More weapons on the way to Ukraine, foreign minister says after Blinken meeting
More weapons and other aid is on the the way to Ukraine, the country's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba tweeted after a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Pro-Russian hacker attacks thwarted during Eurovision, Italian police say
Hacker attacks by pro-Russian groups were thwarted during the May 10 semi-final and Saturday final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italian police said Sunday.
During voting operations and contestants’ performances, police said they had mitigated several cyber attacks on network infrastructure by the hacker group “Killnet” and its affiliate “Legion.”
On May 11, “Killnet” claimed an attack to the websites of several Italian institutions, including the Senate, Italy’s upper house of parliament, and the National Health Institute (ISS), the ANSA news agency reported.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, many Western governments have raised alert levels in anticipation of possible cyber attacks on IT systems and infrastructure.
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with their entry “Stefania”, riding a wave of public support to claim an emotional victory that was welcomed by the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Missiles hit military infrastructure in western Ukraine near Polish border, regional governor says
Four missile strikes hit military infrastructure in the Yavoriv area of western Ukraine, near to the Polish border, early Sunday, Maxim Kozitsky, the regional governor of Lviv said.
“The object is completely destroyed,” Kozitsky said in a post on his Telegram channel that was translated by NBC News.
His post came after the regional air command of Ukraine said several missiles had been fired at the Lviv region from the Black Sea in the early hours of the morning.
Ukraine crowned winner of 2022 Eurovision Song Contest
Ukraine was crowned the winner Saturday of Eurovision Song Contest.
The contest tweeted the winner.
The Ukrainian band was the beneficiary of a last-minute wave of 439 votes from the television audience that put it in front.
Winning Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra’s “Stefania” was written as a tribute to the frontman’s mother, but became an anthem for the war-torn country.
“Indeed, some stuff in here was written long before the war, and it was dedicated to my mother,” frontman Oleh Psiuk told The Associated Press.
Ukraine: Russians withdraw from around Kharkiv, batter east
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow’s forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland.
Ukraine’s general staff said the Russian forces were pulling back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv and focusing on guarding supply routes, while launching mortar, artillery and airstrikes in the eastern province of Donetsk in order to “deplete Ukrainian forces and destroy fortifications.”
Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Ukraine was “entering a new — long-term — phase of the war.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, said Ukrainians were doing their “maximum” to drive out the invaders and that the outcome of the war would depend on support from Europe and other allies.