Sunday

June 1, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

Rafah aid distribution incidents

At least 31 Palestinians are killed and 170 others are injured while thousands of people went to receive aid from an American-funded humanitarian aid distribution centre in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Israel strongly denies its responsibility and releases drone footage showing armed, masked men firing at civilians attempting to collect humanitarian aid. (AP) (BBC News)

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia launches the largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, comprising 472 drones and seven ballistic missiles. (AP)

Twelve Ukrainian servicemembers are killed and 60 more are injured in a Russian missile strike on a training camp in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapatyi, submits a resignation request following the incident. (Ukrainian Pravda) (RBC-Ukraine)

Operation Spider's Web

Ukraine says at least 40 Russian warplanes, including several strategic bombers were destroyed or damaged by drone attacks on four air bases in Russia. (BBC News)

Terrorism in Russia

2025 Russia bridge collapses

A support on a bridge explodes and collapses in Kursk Oblast, Russia, causing a freight train to derail, killing a worker and injuring two others, including the driver. The incident is being probed as an act of terrorism. (BBC News) (Reuters) (RFE-RL)

Violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war

2025 Boulder fire attack

Seven people are injured, including the perpetrator and one critically, in a firebombing attack when a man attacks protestors demanding the release of Israeli captives who remain in Gaza at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado, United States. FBI director Kash Patel claims it was a "targeted terror attack". (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)

Mali War

Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin militants seize a Malian Armed Forces base near the border with Burkina Faso, killing more than 30 Malian troops, while also launching an attack on Timbuktu Airport where Wagner Group forces are stationed. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Twelve people are killed and several others are injured in a fire at a drug rehabilitation center in San José Iturbide, Guanajuato, Mexico. The cause is still under investigation. (Barron's) (Infobae)

Seven people are killed after an aluminium boat with fifteen occupants capsized, presumably due to a gust of wind and a large wave on the Maroni river near Albina, Suriname. (NOS)

Five people are killed in a fire at an apartment block in Riggae, Kuwait. (GMA News)

Three soldiers are killed in a landslide at an army camp in Chaten, Sikkim. (AP)