 | Trade ties with China under Ukraine conflict shadowRussia’s most reliable partner, China, has been targeted indirectly, with the G7 countries taking measures to isolate the world’s second-largest economy. |
 | Author Haruki Murakami says pandemic, war in Ukraine create walls that divide peopleHe says that, while there’s not much a novelist can do, “I sincerely hope that novels and stories can lend their power to such an investigation. It’s something that we novelists dearly hope for.” |
 | Wheat prices rise after collapse of Kakhovka dam in UkraineThe collapse has endangered massive agricultural and drinking water supplies in Ukraine, with warning of a looming environmental disaster. |
 | Ukraine dam disaster: What we know so farThe Kakhovka dam which has been controlled by Russia since the early days of the war, served as a key crossing of Ukraine's most important river. |
 | Ukraine brands Russia ''terrorist state'' to open hearings in Case against Russia at top UN CourtUkraine and Russia are trading accusations of blame for the damage to the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which are located in a part of Ukraine that Moscow controls. |
| Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam near Kherson, warns of ecological disasterFootage from what appeared to be a monitoring camera overlooking the dam that was circulating on social media purported to show a flash, explosion and breakage of the dam. |
 | Russia claims Ukraine is launching major attacks; Kyiv accuses Moscow of misinformationRussia's Defense Ministry claimed it had pushed back a “large-scale” assault Sunday at five points in Donetsk province. |
 | Pope's peace envoy heads to Ukraine for talksZuppi, the head of the Italian bishops' conference, "will pay a visit to Kyiv as Envoy of the Holy Father" from June 5 to 6, it said in a statement. |
 | Ukrainian president says at least 500 children killed by warThe regional governor, Serhiy Lysak, said five children were among 22 people injured by Saturday's attack, which damaged two residential buildings. |
 | Blinken says no Ukraine cease-fire without a peace deal that includes Russia's withdrawalIn Ukraine, air defences shot down more than 30 Russian cruise missiles and drones Friday in Moscow's sixth air attack in six days on Kyiv, local officials said. |
 | Kyiv defences thwart Russia's 6th air assault in 6 days against Ukraine capitalThe Ukrainian capital was simultaneously attacked from different directions by Iranian-made Shahed drones and cruise missiles from the Caspian region, senior Kyiv official Serhii Popko wrote. |
 | Russia, China foreign ministers set for BRICS meet in South Africa amid Ukraine-Russia warMost of the BRICS countries differ sharply from the position of the U.S. and its Western allies in the war. |
 | Fresh Russian bombardment of Ukraine's capital kills at least 3 people, wounds othersOn Wednesday, Russian forces carried out three aerial attacks over the south of the Kherson region, along with missile and heavy artillery strikes on other parts of the region. |
 | Germany orders four Russian consulates closedBerlin has ordered four of Moscow's five consulates in Germany to close, a decision that "was communicated to the Russian foreign ministry today", a foreign ministry spokesman said. |
 | Russian Olympic cycling medalists barred from races for lack of neutrality during war in Ukraine"This ineligibility will apply for as long as the 'ad hoc rules' regarding Russia and Belarus remain in force," the UCI said in the document without detailing the breaches. |
 | Sabalenka of Belarus refuses to answer questions about war in Ukraine at French OpenAfter her first-round win on Sunday, Sabalenka had said no Russian or Belarusian athletes support the war |
 | Still early days for Russia-Ukraine conflict resolution: EAM JaishankarJaishankar said at the moment, most of the problems are related to matters such as a grain corridor, nuclear issues and the exchange of prisoners of war. |
 | Moscow drone attack exposes Russia's vulnerabilities, fuels criticism of militaryThe attack, which lightly damaged three apartment buildings, angered Russia's hawks, who scathingly criticized President Putin and the military brass for failing to protect the heart of Kremlin power |
| Russia evacuates children from border villages near UkraineBelgorod has seen near-daily attacks on areas near the border and last week was the scene of a dramatic armed incursion from Ukraine. |
 | Sleepless in Kyiv: Russian overnight airstrike terrorizes citizens in Ukrainian capitalRussia launched another wave of attacks on Kyiv in the early hours of Monday using a combination of drones and cruise missiles. |
