Partisans blow up Russian military train near Melitopol

"A powerful explosion rocked the railway near the temporarily occupied settlement of Yakymivka in the Melitopol district, Zaporizhzhia region, during the night of May 31.
A Russian military train was blown up by Ukrainian partisans." Ukrin

Ukraine did not give Trump advance notice before obliterating Russian ‘doomsday’ nuclear bombers

"Ukraine did not give the Trump administration advance notice of its drone strikes deep in Russian territory Sunday that wiped out dozens of nuclear “doomsday” bombers and other aircraft, according to reports.

The daring Ukrainian operation had been in the works for more than a year and entailed a covert operation to smuggle a slew of drones into Russia, but the White House was not given a heads-up that the planned attack was coming, CBS and Axios said, citing sources.
The sneak attack came as Ukrainian negotiators are set to meet with their Russian counterparts in Istanbul on Monday to present their latest offer during peace talks....In Sunday’s attack by Ukraine, at least 41 of the Kremlin’s heavy bombers at four different locations in Russia — thousands of miles inside the country — were hit." 

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As 50,000 Russian troops amass, Ukraine's Sumy Oblast braces for potential large-scale offensive

"Reports of an imminent Russian summer offensive and troop build ups on Ukraine's border

are raising alarms in Sumy Oblast and fears that a large-scale assault could be on the horizon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had ordered his military to create a "security buffer zone" along the border, and President Volodymyr Zelensky later claimed 50,000 of Moscow's troops were amassed "in the direction of Sumy."
"These are trained combat units — airborne troops, marines, those that were specially transferred to displace our troops," a source in Ukraine's defense forces told the Kyiv Independent." KI

Ukraine downs 69 Russian drones

"Ukrainian air defense forces successfully intercepted 69 out of 107 Russian drones and shot down three guided Kh-59/69 missiles during a large-scale overnight attack.....air defense systems had neutralized 69 drones, including 42 directly shot down and 30 jammed or disrupted by electronic warfare, as well as three Kh-59/69 missiles over eastern, southern, northern, and central Ukraine." Ukrin