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☆ Ukraine says heavy battles ongoing after first counteroffensive gains
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

On Sunday, Ukraine said its troops had made advances on three villages in Donetsk: Blahodatne, Neskuchne and Makarivka. Some prominent Russian military bloggers indicated that while Ukrainian forces took Blahodatne and Neskuchne, fighting for Makarivka was going on. While staying largely silent over the past week about its counteroffensive, Ukraine's military has reported daily battlefield successes. Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that Kyiv wanted to discuss details of the "aircraft coalition" with its allies at the next meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on June 15 in Brussels. "At this stage, we are talking about training of pilots ... and our technicians and engineers," Ukraine's Military Media Centre quoted Reznikov as saying.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Makarivka, Vladimir Putin, Oleksii Reznikov, Reznikov, Pavel Polityuk, Anna Pruchnicka, Lidia Kelly, Robert Birsel, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Brigade, Marines, Reuters, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Defence, Kyiv, Ukraine Defence Contact Group, U.S, Military Media, Thomson Locations: Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Bilohorivka, Luhansk, Storozheve, Ukraine, Blahodatne, Donetsk Region, Russian, Brussels, Zelenskiy, Kyiv, Gdansk, Melbourne

☆ Moscow court detains U.S. citizen on drug charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen, a musician and a former paratrooper, has been detained in Russia on charges of organising a drug trafficking operation, a Moscow court said on Saturday. "On June 10, 2023, Moscow's Khamovniki District Court took a measure of restraint against a U.S. citizen," according to a statement on the Telegram messaging app by Moscow's courts of general jurisdiction. "The former paratrooper and a musician, who is accused of running a drug dealing business involving young people, will remain in custody until Aug. 6, 2023." Russia's Interfax news agency reported that if found guilty, the man can face up to 12 years in prison. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Edmund KlamannOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Moscow's, Reuters, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, Moscow's Khamovniki, Melbourne

☆ Russia arrests U.S. citizen on drug dealing charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. musician and former paratrooper has been arrested in Moscow on drug dealing charges and his court appearance, locked in a metal cage, has been shown on state television. "The former paratrooper and a musician, who is accused of running a drug dealing business involving young people, will remain in custody until Aug. 6, 2023." The spokesperson did not say if U.S. officials had yet had consular access to Leake. When Leake initially came to Moscow, he worked as an English teacher and helped translate songs for Russian bands. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was arrested in March on espionage charges that he, the Journal and Washington deny.

Persons: Michael Travis Leake, REN, Leake, Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan, Washington, Evan Gershkovich, Guy Faulconbridge, Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann, Frances Kerry Organizations: Moscow's, Reuters, REN TV, State Department, U.S ., Street, Washington, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, U.S, Moscow, Russian, Moscow's Khamovniki, Leake, Russia's, Ukraine, United States, Russia, Washington, Melbourne

☆ Freight train derails near Russia's border with Ukraine, governor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 11 (Reuters) - Fifteen cars of an empty freight train derailed in Russia's southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, the local governor said late on Saturday, adding there was no immediate information about the cause. "According to preliminary information, there are no casualties," the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on the Telegram messaging app. The accident happened near a train station in the Alexeyevsky municipal district and the train was empty, Gladkov said. Ukraine almost never publicly claims responsibility for attacks inside Russia or on Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Cynthia OstermanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Gladkov, Lidia Kelly, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia's, Belgorod, Ukraine, Alexeyevsky, Russia, Melbourne

☆ State of emergency imposed in Russia-controlled parts of Kherson
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 7 (Reuters) - A state of emergency has been imposed in Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine's Kherson region following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam and the flooding of large area, Russia's TASS state news agency reported on Wednesday. The agency, citing emergency services, said about 2,700 houses were flooded after the destruction of the dam on Tuesday and almost 1,300 people had been evacuated. The destruction of the Moscow-controlled Nova Kakhvovka dam on the Dnipro River flooded a large part of the frontline in the Kherson region. More than 900 people were evacuated on Tuesday from the Russian-controlled city of some 45,000 people on the left bank of the Dnipro River. Ukrainian officials said that some 80 communities in the overall Kherson region were at risk of flooding.

