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2024-05-29 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 28, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:02 The Telegraph writes, citing sources, that Zelensky was asked not to appeal to NATO member states this year to accept Ukraine into the Alliance. According to the publication, Germany and the United States openly warned against offering specific deadlines to Kyiv in preparation for a two-day meeting in Washington dedicated to the organization’s 75th anniversary. The Telegraph's source said that "they are very skeptical about Ukraine's further progress towards full NATO membership this year." The decision is expected to upset Zelensky, who has been warned by colleagues not to demand the “impossible” from the alliance.
21:55 The Russians dropped three air bombs on the center of Toretsk, Donetsk region - two people were killed, three were injured, the regional prosecutor's office reported. As a result of a direct hit, the entrances to two multi-storey buildings and the building of an enterprise were destroyed. Law enforcement officials are still establishing the exact number of dead and injured.
21:51 Macron announced Zelensky’s participation in events marking the 80th anniversary of the landing of allied forces in Normandy on June 6.
21:49 This afternoon the Russians attacked the port infrastructure of Odessa, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.
21:46 Ukraine has agreed with Spain to strengthen air defense, Zelensky said at a press conference in Lisbon: “As for Spain, for example, we actually had relevant agreements, and there will be additional air defense for specific systems and specifically missiles. I just don’t I want to talk about some details now, before these systems arrive."
21:42 Macron, at a joint briefing with Scholz, spoke in favor of allowing Kiev to carry out strikes on military targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, from which attacks are launched on Ukraine. The French president also believes that supplies to Ukraine of long-range weapons capable of hitting Russian military targets are not an escalation of the conflict. At the same time, Macron refused to comment on reports about French military instructors in Ukraine, promising to discuss this with the authorities in Kyiv next week.
21:28 Ukraine will receive “tens of thousands” of 155 mm caliber shells in June as part of the Czech initiative, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said before the start of the meeting of EU leaders. He clarified that the first batch of shells will arrive in Ukraine “in the coming days.”
21:15 The United States remains against Ukraine’s use of American weapons to strike Russian territory, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
21:09 On Wednesday, May 29, power outages are not forecast, Ukrenergo reported.
20:57 Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk said that Zelensky will remain the President of Ukraine until the end of martial law. In this way, he commented on Putin’s statement about the alleged illegitimacy of Zelensky: “It is very good that people in Russia have begun to read the Constitution of Ukraine. I would recommend that inquisitive readers master the text of our Constitution not selectively and pay attention to part 1 of Article 108... The President of Ukraine is and until completion Vladimir Zelensky will remain under martial law. And all this is in accordance with the Constitution and laws of Ukraine.”
20:40 Ukraine and Portugal signed a security agreement. It provides for the allocation of 126 million euros to Kyiv this year. The document, in particular, confirmed Portugal's participation in the F-16 coalition, an international coalition in the field of maritime security, as well as in the program for the purchase of large-caliber ammunition, mine clearance efforts and strengthening maritime security. Portugal became the 12th country with which Ukraine entered into such an agreement.
19:18 More than 1.6 billion euros have already been collected for the Czech initiative to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine, Shmyhal said during his visit to Prague.
19:12 The first F-16 maintenance specialists began returning to Ukraine after training. And the first group of Ukrainian pilots completed training on the F-16 at a military base in Arizona. The completion of the training is a key step towards getting modern American-made fighter jets into Ukrainian skies. About when to expect them, read the material F-16 for Ukraine .
19:06 The PACE Culture Committee recognized the erasure of Ukrainian cultural identity as an instrument of Russia’s war against Ukraine and an element of the policy of genocide aimed at destroying the Ukrainian nation, said member of the Ukrainian delegation Evgenia Kravchuk.
19:00 Zelensky arrived in Portugal, where he plans to sign a bilateral security agreement.
18:57 The defense ministers of the EU states discussed the possibility of training the Ukrainian military on the territory of Ukraine by Western instructors, but there is no unity on this issue, Borrell said. At the same time, he emphasized that Ukraine plans to mobilize more people, and therefore needs to train more soldiers. The total number of Ukrainian military personnel trained by the EU training mission should reach 60 thousand by the end of the summer, the diplomat added.
Taoj Borrell said that some countries were against the use of their weapons against targets in Russia, but have recently changed their position. At the same time, he did not name specific states that changed their minds, nor the number of these countries.
