More developments in Ukraine, Russian missile test and bringing home remains of U.S. troops among the list.
1. The Russian-battered eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk appeared to be on the brink of becoming another Mariupol on Monday as the mayor told The Associated Press that Russian troops have entered, power and communications have been cut and “the city has been completely ruined.” Meanwhile, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the "front line positions" of the Ukrainian military and met with soldiers during a trip to the Kharkiv region, his office announced on Sunday.
2. The Russian navy on Saturday conducted another test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military's long-range strike capability amid the fighting in Ukraine. The Defense Ministry said the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Northern Fleet in the White Sea launched the Zircon cruise missile in the Barents Sea, successfully hitting a practice target in the White Sea about 1,000 kilometers (540 nautical miles) away.
3. The remains of unknown U.S. troops who died fighting in North Africa during World War II will be repatriated for identification under an agreement signed Monday in Tunisia. Natasha Franceschi, U.S. Embassy Tunisia chargée d’affaires, signed a deal with Tunisian Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi during a Memorial Day ceremony at the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage. The memorandum of understanding paves the way for the disinterment of the remains of unidentified American service members who gave their lives in the North Africa campaign, the embassy said.
4. President Joe Biden told Naval Academy graduates Friday that they will be “representatives and defenders of our democracy,” as free societies are under threat, from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to China’s maritime expansion. Delivering a commencement address to more than 1,000 newly commissioned ensigns and second lieutenants at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Biden said the Western response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal” war in Ukraine shows the world is aligning not on geography, “but in terms of values.”
5. The Veterans' Triangle at Elmwood Cemetery was serene Sunday afternoon. The grass was neatly trimmed, and the grave markers were adorned with small American flags. The servicemen laid to rest in the Veterans' Triangle were all, at one time, members of the American Legion, and members of the James L. Yates American Legion Post 9 in Kentucky see the upkeep of the Veterans Triangle as a duty.
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