Sunday, June 5th, 2022 

Russian major general Roman Kutuzov is killed in Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast. (Reuters) (Ukrayinska Pravda) 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov cancels his scheduled visit to Serbia after neighbouring states in the Balkans refuse to let Lavrov’s plane use their airspace. (BBC News) 

Russia launches airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv for the first time since April 28. The Russian Defence Ministry says that the missile strikes targeted T-72 tanks that had been supplied to Ukraine by several EU countries. At least one person is injured. (The Guardian) 

Dmitry Kovtun, a former KGB agent accused of the fatal 2006 poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London, dies from COVID-19 in Moscow. (RFE/RL) 

Kazakhs go to the polls to vote on 56 amendments to the constitution and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev‘s “Second Republic” proposals, among them the reduction of presidential powers, reform of the Parliament, the curbing of former President Nursultan Nazarbayev‘s powers, and the creation of three new regions. (The Economist) 

The Bundestag votes 400–41, with 200 abstentions, to approve raising the minimum wage in Germany to €12 ($12.90) an hour. (DW) 

North Korea fires at least eight short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan from several locations in the country. (The Japan Times) 

Three people are killed and 14 others are injured in a mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Three people are also hit by cars, with one person later dying. (AP) 

Rafael Nadal defeats Casper Ruud to win the men’s singles tennis title at the 2022 French Open, extending his all-time record for the most Grand Slam men’s singles titles to 22. (BBC Sport) 

In association football, Wales defeats Ukraine 1–0 at the Cardiff City Stadium to become the final team from UEFA to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. It is the first time that Wales has qualified for a FIFA World Cup since 1958. (Al Jazeera) 

Saturday, June 4th, 2022 

The Judicial Council for Iraq‘s Kurdistan Region rejects a ruling from the federal Supreme Judicial Council demanding that the regional government hand over its oil supply, stating that the oil-sharing agreement enshrined in the national constitution did not apply to oil and gas discovered after 2005. (Reuters) 

Tajikistan says that a border clash happened yesterday after Kyrgyz soldiers crossed the border close to Vorukh. (Reuters) 

Three people are killed and eleven others wounded in a mass shooting in the South Street neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (Reuters) 

A man is publicly lynched by a mob of 200 people in the Nigerian capital city Abuja after he gets into a “heated argument” with a local Islamic cleric. (Reuters) 

After three sessions in which the proposed candidates failed to obtain the necessary votes, the Parliament of Albania elects Chief of the General Staff Bajram Begaj as the new Albanian President. (Reuters) 

The Tunisian judiciary announces that it will suspend work in all of the courts and go on strike for a week in response to President Kais Saied dismissing 57 judges earlier this week. (Reuters) 

Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie becomes the oldest person to sail solo across the Pacific Ocean at the age of 83. (The Japan Times) 

The End