Updates on the war in Ukraine today, Saturday, May 29. Russian raid on Dnipro, 9-story building hit: 1 dead and 12 injured. According to the media, the US could approve a new aid package to Kiev for a total of 150 million dollars on Monday. New York Times: “May a horrible month for Moscow’s soldiers”.
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Tensions remain high in Ukrainewhere in the last few hours a Russian raid on the city of Dnipro resulted in the death of one person and the injury of 12 others. The attack hit a building of nine floors, according to what the Ukrainian president announced Volodymyr Zelensky and the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak. He writes it Ukrainian Pravda.
Green light from the US for new aid package of 150 million dollars
Zelensky published a photo of the burning building on X, specifying that “there were four floors destroyed” and that “a sufficient quantity and quality of systems are necessary defence aerial“. Meanwhile, regarding the commitment of the allies, the American media have reported that the Biden administration will supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition worth 150 million of dollars, including Hawk air defense interceptors and 155-millimeter artillery ammunition.
The aid package is expected to be announced next Monday, according to the officials, who preferred to remain anonymous. The United States began shipping Hawk interceptor missiles to Ukraine in 2022 as an upgrade to its shoulder-launched Stinger air defense missile systems, a smaller, shorter-range system.
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10 Russian prisoners freed with Vatican mediation
Furthermore, today ten Ukrainians who had been prisoners for years were freed from imprisonment Russian with the mediation of Vatican Friday and arrived in Kiev in the past few hours. Part of the group arrived overnight by helicopter at Kiev International Airport, which has been closed since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. It was the first time in more than two years that the airport had received passengers. The rest of the group arrived by bus. Some of the freed civilians had been captured before the Russian invasion.
The Terrible May of the Russian Army
Meanwhile, according to what was reported by the New York Timeslast month Moscow suffered significant losses aa due to waves of frontal attacks in Ukraine. The data comes from Western intelligence including those of the United States and the United Kingdom. Notably, British military intelligence estimated the casualty rate at 1,200 per day in May, the highest reported since the start of the war. And it happened as Russia intensified its attacks against Ukrainian positions in the region Kharkiv.
