Destroyed building in Slovyansk
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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Donetsk Region
Fighting along the entire front line. The greatest tension is in the Lyman and Avdiivka directions. At night there was a strike on Slovyansk: at least 3 dead and 6 wounded. Rescue work continues. The school and seven high-rise buildings were damaged.
In the evening of May 30, the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline was damaged in the Bakhmut district. Ammonia leakage is insignificant, rescuers localized the threat.
There were missile strikes on Avdiivka: the school and houses were damaged. Tanks, mortars and artillery fired on Avdiivka, New York, Mykolaivka, Toretsk, Bakhmut, Slovyansk, Ocheretino, Orlovka, Nelipivka, Netaylove, Travneve and Zakotne.
For the past 24hrs, there are 5 dead and 11 wounded in the region (these data include both dead and wounded at night in Slovyansk).
the morning – was hit by air.
Luhansk Region
The main efforts of the Russians are focused on the capture of Severodonetsk, where they now control a significant part of the city, the street fights are taking place in its central part. Russians also stormed the Zolote, Komyshuvakha, and Nirkovo districts without success – fighting continues there. Two people were killed and four others were injured in the area.
The occupiers continued to destroy civilian infrastructure: 12 more houses were damaged in Severodonetsk, 12 houses and a catering establishment in Lysychansk, 9 houses and a kindergarten in Hirske, 6 houses in Toshkivka, and a total of six more in Nyrkove, Viktorivka and Mykolayivka.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
The occupiers fired on the Zelenodolsk community, which borders the Kherson region. People were not injured.
Mykolayiv Region
At night the occupiers fired at the field near Mykolaiv. In the morning the city was also shelled. Information on injuries and victims is being clarified.
In the evening of May 30, Ochakiv was shelled: a gas cabinet and windows in residential buildings were damaged. The Voskresenska community was also shelled in the evening. As a result of the shelling of the village of Luch, the Shevchenkivska community is affected. All villages in the community were shelled several times during the day.
In the morning, the Russians fired on the Halytsynivska community, as well as the Shyrokiv community: 7 houses, a farm and a canteen were destroyed. 15 houses were damaged. The shelling continues in the Bereznehuvatsky community.
Sumy Region
Around midnight, the Russians fired two rockets at the Bilopilska community from a plane that did not cross the Ukrainian border. Immediately after that, artillery shelling of the same territory from self-propelled artillery units began.
At almost 3:00 a.m., the Velykopysarivska community was fired upon from the territory of Russia, and 10 artillery strikes were fired. People were not injured, information about the destruction is being clarified.
Kherson Region
Ukrainian Forces started a long awaited counteroffensive and managed to liberate the settlement of Mykolaivka. The situation is steadily tense throughout the region. Many settlements without electricity, water and gas. The region needs medicine and humanitarian aid. Fighting and shelling continue.
Kharkiv Region
In Kharkiv, the night passed with single shellings, without casualties. Zolochiv and Chuhuiv districts were also shelled. For days in area 5 wounded.
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Erdogan and Putin talked about the war in Ukraine: what the Turkish president suggested
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a telephone conversation with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Monday (May 30th).
In particular, during the talks, Erdogan stated his readiness to organize a meeting of Ukraine, Russia and the United Nations in Istanbul. The Turkish leader also expressed readiness for his country to take part in a «monitoring mechanism» between the parties.
This is stated in a press release following a conversation between the Turkish and Russian presidents.
«Regional issues, including the Ukrainian-Russian war, as well as Turkey-Russia relations, were discussed during the talks. President Erdogan also said that steps are needed to minimize the negative effects of the war and strengthen trust by restoring peace between Russia and Ukraine.» – said in an official statement.
It is worth noting that after the conversation with Putin, the President of Turkey plans to talk with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. However, the Office of the President of Ukraine has not yet publicly responded to the proposal.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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