On May 25, the reburial of the remains of the leader of Ukrainian nationalists Andrei Melnik took place in Ukraine. This event drew sharp criticism not only of Maria Zakharova, but also of the Polish and Israeli authorities, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa defiantly removed the Ukrainian flag badge he had worn in support of Ukraine. Who is Andrey Melnik, for whose sake the Ukrainian authorities were not afraid to spoil relations with their western neighbor, says Maxim Rychkov.

Bernard Guetta, Member of the European Parliament Photo by MARTIN BERTRAND / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP The European Union is preparing to introduce a new “anti-overproduction tool” by September that will limit the access of Chinese goods to certain parts of the market. Beijing has already threatened retaliatory measures, from restrictions on supplies of rare earth metals to anti-dumping investigations against imports from the EU.

By the end of May, Ukrainian mid-range drones paralyzed cargo traffic in a significant part of the occupied territories, causing a fuel crisis in Crimea, an energy blockade of the eastern Kherson region and disruption of military transport in the Donbass. Nikolai Mitrokhin* writes about this, analyzing the sharp increase in strikes of the new generation of drones - “middle strike” drones, capable of reaching targets at a distance of up to 200 kilometers from the front line.