Persons: Vladimir Leontiev, Oleksandr Prokudin, Prokudin, Olena Hamash, Lidia Kelly, Himani Sarkar, Michael Perry, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: TASS, United Nations, Nova, Russian, Thomson Locations: Ukraine's Kherson, Nova, Moscow, Dnipro, Kherson, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Zelenskiy says awaits final agreements on 'powerful' F16 jets offer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 7 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he received "a serious, powerful" offer from leaders of countries ready to provide Kyiv with F-16 fighter jets and is awaiting final agreements with key allies. "Our partners know how many aircraft we need," Zelenskiy was quoted as saying in a statement on his website. Kyiv now awaits a final agreement with its allies, including "a joint agreement with the United States," Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy has long appealed for the F-16 jets, saying their appearance with Ukrainian pilots would be a sure signal from the world that Russia's invasion would end in defeat. Russia said on Tuesday that U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets can "accommodate" nuclear weapons and warned that supplying Kyiv with them will escalate the conflict further.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: Washington, Ukrainian, National Security, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, United States, Ukraine, Washington, Russia, Melbourne

☆ Air India to send replacement plane for passengers stranded in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW DELHI, June 7 (Reuters) - Air India said on Wednesday a reserve plane would take off from Mumbai on Wednesday for passengers whose flight on Tuesday was forced to land at an airport in Russia's Far East because of engine trouble. The airline said its ferry flight would leave Mumbai at 0730 GMT and head to Magadan in Russia, carrying food and other essentials for the passengers stranded there. Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsia had said that a reserve Air India plane was scheduled to land at 0300 GMT. Air India did not immediately respond to a request to share the nationalities of the passengers. The airline said it had moved passengers to makeshift accommodations, citing infrastructure limitations around the airport.

Persons: Rosaviatsia, Vedant Patel, Patel, Tanvi Mehta, Lidia Kelly, Krishna N, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Air, Boeing, Air India, NDTV, U.S . State Department, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Air India, Mumbai, Russia's Far, Delhi, San Francisco, Magadan, Russia, Air, Indian, U.S, United States, New Delhi, Melbourne

☆ Russia says West trying to confuse the world over Nord Stream culprits
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 7 (Reuters) - The Russian embassy in the United States said on Wednesday that a report the United States knew of a Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines was part of a coordinated Western attempt to confuse the world over the truth. "The coordinated campaign of the West, led by the United States, to confuse the international community is sewn with white threads," Russian diplomat Andrey Ledenev was quoted as saying in a post on the embassy's Telegram messaging channel. Several underwater explosions ruptured the Nord Stream 1 and the newly built Nord Stream 2 pipelines that link Russia and Germany across the Baltic Sea in September 2022. Russia has repeatedly said the West was behind the blasts affecting the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines last September - multibillion-dollar infrastructure projects that carried Russian gas to Germany. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; editing by Guy FaulconbridgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Andrey Ledenev, Lidia Kelly, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Washington Post, CIA, White House, Thomson Locations: Russian, United States, Russia, Germany, Baltic, Sweden, Denmark, U.S, Melbourne

☆ Russia says U.S.-built F-16s could 'accommodate' nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 6 (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets can 'accommodate' nuclear weapons and warned that supplying Kyiv with them will escalate the conflict further. "We must keep in mind that one of the modifications of the F-16 can 'accommodate' nuclear weapons," Lavrov said in a speech at a military base in Dushanbe in Tajikistan, according to a transcript on the ministry's website. "If they do not understand this, then they are worthless as military strategists and planners." But U.S. National Security adviser Jake Sullivan said there was no final decision on Washington sending aircraft. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Michael PerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sergei Lavrov, Lavrov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: Russia's, U.S, Washington, Ukrainian, National Security, Thomson Locations: Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Washington, Melbourne

☆ Russia launches air strike on Kyiv, city official says attack repelled
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Valentyn Origenko | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] An explosion of a missile is seen in the city during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 6, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichKYIV, June 6 (Reuters) - Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on Kyiv, with officials at the Ukrainian capital saying that air defence systems downed more than 20 cruise missiles on their approach. "All were shot down, there were no hits," Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app. Reuters' witnesses reported hearing several blasts that sounded like air defence systems while the city was under air raid alerts for more than four hours, starting soon after midnight on Tuesday. Falling debris hit road surfaces and damaged power lines to the trolley system in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district, the military said.

