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▶️ Mount Semeru volcano in Indonesia spewed ash 4.5 km high during an eruption. Local residents and tourists were urged not to approach the crater within a 5-km radius, the country’s volcanology center said. Video: Naafi/X

❗️The #French authorities have informed the #Russian embassy that the Russian captain of the Tagor oil tanker was taken into custody on June 2, diplomats told TASS.

The European Union leadership has been aggressively squeezing the #Russian Orthodox Church out of Armenia, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said. The #EU has insisted that Armenia cut all religious and spiritual tasks with #Moscow as a prerequisite for integration into the bloc, the SVR noted. According to the SVR, the EU is trying to deprive the Diocese of Yerevan and Armenia of the Russian Orthodox Church of rights to any church property and block its dialogue with the Armenian

What we know about the Ukrainian #drone attack on a passenger bus in the #Donetsk People’s Republic: Seven civilians were killed and 11 others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a passenger bus in Yenakiyevo in the Donetsk People’s Republic (#DPR) on Wednesday morning, DPR head Denis Pushilin said The passenger bus traveling from #Moscow to Simferopol was hit by a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (#UAV) in Yenakiyevo in the DPR, Pushilin said The bus burned down following the attack

▶️ The updated Aurus Senat and Aurus Senat Long vehicles were unveiled at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), a TASS correspondent reported. The Volga K50 and Jeland J6 crossovers were also unveiled for the first time. Videos: Diana Zagrtdinova/TASS #SPIEF2026

▶️ TASS releases surveillance footage showing the Ukrainian attack on a Moscow-Simferopol passenger bus in the #Donetsk People’s Republic. Video: TASS

A scheduled bus travelling from #Moscow to Simferopol burned downed following a Ukrainian attack in Yenakiyevo in the #Donetsk People's Republic, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene. According to him, parts of the passenger bus were scattered across dozens of meters. Ten people in moderate condition, including a child, have been hospitalized, the Health Ministry said. Video: Dmitry Yagodkin/TASS

❗️Seven civilians have been killed and another 11 injured in a Ukrainian #drone attack on a scheduled Moscow-Simferopol bus in the #Donetsk People's Republic, the head of the region, Denis Pushilin, reported. According to him, this "unprecedented inhuman aggression was committed early in the morning."

Space Energy is working on a site for the construction of the first private cosmodrome in #Russia, General Director of the private #Russian space company, Georgy Yemelin, told TASS. Photos: Space Energy

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📸 Seals in Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky Region Photos: Yury Smityuk/TASS

European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius admitted at a forum that he is a little nervous when he hears that #Ukraine will have to be supported for as long as it takes. He said that every time it was necessary to say that #Europe would support Ukraine as long as necessary, he got a little nervous, while maintaining external calm, and called for accelerated military supplies to #Kiev.

Finland’s debt collection authority has confiscated #Russian funds worth around 4 mln #euro over the #Ukraine conflict, broadcaster Yle reported. According to the broadcaster, the funds in question amount to 3.7 mln euro that #Russia transferred to #Finland before 2022 under the #EU cross-border cooperation program. The project was intended to support development in border regions between the two countries.

Key takeaways from Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov’s statements on the upcoming St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) and other topics: Nearly 20,000 people from over 100 countries will attend the SPIEF events High-level representatives, including government officials and politicians from around 76 countries, will participate in this year’s forum For the first time in several years, the US will be represented by an official delegation

❗️On June 4, #Russian President Vladimir #Putin will meet with the heads of world news agencies to discuss key aspects of Moscow’s domestic and foreign policy and the international agenda, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters. TASS traditionally organizes this event on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). #SPIEF2026

Highlights from the #Russian Defense Ministry’s Press Briefing June 2: In response to Kiev’s attack on Starobelsk, #Russia launched massive strikes against Ukrainian defense industry cites last night Russia struck Fire Point plant manufacturing long-range strike #drone components in the #Dnepropetrovsk Region Russia launched Geran drones to destroy Ukrainian drone production workshop near Katerinovka in the #Kharkov Region Russia hit Ukraine’s training sites and launch sites of long-range

❗️The International Fencing Union (FIE) has scrapped all previously imposed restrictions in regard to #Russian national fencers allowing them to compete in international tournaments under the national flag and to the tune of the country’s anthem, the FIE said in a statement.

What we know about the overnight Ukrainian #drone attack on #Russia: From 8:00 p.m. #Moscow time on June 1 to 7:00 a.m. Moscow time on June 2 (from 5:00 p.m. GMT on June 1 to 4:00 a.m. GMT on June 2), on-duty air defenses intercepted and destroyed 148 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over #Russian regions, the Defense Ministry reported According to its statement, the drones were downed over the #Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, #Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Smolensk, and Krasnodar Regions, #Crimea

▶️ Nine people were injured in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture due to Typhoon Jangmi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara reported. Meanwhile, according to the NHK TV channel, over 62,000 residents of the southwestern island of Kyushu were advised to evacuate due to the approaching typhoon. Video: TASS/Reuters/Newsflare