Dmytro Basmat
News Editor at The Kyiv Independent
Senior News Editor @KyivIndependent | CEO @ForefrontCanada | Occasional media contributor | @RiddellMPM alum | Reach me at [email protected]
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kyivindependent.com | Dmytro Basmat
Editor's note: This is a developing story and is being updated. At least 4 people are dead and another 44 injured after a train derailed in Russia's Bryansk Oblast overnight on May 31, following the collapse of an overhead road bridge, Russian officials said. Photos and videos posted on social media appears to show damage sustained to the train after an impact with the bridge.
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kyivindependent.com | Dmytro Basmat
Claims of Russian President Vladimir Putin's helicopter being "at the epicenter" of a Ukrainian drone attack in Kursk Oblast were reportedly fabricated by the Kremlin, the Moscow Times reported on May 30, citing four Russian government sources. A Russian military commander claimed on May 20 that Putin's helicopter was subject to a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Kursk Oblast, as Putin made his first known visit to the region since Moscow claimed its recapture.
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kyivindependent.com | Dmytro Basmat
U.S. President Donald Trump said on May 30 that he was "very surprised" at Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities amid ongoing peace negotiations with Kyiv. "I was very surprised at at rockets being shot into cities like Kyiv during a negotiation that was maybe very close to ending," Trump said during a news conference in the Oval Office. "All of a sudden rockets got shot into a couple of cities and people died.
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kyivindependent.com | Dmytro Basmat
President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 30 to discuss the next round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, tentatively scheduled for June 2 in Istanbul. "We both agree that such a meeting cannot and should not be empty," Zelensky said on social media following the call. "There must be a ceasefire to move further toward peace.
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kyivindependent.com | Dmytro Basmat
Moscow is planning to deploy multiple Oreshnik missile systems to Belarus by the end of 2025, State Secretary of Belarus' Security Council Alexander Volfovich said on May 28. The "Oreshnik" is an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that Russia touts as an experimental weapon capable of bypassing advanced air defense systems.
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