Persons: Gleb Garanich KYIV, Serhiy Popko, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Christian Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Kyiv's Desnianskyi, Dnipro, Melbourne

☆ Russian forces repeatedly shell ammonia pipeline in Ukraine's Kharkiv region -governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 7 (Reuters) - Russian forces repeatedly fired at an ammonia pipeline in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, a local governor said on Tuesday, a conduit potentially crucial for the extension of a deal allowing the safe export of grains and fertilizers from Black Sea ports. The extension next month of the Black Sea Grain initiative, a pact struck in July 2022 to help tackle a global food crises, could hinge on the reopening of the pipeline. The ammonia pipeline, the world's longest, stretches about 2,470 kilometres (1,534 miles) from Russia's Togliatti on the Volga River to three Black Sea ports. There was no recorded leakage from the late Tuesday shelling that hit the pipeline near the village of Masiutivka and an overnight shelling near the village of Zapadne, said Oleh Sinehubov, the governor of Ukraine's Kharkiv region. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Oleh Sinehubov, Sinehubov, Lidia Kelly, Jamie Freed Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine's Kharkiv, Russia's Togliatti, Ukraine, Masiutivka, Zapadne, Melbourne

☆ Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is blown, unleashing flood of water
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW, June 6 (Reuters) - A vast Soviet-era dam in the Russian controlled part of southern Ukraine was blown on Tuesday, unleashing a flood of water across the war zone, according to both Ukrainian and Russian forces. Unverified videos on social media showed a series of intense explosions around the Kakhovka dam. Other videos showed water surging through the remains of the dam with bystanders expressing their shock, sometimes in strong language. "The Kakhovka (dam) was blown up by the Russian occupying forces," the South command of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Tuesday on its Facebook page. Russian news agencies said the dam, controlled by Russian forces, had been destroyed in shelling while a Russian-installed official said it was a terrorist attack - Russian shorthand for an attack by Ukraine.

Persons: Valentyn Ogirenko, Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Ukraine's Armed Forces, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Soviet, Russian, Ukraine, Dnipro, Russia, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson region blown up by Russian forces - Ukraine's military
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV, June 6 (Reuters) - The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine's Kherson region was blown up by Russian forces, the South command of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Tuesday. "The scale of the destruction, the speed and volumes of water, and the likely areas of inundation are being clarified," the command said on its Facebook page. Reporting by Valentyn Ogirenko in Kyiv and Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Edmund KlamannOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Valentyn Ogirenko, Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Ukraine's Armed Forces, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine's Kherson, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Russia starts naval exercises in Japan and Okhotsk Seas waters
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 5 (Reuters) - Russia's Pacific Fleet forces have started operational exercises in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk that will last until June 20, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday. "More than 60 warships and support vessels, about 35 naval aviation aircraft, coastal troops and more than 11,000 military personnel are involved in the exercise of the Pacific Fleet forces grouping," the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill Organizations: Pacific Fleet, Russia's Defence, Thomson Locations: Japan, Melbourne

☆ Two drones fall on highway in Russia's Kaluga region - governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 5 (Reuters) - Two drones fell on a highway in Russia's Kaluga region that borders with the Moscow region to its north, with the local governor saying on Monday there was no detonation of explosives. "The area has been cordoned off," the governor of the region, Vladislav Shapsha, said on the Telegram messaging app. Based on the information provided by Shapsha, the drones fell some 280km-300km (174 miles-186 miles) from Moscow. Last week, Russia said Ukrainian drones struck wealthy districts of Moscow, which Kyiv denied. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vladislav Shapsha, Lidia Kelly, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Shapsha, Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Russia's Kaluga, Moscow, Russia, Ukrainian, Melbourne, Lincoln

☆ Drone shot down in Crimea's Dzhankoi, says Moscow-installed official
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

