The month began with a focus on the second peace negotiation meeting between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, scheduled for last Monday, June 2. However, the commotion began over the weekend. On Saturday, May 31, Russia attacked several Ukrainian locations with drones and missiles, and, to the surprise of Russian security services, on Sunday, June 1, the Ukrainian Security Services launched the so-called "Operation Spider Web." This consisted of a drone and missile attack against Russian air forces at several positions in Russian territory, including those far from the Ukrainian border, causing significant damage to civilian infrastructure and strategic aircraft. Given this scenario, Monday's meeting seemed ineffective and peace seemed far off, as it turned out. The only achievement was a new prisoner exchange and the repatriation of some Ukrainian children. Recall that at the first peace meeting, held on May 16, both nations had also agreed to a prisoner exchange. We ca...
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