Russia-Ukraine updates: 2 US veterans who joined Ukrainian forces missing

The Americans, Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh and Alexander Drueke, are both from Alabama.

ByMorgan Winsor, Emily Shapiro, Meredith Deliso, Nadine El-Bawab, Ivan Pereira, Bill Hutchinson, and Kevin Shalvey
Last Updated: June 5, 2022, 7:05 AM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian troops have offered "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials.

The Russian military has since launched a full-scale ground offensive in eastern Ukraine's disputed Donbas region, capturing the strategic port city of Mariupol and securing a coastal corridor to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.

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Jun 05, 2022, 7:05 AM EDT

Putin warns of strikes if West supplies longer-range missiles

President Vladimir Putin warned that Russian forces would strike new targets if the West began supplying Ukraine with longer-range missiles.

"But if they [missiles] are actually delivered, we will draw appropriate conclusions and apply our own weapons, which we have in sufficient quantities to carry out strikes on targets we aren't striking yet," Putin told Rossyia 1 TV Channel in an interview on Sunday.

-ABC News’ Tanya Stukalova and Tomek Rolski

Jun 03, 2022, 6:17 PM EDT

Driver killed, 2 journalists injured in eastern Ukraine

Two Reuters journalists were injured and their driver killed in an attack in eastern Ukraine Friday, Reuters said.

Photographer Alexander Ermochenko and cameraman Pavel Klimov were traveling into Sievierodonetsk when they came under fire on a Russian-held part of the road, according to Reuters. Klimov was treated for an arm fracture and Ermochenko for a small shrapnel wound at a nearby hospital.

Their driver, who has not been identified, had been assigned to Reuters by Russia-backed forces.

"Reuters extends its deepest sympathies to the family of the driver for their loss," a Reuters spokesperson said in a statement.

Jun 03, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT

Zelenskyy marks 100th day of war: 'The people of our state are here'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the 100th day of the war by posting a video of himself outside his office in Kyiv with his defense minister, prime minister and parliamentary leader.

"Our team is much bigger. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are here. The most important thing is our people, the people of our state are here," Zelenskyy said. "We have been defending Ukraine for 100 days. Victory will be ours."

The video was notably shot in the same location with the same people as one posted after the first day of the Russian invasion, on the evening of Feb. 25. "We are here," Zelenskyy said in that video.

-ABC News' Kerem Inal and Max Uzol

Jun 03, 2022, 3:59 PM EDT

IAEA concludes mission to Chornobyl nuclear power plant

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday that it has concluded its mission at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The IAEA team worked with their Ukrainian counterparts on radiation protection, safety of waste management and security.

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi is now continuing efforts to organize an IAEA mission to Ukraine's largest Nuclear Power Plant, Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya, to carry out nuclear safety, security and safeguards activities at the site.

-ABC News' Alexandra Faul

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