June 4 (Reuters) - A drone was shot down in Dzhankoi in Crimea, a Russian-installed official in the peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, said on Sunday. "There is damage to windows in several houses in a residential district" from the overnight incident, Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser in the Moscow-installed administration of Crimea, posted on the Telegram messaging app. Russia has a military air base near Dzhankoi. Ukrainian officials have long said the city and surrounding areas have been turned into Moscow's largest military base in Crimea. Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Oleg Kryuchkov, Lidia Kelly, William Mallard Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Dzhankoi, Crimea, Russian, Moscow, Ukraine, Russia, Melbourne

☆ Russia's air attack repelled on approach to Kyiv, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Russia launched a wave of air attacks on Ukraine early on Sunday, with air defence systems repelling all missiles and drones on their approach to Kyiv, the capital's military officials said. "Air defence destroyed everything that was heading towards the city already at their distant approaches." Russia has repeatedly attacked Kyiv since May, chiefly at night, ahead of a long-expected Ukrainian counteroffensive to reclaim territory, in what Ukrainian officials say is an attempt to inflict psychological distress on civilians. Reuters witnesses reported hearing several blasts in the Kyiv region, but not in the city, from what sounded like air defence systems hitting targets. All of Ukraine was under air raid alerts for nearly three hours.

Persons: Serhiy Popko, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Daniel Wallis, William Mallard Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Rih, Kropyvnitskyi, Sumy, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine shelling continues in Russia's Belgorod as thousands relocated - governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW, June 4 (Reuters) - Shelling by Ukrainian forces on Russia's Belgorod region continued overnight on Sunday after two people were killed the previous night and hundreds of children were evacuated away from the border, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Sunday. "Overnight, it was quite restless," Gladkov said on the Telegram channel, adding that the Shebekino and Volokonovsky districts suffered "lots" of damage from shelling during the night. More than 4,000 people were relocated to temporary accommodation in the region, which borders Ukraine to its south and west, Gladkov said. Ukraine denied attacking Moscow last week and has also denied that its military is involved in the incursions into Belgorod. On Saturday, Gladkov escorted about 600 children from the region's Shebekino and Graivoron districts to Yaroslavl and Kaluga.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Gladkov, Lidia Kelly, Guy Faulconbridge, Frances Kerry Organizations: Telegram, Moscow, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Ukrainian, Russia's Belgorod, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Russian, Belgorod, Yaroslavl, Kaluga, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Clashes near Bakhmut continue despite easing, Ukraine's military says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] An aerial view shows destructions in the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on May 21, 2023. "The enemy continues to suffer significant losses in the Bakhmut direction," Syrskyi said on the Telegram messaging app after what he said was a visit to troops around Bakhmut. Bakhmut, once home to 70,000 people, has no strategic value, according to military analysts. British defence intelligence said on Saturday that Russia continued to redeploy regular military units to the Bakhmut sector, replacing Wagner fighters. Russia now controls nearly all of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as well as swaths of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Persons: Wagner, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Bakhmut, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Lidia Kelly, William Mallard Organizations: Press Service, Brigade, Ukrainian Armed Forces, REUTERS, Wagner Group, Defence, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Bakhmut, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Moscow, Donbas, Hiroshima, Donetsk, Luhansk, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Melbourne

☆ Russian air strikes repelled over Kyiv, but hit regional airfield
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Russia launched a fresh wave of air strikes against Ukraine early on Sunday, striking an airfield in a central region but failing to hit the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said. Air force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told local television that four of six cruise missiles had been shot down by air defences but that two had struck an "operational airfield" near the central city of Kropyvnytskyi. He added that two of the five Iranian-made drones launched by Russia had struck infrastructure in the northern Sumy region. Kyiv officials said air defences had downed all projectiles that had been aimed at the capital before they reached the city. Separately, a 2-year-old girl was killed and 22 people were wounded in an earlier Russian missile strike on Sunday near the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the regional governor said.

