the blogger could face a ban on entering the country
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barro has stated that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has been banned from entering France. Paris has also called on the European Union to impose sanctions against him
As a result of a massive Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of 24 May, the building housing the State Tax Service’s main office in the capital was damaged
The US military conducted exercises on the grounds of the US Embassy in Caracas. The exercises involved Osprey tiltrotors and US Marine Corps units
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has enacted a decision by the National Security and Defence Council imposing new sanctions against Russian military personnel involved in missile strikes on Ukraine, as well as vessels used to support the Russian Federation’s military operations
The German government is considering a significant increase in financial assistance for Syrian refugees who agree to return voluntarily to their home country
US senators from both parties have called on US Defence Secretary Pete Hagset to release $600 million in security aid to Ukraine and the Baltic states as soon as possible
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that negotiations involving Washington to end Russia’s war against Ukraine have effectively been suspended due to a lack of progress
The court has sentenced a blogger who collaborated with Russian intelligence services and passed information to the enemy about Ukrainian military personnel in the Kupiansk area to 15 years’ imprisonment, with confiscation of his property
Since the start of the full-scale war, Ukrainian forces have attacked Russian oil refineries on at least 158 occasions. Twenty-four out of 33 refineries with a capacity of over 1 million tonnes of oil per year have come under attack.
