Figure of the week 

• 50,000 books were burned in the destroyed printing house after the May 23 Russian strike on a printing factory in Kharkiv.

Ukraine - Türkiye 

• Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine paid an official visit to Türkiye.

Foreign Policy

• Address by the President Zelenskyy to the World Leaders on the Eve of the Peace Summit. 

• President Zelenskyy addressed African Nations on the Africa Day. 

• President Zelenskyy visited with Portugal, Belgium and Spain. 

• President Zelenskyy discussed strengthening international support for Ukraine with UNITED24 Ambassadors. 

• Prime Minister Shmyhal participated at Security Cooperation meeting in the Czech Republic. 

• Foreign Minister Kuleba called for increased and accelerated military assistance to Ukraine, and support for Ukraine's strikes against military targets in Russia. 

• Ukraine signed a new bilateral Agreements on Security Cooperation with Portugal, Belgium and Spain. 

• Ukraine officially opened its Embassy in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. 

• Argentina plans to join the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children. 

• Sweden announced its sixteenth and the largest package of military aid to Ukraine. 

Home and Frontline  

• Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to May 31, 2024, are personnel – 507 650, tanks – 7 728, ACV – 14 935, artillery system – 13 140. 

• On the night of 30-31 May, the Russian military attacked a Kyiv, and Kharkiv region. 

• On May 25, the Russian military attacked a crowded Kharkiv hardware store. The attack killed at least 19 people and injured 48. 

• President visited the printing facility destroyed by the Russian Strike in Kharkiv. 

• The Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed two Russian boats in Crimea. 

• Ukrainian mountaineer Antonina Samoilova set a record by climbing Everest & Lhotse, two 8,000- meter peaks, in 24 hours. 

• Artem Dovbyk becomes Top Scorer in Spain`s Main Football Division. 

Grain from Ukraine 

• Ukraine and WFP delivered 423 tonnes of split peas to Mauritania for the first time.

Learn more about Ukraine 

Ukrainian language, books, customs, traditions, and all other elements composing national identity are the historical target for Russia. Many of those who were and are at the forefront of the construction of a Ukrainian national identity – our intelligentsia – were oppressed, tortured, and killed. We recognize that to know our history is to remember how hard-won our existence today is. That is why today we are sharing with you the story of the Ukrainian generation of creatives tortured by the totalitarian Stalinist state one hundred years ago in the 1920-30s, well known in Ukraine as the Executed Renaissance.

 Ukraine Weekly #24.pdf