Thursday, May 29, 2025

Stavropol explosion kills Russian official who led attacks on Ukraine's Mariupol

"An explosion in
Russia’s Stavropol on May 28 killed Zaur Gurtsyev, the city's deputy mayor who participated in Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
Stavropol Krai Governor Vladimir Vladimirov confirmed Gurtsyev’s death, describing it as a "nighttime incident on Chekhov Street" without providing further details.
The Investigative Committee of Russia reported that the bodies of two men with multiple injuries were found at the scene.
Multiple Russian Telegram channels identified Gurtsyev as one of the victims and shared what they claimed was footage of the explosion." KI

205 clashes on front lines in past 24 hours

"Ukrainian forces engaged in 205 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
Russian
airstrikes targeted multiple settlements across Ukraine, including Velykyi Prykil, Uhroidy, and Esman in the Sumy region, Dovha Balka, Zoria, Oleksandro-Kalynove, Novotoretske, Pokrovsk, Novoukrainka, Myrnohrad, and Sukhyi Yar in the Donetsk region, as well as Malynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
On the Kharkiv front, four attempted enemy breakthroughs were stopped near Starytsia, Vovchansk, and Krasne Pershe.
On the Kupiansk front,
Ukrainian defenders repelled eight enemy attacks near Zahryzove and Zelenyi Hai.
On the Lyman front, the enemy made 24 attempts to breach
Ukrainian lines near Ridkodub, Kolodiazi, Nadiia, Hrekivka, the Serebrianskyi Forest, and in the direction of Karpyvka, Serednie, Novyi Myr, and Zelena Dolyna.
On the Siversk front, three attacks were repelled near Verkhniokamianske and Hryhorivka.
On the Kramatorsk front, 15 enemy assaults were launched toward Markove, Predtechyne, Chasiv Yar, and Bila Hora.
On the Toretsk front, 21 enemy attacks were recorded around Toretsk, Dyliivka, Druzhba, and in the direction of Pleshchiivka and Oleksandro-Kalynove.
On the Pokrovsk front,
Ukrainian troops stopped 54 assault attempts near Myroliubivka, Malynivka, Myrne, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Kotliarivka, and Orikhove, as well as toward Zoria, Oleksiivka, Rusyn Yar, Novomykolaivka, and Yablunivka.
On the Novopavlivka front, 21 enemy attacks were conducted near Kostiantynopil, Bahatyr, Novopil, Zelene Pole, Vilne Pole, and in the direction of Voskresenka and Odradne.
On the Huliaipole front, no combat engagements were reported.
On the Orikhiv front, six enemy assaults were repelled near Shcherbaky, Stepove, Novodanylivka, and Robotyne.
On the Dnipro River axis, two enemy attacks were stopped.
On the Volyn and Polissia axes, no signs of offensive group formations were recorded.
Ukrainian
forces also conducted operations in the Kursk sector, where 33 clashes occurred. The enemy launched 20 airstrikes, dropping 38 guided bombs, and carried out 205 artillery attacks, four of which involved MLRS." Ukrin

Putin lays out conditions to end Ukraine war

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has outlined conditions for ending the war in Ukraine,
which include written guarantees on
NATO non-expansion and the partial lifting of Western sanctions, Reuters informs.
According to the report, Putin insists that Western leaders provide formal commitments to halt NATO's eastern expansion and ease certain sanctions before he agrees to any peace deal with Ukraine.
Following a more than two-hour phone call with US President Donald Trump last week, Putin reportedly agreed to begin working on a ceasefire memorandum, outlining the basic terms for a potential peace settlement." ms