俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京对邻国乌克兰的“特殊军事行动”始于2月24日，俄罗斯军队从北部的白俄罗斯和东部的俄罗斯入侵。据美国官员称，乌克兰军队进行了“顽强抵抗”。
此后，俄罗斯军队在乌克兰东部有争议的顿巴斯地区发动了全面地面进攻，占领了战略港口城市马里乌波尔，并确保了通往莫斯科吞并的克里米亚半岛的沿海走廊。
乌克兰官员称，31%的哈尔科夫地区被俄罗斯军队占领
哈尔科夫地区军事管理局局长奥列格·辛内格博夫(Oleg Synegubov)周日在访问乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)时表示，乌克兰西北部靠近俄罗斯边境的城镇哈尔科夫的很大一部分被俄罗斯军队占领。
Synegubov说，只有5%的地区被乌克兰军队解放。
根据泽伦斯基办公室的一份声明，辛内格博夫说:“随着炮击的继续，我们还无法全面检查一些被解放的定居点，进行全面的扫雷，并开始重建关键的基础设施。”“在我们可以远程操作的地方，我们会这样做。”
在前往哈尔科夫的途中，泽伦斯基视察了萨尔蒂夫卡区被毁的居民楼。该市北部和东部地区遭受的破坏最严重，超过30%的房屋受损。
泽伦斯基指出，将有机会使新建筑现代化，新住房必须包括防空洞。
泽伦斯基呼吁俄罗斯在“粮食危机”中开放乌克兰海港
据乌克兰总统办公室称，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)周五在印度尼西亚智库外交政策社区(Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia)发表讲话时，呼吁俄罗斯开放乌克兰的海港，以结束全球“粮食危机”。
“俄罗斯封锁了我们在黑海的港口，并占领了我们在亚速海的部分海域。由于这种军事封锁，大多数传统的乌克兰贸易路线已经关闭，”Zelenskyy说，并指出目前有2200万吨粮食储存在乌克兰的储存设施中。“我们不能把他们引向世界市场，因为此时此刻世界市场正需要他们。”
据总统称，这一封锁已经影响了谷物的价格，并将很快影响其他食品的价格。他预测，许多国家将在7月份耗尽去年的收成储备。
泽伦斯基说:“我们的港口越早开放，粮食危机就会越早停止，因为我们将能够把我们的库存和新作物运往世界市场。”
失去丈夫和未出生的儿子的布加勒斯特居民试图重建她的生活
安娜·波隆斯卡挣扎着想要怀孕。所以当她这么做的时候，那是一个纯粹快乐的时刻;幸福的家庭生活就在眼前。
但在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰几天后，她未出生的儿子和丈夫在试图逃离乌克兰时被炮弹炸死告诉ABC新闻。
她在袭击中也受了重伤，医生认为她活不了了。
她回忆说，士兵偷走了她几乎所有的财产，毁坏了她的公寓，这让她的损失雪上加霜。
但在一次引人注目的采访中，安娜说她现在专注于收拾残局——表现出难以置信的勇气和决心，要重新生活和行走。
联合国称，乌克兰至少3998名平民死亡，4693人受伤
根据联合国人权事务高级专员办事处(人权高专办)的最新数据，自2月24日俄罗斯军队入侵乌克兰以来，至少有3998名平民死亡，4693人受伤。
据人权高专办称，死者中至少有260名儿童，伤者中有404名儿童。
该机构周四在一份声明中说:“记录在案的大多数平民伤亡是由使用爆炸武器造成的，影响范围广泛，包括重炮和多管火箭发射系统的炮击，以及导弹和空袭。”。“人权高专办认为，实际数字要高得多，因为从一些发生激烈敌对行动的地方收到的信息被推迟了，许多报告仍有待证实。”
这些地区包括顿涅茨克州的马里乌波尔、哈尔科夫州的伊齐姆和卢甘斯克州的波帕斯纳，人权高专办表示，“有大量平民伤亡的指控。”据该机构称，这些地点的伤亡人数“正在进一步证实”，因此不包括在最新的统计数据中。
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian airborne forces suffer 'heavy casualties'
Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian troops have offered "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials.
The Russian military has since launched a full-scale ground offensive in eastern Ukraine's disputed Donbas region, capturing the strategic port city of Mariupol and securing a coastal corridor to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.
31% of Kharkiv region occupied by Russian forces, Ukrainian officials say
A significant portion of Kharkiv, a town in northwest Ukraine near the Russian border, is occupied by Russian forces, Oleg Synegubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his visit on Sunday.
Just 5% of the region has been liberated by Ukrainian forces, Synegubov said.
"We are not yet able to fully inspect some of the liberated settlements, conduct full-fledged de-mining and begin rebuilding critical infrastructure, as shelling continues," Synegubov said, according to a statement from Zelenskyy’s office. "Where we can do it remotely - we do it."
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Ukrainian servicemen inspect a Russian MT-LB in the Kharkiv area, eastern Ukraine, May 29, 2022.
During the trip to Kharkiv, Zelenskyy inspected destroyed residential buildings in the Saltivka district. The northern and eastern districts of the city suffered the most destruction, with more than 30% of total housing damaged.
Zelenskyy noted that there will be an opportunity to modernize new constructions and that new housing will have to include bomb shelters.
Zelenskyy calls for Russia to unblock Ukraine's seaports amid 'food crisis'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for Russia to unblock Ukraine's seaports to end a global "food crisis" while speaking at the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia think tank Friday, according to his office.
"Russia has blocked access to our ports in the Black Sea and occupied our part of the Sea of Azov. As a result of this military blockade, most traditional Ukrainian trade routes have been closed," said Zelenskyy, noting that 22 million tons of grain are currently in storage facilities in Ukraine. "We cannot direct them to the world market, where they are needed right now, at this time."
According to the president, this block has already affected the prices for grain and soon will affect the prices for other food products. He predicted that many countries will run out of last year's harvest stockpiles in July.
“The sooner our ports are unblocked, the sooner the food crisis will stop, because we will be able to send our stocks and new crops to the world market,” Zelenskyy said.
Bucha resident who lost husband, unborn son tries to rebuild her life
Anna Polonska had struggled to get pregnant. So when she did, it was a moment of sheer joy; a happy family life lay ahead.
But days after Russia invaded Ukraine, her unborn son and husband were killed in shelling as they tried to flee Ukraine, shetold ABC News.
She was also gravely injured in the attack, and doctors did not think she would survive.
Adding to her loss, soldiers stole almost all of her possessions and destroyed her apartment, she recalled.
But in a remarkable interview, Anna said she is now focusing on picking up the pieces -- showing incredible courage and determination to live and walk again.
At least 3,998 civilians killed, 4,693 injured in Ukraine: UN
At least 3,998 civilians have been killed and 4,693 others have been injured in Ukraine since Russian forces invaded on Feb. 24, according to the latest figures from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
At least 260 children were among the dead and 404 among the injured, according to the OHCHR.
"Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes," the agency said in a statement Thursday. "OHCHR believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration."
Those areas include Mariupol in the Donetsk Oblast, Izium in the Kharkiv Oblast and Popasna in the Luhansk Oblast, where the OHCHR said "there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties." Casualty numbers from those locations "are being further corroborated" and thus are not included in the latest statistics, according to the agency.
