Russia announced on Saturday that its forces had taken control of two more settlements, while Ukraine reported striking multiple Russian rear-area targets.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Vodolaha in Sumy Oblast and the village of Novopole in the Donetsk region.
In the past 24 hours, Russian forces have repelled multiple Ukrainian attacks and launched several offensives in the directions of Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, according to the ministry.
On the same day, Oleksandr Syrsky, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said Ukrainian forces used long-range precision weapons in May to strike 58 rear-area targets in Russia, including ammunition production facilities and drone factories.
The intensity of fighting in the Zaporizhzhia direction has significantly increased, with Russian forces launching multiple offensives in the region, Syrsky said.
Russia, Ukraine update battle reports
Russia, Ukraine update battle reports
Spanish health authorities on Friday identified a second monitored contact linked to the hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship MV Hondius after tracing a woman living in Catalonia who had shared a flight with a Dutch traveler died from the virus.
Spain's Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies said the woman is asymptomatic and was initially missed during contact tracing because of a seat change on the aircraft.
According to health authorities, the woman now meets the criteria for monitored contact under a newly approved national surveillance protocol and will remain under medical observation.
This came after the suspected case of hantavirus detected in Alicante. Spanish Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla said on Friday that the health authorities had taken relevant measures.
In addition, Padilla confirmed that all 14 Spanish passengers aboard the MV Hondius had agreed to undergo voluntary quarantine measures in order to minimize the risk of further transmission.
The Dutch-operated expedition cruise ship, currently heading toward Spain's Canary Islands, has so far been linked to three deaths.
Padilla said a team from the Spanish Health Ministry would travel to Tenerife on Saturday ahead of the ship's expected arrival on Sunday.
Passengers are expected to disembark by small boats before being transferred under strict isolation measures. Spanish citizens aboard the vessel will be transported to Madrid for quarantine observation.
The British Health Security Agency announced Friday that a suspected hantavirus case has been detected on the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha, linked to the ongoing outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
The vessel stopped at Tristan da Cunha between April 13 and 15.
Spain identifies second suspected hantavirus case linked to cruise ship outbreak
