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Russia has attacked regions of Ukraine
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have continued to shell Ukrainian regions using drones, artillery, aerial bombs and missiles. In Kyiv, the number of casualties has risen to 87 following a massive attack.
The General Staff reported 233 skirmishes over the past 24 hours
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have carried out intensive missile, air and drone strikes across Ukraine. A total of 233 combat engagements were recorded on the front line, with the highest number of assaults taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russia has lost over a thousand troops and two multiple launch rocket systems in the past 24 hours
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost a further 1,020 troops in the war against Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have also destroyed dozens of pieces of military equipment, including artillery systems and multiple launch rocket systems.
A suspect in a series of thefts following the Russian Federation’s attack has been arrested in Kyiv
In Kyiv, law enforcement officers have arrested a man suspected of a series of burglaries at flats damaged during a night-time missile attack by the Russian Federation. The suspect took advantage of the fact that residents were in shelters and broke into homes in the Podil district
The Russian Federation's attack has damaged the tax office building in Kyiv
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
Ukraine has struck the Tamanneftegaz terminal and Russian ships
On 23 May and during the night of 24 May, the Ukrainian military carried out strikes against a number of Russian military targets and infrastructure. Among the targets hit were the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal in the Krasnodar Krai, supply depots used by the occupying forces, and ships at the Novorossiysk naval base
The Kerch Bridge has been closed again in Crimea
On the morning of 24 May, traffic on the Kerch Bridge was temporarily halted. The restrictions remained in place for over three hours following reports of an explosion in the temporarily occupied Crimea and statements by the Russian Ministry of Defence regarding a drone attack
Russia deployed the 'Oreshnik' during its latest night-time attack
During a massive Russian attack on the night of 24 May, the occupying forces launched 90 missiles, around 600 attack drones and a missile from the ‘Oreshnik’ system at Bila Tserkva
The National Museum 'Chernobyl' has been damaged as a result of the Russian attack
The National Museum of Chernobyl in Kyiv sustained significant damage during a massive Russian attack on the night of 24 May
Poland has scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian strikes on Ukraine
Poland has put its air defence forces on high alert and scrambled its military aircraft in response to yet another large-scale Russian attack on Ukrainian territory
Sandu has set out the condition for ending the war in Ukraine
Moldovan President Maia Sandu has stated that Ukraine’s international partners must step up economic pressure on Russia to force the Kremlin into genuine negotiations to end the war
