Missiles

A barrage of Russian missiles struck Ukraine's capital early Sunday, hitting unspecified "infrastructure" targets, Kiev's mayor said. No one was reported killed, with one person hospitalized with injuries.

But the attack shattered a sense of calm in Kiev, which hadn't seen similar strikes since the April 28 visit of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his intention to speak by phone today with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the front line in the Kharkiv region for the first time since the beginning of the war.

Leyen: I do not expect an agreement on sanctions in the next 48 hours

North Korea fired a volley of missiles early Wednesday including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, just hours after US President Joe Biden left Asia after a trip overshadowed by Pyongyang's sabre-rattling.

North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on May 7, Seoul said, its second missile launch in three days after the United States warned Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test.

Romanian companies Romarm and Electromecanica and US-based Raytheon Missiles & Defense have signed a memorandum of understanding for the production of SkyCeptor interceptor missiles in Romania. This was reported by the Agerpres news agency.

North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal "at the fastest possible pace" and threatened to use them against rivals.

India has received a new batch of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems from Russia, India Today reported, citing high-ranking sources.

"According to sources, the batch of S-400 missile systems was delivered by ship and is already in service. Parts of the missile system arrived by air and sea and were quickly deployed to their designated places," the newspaper said.

Zhao Lijian pointed out that this delivery is not aimed at any third party and that "it has nothing to do with the current situation", without giving more details, reports the Associated Press.
The U.S. agency reported yesterday that Serbia received a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft missile system in, as it states, a secret operation that took place over the weekend.

Slovakia has already donated its S-300 anti-missile systems to Ukraine, Prime Minister Eduard Heger has announced. This comes weeks after US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited Sofia and Bratislava in an attempt to persuade Bulgaria and Slovakia to hand over their complexes to Ukraine to protect its skies from Russia.

It would mark the first time that the Arrow 3, one of Israel’s most advanced air defense systems, has been sold to another country