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 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.

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.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Finally, after months of fierce and bloody battles to capture the key city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, Russian army and Wagner forces took full control of this city, and the battles over the Bakhmut city ended.

ISWNews Analysis Group – On the night of May 18, Russian Army launched another massive attack on Ukrainian facilities across the country. It was largely rated as one of the most massive recent attacks.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Despite Russia’s control over more than 90% of the city of Bakhmut, clashes continue in the northwestern areas of the city between Russian and Ukrainian forces.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Russian Army launched a missile attack on Ukrainian infrustructures in the cities of Ternopil and Kharkiv last night and this morning.

ISWNews Analysis Group – A quadrilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, Turkey and Syria was held in Moscow, and the attendees of the meeting emphasized on respecting the territorial integrity of Syria and designing a road map to boost Turkey-Syria relations.

ISWNews Analysis Group – On May 5, head of the Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin declared that Wagner fighters will leave the city of Bakhmut on May 10 and will hand over control of their positions to the units of the Russian Ministry of Defence.