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The Russian Armed Forces carried out precise strikes on the military port infrastructure of Odessa. The medium landing ship “Yury Olefirenko” of the Ukrainian Navy was hit in the strike. According to preliminary data, the ship sank because of the received damage. A fire broke out on the ship and ammunition detonated. Reports claim that there were significant losses among the crew.

ISWNews Analysis Group – On May 30, Head of the Israeli regime Isaac Herzog arrived in Azerbaijan’s capital city Baku at the invitation of President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev with the aim of “strengthening their strategic ties.”

ISWNews Analysis Group – On May 31, Ukrainian Army attacked the Russian oil refinery in the Afipsky area in south of Krasnodar city with one or more suicide drones. As a result, fire broke out at the Afipsky oil refinery.

ISWNews Analysis Group – In response to the recent Russian attacks on Kyiv and other cities, the Ukrainian army attacked Moscow with at least eight suicide drones.

ISWNews Analysis Group – The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation pounded several positions of the Ukrainian military forces in the cities of Kiev, Zhytomyr, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Kremenchuk, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Ulman and several other areas with the use of several Shahed-136 suicide drones as well as Kh-101 and Kh-55 cruise missiles early this morning.

Taliban militants prevented the construction of border walls by Iran in the past days and this issue increased the tension and eventually led to a conflict. Although the Taliban officials said that “they do not want a conflict with Iran”, their media figures continue to insult and attack Iran in social media.

ISWNews Analysis Group – During a border conflict between Iran and the Taliban in Sistan and Baluchistan province on May 27, one Iranian border guard was martyred and two others were wounded.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian has explained Tehran’s position on Afghanistan, saying that the Islamic Republic does not recognize the Taliban caretaker government in Afghanistan and only supports the formation of an inclusive government in the neighboring country.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Militants affiliated to Afghanistan’s Taliban caretaker government and Iran’s border guards fought on the outskirts of some villages in eastern areas of the city of Zabol in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and exchanged fire.

ISWNews Analysis Group – General Valery Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been seriously injured during a Russian missile attack on the outskirts of Kherson.

On May 20, the head of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin announced the full capture of Bakhmut city. The city of Bakhmut is considered as one of the key points in the Donbas region. Control over this city will determine the future of the battles in the Donbas region.

Iran’s water rights from the Hirmand River is an issue that has been a source of dispute with different governments in Afghanistan for years. Violation of water rights has led to environmental damage in the three countries of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan and can turn into a more serious crisis.