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Three tankers have come under attack from drones in the Black Sea off the northern coast of Turkey. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.
On 26 May, Israel carried out more than 120 air strikes on Lebanese territory and expanded its ground operations beyond the security zone in the south of the country. Lebanon reported dozens of deaths and injuries, whilst Hezbollah reported strikes against Israeli forces and tanks.
Taiwan has deployed ships and fighter jets to monitor China’s second joint combat patrol of the week near the island. Taipei has stated that Beijing’s actions are a source of instability in the Indo-Pacific region.
The Russian army launched a massive air strike on Kramatorsk on the morning of 25 May. The attack left three people injured and caused damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
Officers from the State Bureau of Investigations, working in conjunction with the Security Service of Ukraine, have exposed an official from one of the city councils in the Ternopil region for illegally transferring land belonging to a defence enterprise to private entities. The value of the plots exceeds 15 million hryvnias.
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
