France seizes Russian shadow fleet tanker & Ukrainian drones dominate skies over occupied cities

Day 1,557.


Today, after a weekend that saw Russian ships hit by drones, hit
by drones and hit by drones again, it ended with another Russian
ship being seized by abseiling Frenchmen. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s
“logistics lockdown” continued, leading to fuel rationing in
Crimea and more Russian oil refineries self-sanctioning in very
dramatic ways; no wonder Putin’s Finance Minister has said
Russia’s spending on the war has gone two trillion rubles over
budget.


Contributors: 


Dom Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.


Sophie O’Sullivan (Telegraph journalist).


Adelie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @adeliepjz
on X.


With thanks to Stergios-Aristoteles Mitoulis (Associate Professor
of engineering at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction
at UCL). @DrMitoulis on X.


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Senior Producer: Lilian Fawcett


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Russia overspends on Putin’s war in Ukraine by $28bn (The
Financial Times)


https://www.ft.com/content/93674b5c-06ea-4e49-a005-dc08e1091574?syn-25a6b1a6=1 


Inside the schools preparing Ukrainian children for war (The
Telegraph)


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/31/inside-the-schools-preparing-ukrainian-children-for-war/ 


For more information on Professor Mitoulis’s work, follow the
links below:


Bridge Ukraine: https://bridgeukraine.org/


Meta Infrastructure: https://metainfrastructure.org/


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France seizes Russian shadow fleet tanker in mission Moscow
calls ‘piracy’

Ukrainian drones dominate skies over occupied cities









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