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• Satellite Photos Show Ukrainian Drone Strike Damaged Russian Radar Station RFE/RL 25 May 2024 -- Satellite images taken shortly after a May 23 Ukrainian drone strike in Russia's southern Krasnodar region show significant damage to a key radar installation providing air-defense coverage to the occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea, as well as the Balkans, the eastern Mediterranean, and the Persian Gulf.
• Russian Forces Hit Hypermarket In Deadly Assault On Kharkiv, Surrounding Villages RFE/RL 25 May 2024 -- Russian forces continued their intensified offensive against Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, where officials said a shell struck a building-materials store on May 25, killing at least six people and trapping dozens of others, while surrounding villages reported damage and injuries under a hail of drone and missile attacks.
• Russian strikes on Kharkiv kill at least 6, injure dozens VOA 25 May 2024 -- At least six people were killed and nearly 60 were injured Saturday in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from a spate of Russian missile strikes, including two guided bombs that struck a hardware store in the city's residential area.

Ukraine

• The Strike on Kharkiv is Another Manifestation of Russian Madness, There Is Just No Other Way to Put It — Address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 25 May 2024
• Argentina Plans to Join the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children President of Ukraine 25 May 2024
• We Are Waiting for the African Leaders at the Peace Summit, and We Wish You All Peace - the President of Ukraine Addressed African Nations on the Africa Day President of Ukraine 25 May 2024
• For More Than Two Years of Full-Scale War, We Have Been Relying on Dependable Communications - the President Congratulated the Employees of the State Service of Special Communications on Their Professional Holiday President of Ukraine 25 May 2024

Russia

• Putin says ready to continue talks with Ukraine, but on previous agreements People's Daily 25 May 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia is ready to continue negotiations with Ukraine, but only based on the agreements reached before.
• Russian Troops Take Control Over Arkhangelskoe Settlement in DPR - MoD Sputnik 25 May 2024 -- The Russian armed forces have taken control over the Arkhangelskoye settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• 'Peace' Summit? Moscow Slams NATO Chief's Call to Let Ukraine Hit Deep Into Russia Sputnik 25 May 2024 -- On Friday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged the military blocs members to lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons by Ukraine to carry out strikes against targets in Russia.

United States

NATO

• NATO States Must Lift Restrictions on Ukraine's Use of Western Weapons to Strike Russia - Chief Sputnik 25 May 2024 -- NATO countries must lift the restrictions on the use of western weapons by Ukraine to carry out strikes against facilities in Russia, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday.

United Nations

• Russian attack on Kharkiv shopping centre 'utterly unacceptable', says senior UN official UN News 25 May 2024 -- An attack by Russian armed forces on a busy shopping centre in Kharkiv on Saturday reportedly killed at least four people and injured around 40. Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine, strongly condemned the strike and called for civilians to be protected.

Foreign Reactions

• Hungary Resists EU Pressure to Fund Ukraine With Profits From Frozen Russian Assets Sputnik 25 May 2024 -- Prime Minister Viktor Orban has vehemently opposed the ongoing NATO proxy war in Ukraine, with Hungary opting to chart its own independent foreign policy course. Earlier in the year, Hungary was for weeks the sole country blocking the EU's $54 billion aid package for the Kiev regime.

News Reports