Persons: Yuriy Ihnat, Serhiy Popko, Gleb Garanich, Dan Peleschuk, Lidia Kelly, Daniel Wallis, William Mallard, Nick Macfie Organizations: Ukraine, Air, Telegram, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Kropyvnytskyi, Sumy, Russian, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Ukraine, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine shelling kills two in Belgorod, children evacuated
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW, June 3 (Reuters) - Shelling and strikes by Ukrainian forces on Russia's Belgorod region killed two people on Saturday as hundreds of children were evacuated away from the border, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. Ukraine has denied attacking Moscow last week and that its military is involved in the incursions into Russia's Belgorod. Two people were killed and two injured overnight in the village of Sobolevka and Ukraine continued with shelling and striking the region during the day, Gladkov said, including on Shebekino, damaging buildings. Five people were killed, 16 injured in Ukrainian shelling attacks on Belgorod region on Friday, Gladkov said in an earlier update. Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner Group has spent months fighting in Bakhmut in Ukraine before leaving the besieged city last week, said on Saturday that his troops may go to Belgorod.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Gladkov, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Lidia Kelly, Guy Faulconbridge, Nick Zieminski Organizations: Telegram, Moscow, Russian, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, Ukrainian, Russia's Belgorod, Yaroslavl, Kaluga, Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Graivoron district, Sobolevka, Belgorod, Bakhmut, Melbourne

☆ Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly describes his UFO experience. 'It turns out it was Bart Simpson, a balloon.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Retired NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent over 8,100 consecutive hours in space. But his UFO experience actually happened on Earth while he was flying off Virginia Beach. But retired astronaut Scott Kelly is here to tell us that many UFO sightings are probably just our eyes playing tricks on us. Kelly was part of a panel that convened on Wednesday at NASA headquarters to discuss UFOs, what NASA now refers to as unidentified aerial phenomenon. Recalling the thousands of hours he spent in space, Kelly said on Wednesday, "Oftentimes, in space, I would see things and I was like, 'That's really not behaving like it should.'

Persons: Scott Kelly, —, Kelly, Bart Simpson, Mark Vande Hei, KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV, David Spergel Organizations: NASA, Service, Virginia Beach, Space, Getty Locations: Virginia, RIO

☆ Oil falls on weak China data, stronger U.S. dollar
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Rowena Edwards | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Companies Saudi Arabian Oil Co FollowLONDON, May 31 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell by over 2% on Wednesday on a stronger U.S. dollar and as weak data from top oil importer China raised demand fears. Further pressure came as the U.S. dollar rose to its highest in over two months, making commodities more expensive for buyers holding other currencies and weighing on oil demand. Mixed signals by major OPEC+ producers on whether or not the group will decide to further cut oil production have sparked recent volatility in oil prices. HSBC said on Wednesday that stronger oil demand from China and the West from the summer onwards will bring about a supply deficit in the second half of the year. Separately, U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles were seen falling last week, while distillate inventories likely increased, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.

Persons: Brent, Brent's, Stephen Brennock, Rowena Edwards, Trixie Yap, Stephanie Kelly, Yuka Obayashi, Mark Potter, David Evans Organizations: Saudi Arabian Oil, . West Texas, U.S, Federal Reserve, Organization of, Petroleum, HSBC, American Petroleum Institute, Thomson Locations: China, U.S, Russia, London, Singapore, New York, Tokyo

May 31 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled lower on Wednesday, pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar and weak data from top oil importer China that fed demand fears. A stronger dollar makes oil more expensive for buyers holding other currencies. U.S. data showed job openings unexpectedly rose in April, pointing to persistent strength in the labor market that could push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in June. HSBC said stronger oil demand from China and the West from the summer onwards will trigger a supply deficit in the second half. U.S. crude oil and gasoline stockpiles were seen falling last week, while distillate inventories likely increased, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.

Persons: Brent, Bob Yawger, Goldman Sachs, Stephen Brennock, Rowena Edwards, Trixie Yap, Stephanie Kelly, Yuka Obayashi, David Evans, Emelia, Lisa Shumaker, David Gregorio Our Organizations: . West Texas, Senate, Federal Reserve, Mizuho, Traders, Organization of, Petroleum, HSBC, Energy, American Petroleum Institute, Thomson Locations: China, U.S, Russia, London, Singapore, New York, Tokyo

☆ Options Action: Traders looking for Intel gains by June expiration
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOptions Action: Traders looking for Intel gains by June expirationKevin Kelly, Kelly Intelligence CEO, joins CNBC’s Melissa Lee and the Options Action traders to discuss bullish bets on Intel.

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