Ukraine war until noon 30/5: Russia announced the target in Donbass

Ukrainian soldiers inside the trenches of Donbass Reuters

“Our absolute goal is to liberate the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, two regions currently recognized by the Russian Federation as independent republics,” Lavrov stressed.

Progress on the field

CNN quoted information from the Ukrainian military as saying that Russia had resumed shelling along the line along the northern regions of Sumy and Chernihiv. “The main objective of the enemy is to encircle the Ukrainian army in the areas within the range of the two cities of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, and to block the main supply and logistics routes,” according to the office of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army. .

The office added that Russian forces “seek to gain positions in the northeastern suburbs of Severodonetsk, from which to launch operations to penetrate deep into the city center”. The Russian side has not commented on this information.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky updated that about 90% of buildings in Severodonetsk were destroyed.

As the eastern front continues to fight fiercely, the Ukrainian military says it has launched a counter-offensive in the south and has gained significant momentum in the direction of Kherson. Serhii Hlan of Kherson regional council, said Ukrainian forces “continued their counter-offensive operations and pushed the enemy back about 9 km within the Beryslav district”.

Hlan also said that Ukrainian units “broken the Russian formation and surrounded it at Davidiv Brid”. Russia has not commented on this update of the Ukrainian side.

Also in the south, Ukrainian forces have successfully carried out a counterattack south of Kryvyi Rih, according to Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih region.

Vilkul said the Ukrainian forces “killed” 63 Russian soldiers, 19 military vehicles and equipment, including T-72 tanks, Grad rocket launchers, artillery, helicopters and a Su-F fighter jet. 35″. Russia has not confirmed the above information.

Croatia receives UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from the US afp

New signal from NATO, Germany

The AFP news agency on May 30 quoted Mircea Geoana, deputy secretary-general of NATO, as saying that Russia has “neutralized any content” of the NATO-Russia Founding Act, with the move to send troops to Ukraine and suspend it. dialogue with the security bloc.

Under the Founding Act 1997, designed to re-establish relations between Russia and NATO, the two sides agreed to work together to “prevent any potential threat of conventional force build-up in areas designated by NATO.” European consensus, including Central and Eastern Europe”.

With Russia’s moves, Mr. Geoana said that the law has lost its effect. As a result, NATO is no longer bound by past commitments to limit the deployment of forces in Eastern Europe.

see more: NATO claims the right to deploy troops to Eastern Europe

The German government has agreed to spend a budget of 100 billion euros to modernize the military amid European concerns about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

A budget of 100 billion euros will be used to upgrade and modernize the German military over the next few years and help the country meet the target of spending 2% of GDP on defense budget set by NATO.

This decision is considered a big step for Germany, one of the leaders in Europe but criticized by the US for not spending on military as promised by NATO.

see more: Germany made big changes, approved to spend 100 billion euros to upgrade the army

In a related development, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week’s talks with Sweden and Finland about the possibility of joining NATO were not going at the desired level.

Status health of President Vladimir Putin is receiving media attention afp

Russia denies rumors about President’s health Putin

On a rare occasion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on May 29 denied rumors surrounding President Vladimir Putin’s health condition, and US intelligence also said there was no evidence that the leader was ill.

In response to a question from TF1 (France), the top Russian diplomat said: “I don’t think any sane person could see in this person (President Putin) the signs of illness. disability”.

In addition, Business Insider on May 29 quoted three US intelligence sources and military experts as saying that there is no specific “evidence” that can conclude that the owner of the Kremlin is ill. Despite rumors circulating online, the theory that Putin is ill has never been confirmed by a doctor or medical professional.

see more: Russian Foreign Minister denies rumors that President Putin is ill