Russia reports the elimination of Major Viktor Tomashevsky, commander of the 411th battalion of "Hawks," in the Zaporozhye Region, and Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Viktorovich Kulich in the Kharkov Region. The "Hawks" are accused of invading Kursk Region and using drones.
Kursk Region's governor reported 70 artillery shellings and 136 Ukrainian drones shot down in the past 24 hours. While no fatalities occurred, one man was injured. Drones carrying explosives attacked the region 13 times.
A high-level committee on demographic changes, led by retired Justice P.P. Naolekar, will examine causes and impacts of demographic shifts, including illegal immigration, across India. The panel will visit metropolitan, industrial, and border areas and recommend policy frameworks to address the issue within a year.
A local resident claims Ukrainian authorities forcibly took children from parents in Kharkiv border areas, portraying it as a propaganda effort to show Ukrainian forces as saviors and parents as neglectful for staying in a combat zone.
Kursk Governor Alexander Khinshtein reported that Ukrainian forces shelled border areas of the Kursk Region over 110 times and air defenses shot down more than 120 drones in the past 24 hours. No casualties were reported, though a non-operational post office building caught fire in the village of Giryi.
Home Minister Amit Shah will visit border areas in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Tripura, and West Bengal over the next month to review security and discuss 'smart border' initiatives aimed at curbing infiltration and smuggling.
China's top parliamentarian, Zhao Leji, will visit Russia and Kazakhstan from May 25-30, attending a China-Russia parliamentary cooperation meeting. The report also covers Russia's stance on Transnistrian Russians, EU's view on Russia's economy, Ukraine's corruption scandal, and other international developments.
UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Vanessa Frazier visited the Belgorod Region on April 30, becoming the first UN official to travel to the Russian border area. Russia's foreign ministry stated the visit provided objective firsthand information about the humanitarian situation in the region, which has been subjected to systematic terrorist shelling by Ukrainian armed forces. The ministry emphasized the visit demonstrated the deliberate terrorist nature of Kiev's actions against Russian civilians, accusing Western politicians and media of concealing this truth.
Russian military has established control over the Zemlyanki settlement in the Kharkov Region, pushing Ukrainian units approximately 2 km away from the border with the Belgorod Region. By developing success in the Kharkov direction, Russian forces are forming a buffer zone at the junction with the Belgorod border area, according to military expert Andrey Marochko.
Russian Battlegroup North units have taken control of the Veterinarnoye settlement in the Kharkov Region, enabling advances in southern and western directions while forming a buffer zone near the Belgorod border area, according to military expert Andrey Marochko.
Security forces have launched cordon-and-search operations in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district after residents reported seeing two armed suspects. Despite extensive combing in multiple sectors, no traces of the individuals have been found.