18:51 During a working visit to Belgium, Zelensky visited the Melsbroek military base, inspected F-16 fighters and talked with Belgian instructor pilots and Ukrainian military personnel who are undergoing training there:
18:25 The number of victims as a result of today's Russian air bomb attack on the village of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region, has increased to six, including a four-year-old child, the prosecutor's office reported. Dozens of households and a church were damaged.
18:07 The Russian group in Ukraine and near its borders amounts to about 500 thousand military personnel, and the Russian Federation is preparing to add another 200-300 thousand people, Umerov said in an interview with Reuters. Also, according to the minister, the Russian Federation’s goal is to open a new front in the north in order to begin using all its manpower and firepower against Ukraine.
17:59 Poland should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said: “We should not rule out this. We must leave Putin to think about our intentions.”
17:31 Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur proposes to increase the number of Ukrainian military personnel trained as part of the European mission EUMAM to 100 thousand. He recalled that the EU promised to increase training in EUMAM from 40 to 60 thousand people, and expressed hope that this will be done. But Pevkur is sure that this is not enough.
17:05 Russia is increasing its information campaign about a possible attack from Belarus, but today the enemy does not have the forces and means to attack Ukraine from the territory of the Republic of Belarus, said the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council Andrei Kovalenko. He emphasized that from Belarus there is now only an information threat. The enemy’s goal is to stretch Ukrainian forces and reserves and affect logistics. “To do this, they will escalate the situation with information so that our command pays more attention to this direction. But Belarus is under constant surveillance,” Kovalenko noted.
16:42 Bild writes, citing sources, that Ukraine once used the Patriot system from Germany for strikes “at its discretion.” After this, angry calls came from Berlin and Washington and threats to stop the supply of anti-aircraft missiles if such an incident were repeated. Ukraine is also not allowed to use Western air defense against attacks by Russian aircraft. She has to wait until the bombers fire their cruise missiles and they fly over Ukrainian territory to shoot them down, the publication notes.
16:26 Putin commented on the possible granting of permission to Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western weapons: “Representatives of NATO countries, especially in Europe, especially in small countries, must be aware of what they are playing with. They must remember that this is, as a rule, states with a small territory and a very dense population. This is a factor that they must keep in mind."
The head of the Kremlin also said that the possible entry of Western troops into Ukraine is “escalation and another step towards conflict in Europe and a global conflict.” At the same time, according to him, Russia is ready for the negotiation process on Ukraine, “but it is unknown what they will offer it.” In addition, Putin believes that “according to preliminary assessment”, the only legitimate government in Ukraine is supposedly the parliament and the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada.
15:59 The Russian army struck Alekseevo-Druzhkovka in the Donetsk region, three people were wounded, including a child, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. The Russians dropped a one and a half ton volumetric detonating aerial bomb with a planning and correction module on the town. About a hundred houses were damaged, three of them were almost completely destroyed.
15:28 Restarting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is now impossible, said IAEA head Rafael Grossi following negotiations with Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev in Kaliningrad.
14:45 Russia has significantly intensified the campaign to recruit foreign mercenaries for the war against Ukraine, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. We are talking about recruiting manpower in central Africa, in particular in Rwanda, Burundi, Congo and Uganda. A specially created unit of the Russian Ministry of Defense is engaged in the recruitment of Africans. The mercenaries are promised $2,000 for signing a contract and a monthly allowance of $2,200, as well as medical insurance and a Russian passport for the soldier and his family members.
14:23 Several countries from the air defense coalition asked Sweden to wait to supply Ukraine with Gripen fighter jets, Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson said. According to him, "this is due to the fact that now the main focus is on the implementation of the F-16 system." At the same time, Jonson did not rule out that in the future Gripen aircraft will be transferred to Kyiv, “but now the main attention of the Ukrainian side is focused on the implementation of the F-16 program.” The minister explained that the supply of Gripen does not meet the coalition’s views on the introduction of two fighter aircraft systems simultaneously.
13:54 The upper house of the Swiss parliament supported the proposal to expel Russian spies on the eve of the Peace Summit.
13:48 Peskov said that “we are not talking about an allegedly planned conference on Ukraine with Russia’s participation in Saudi Arabia.”
13:12 Sweden is providing Ukraine with a new energy package totaling more than 56 million euros, the country's government reported.
13:06 Stoltenberg once again stated that NATO does not plan to send military personnel to Ukraine or participate in any way in military operations. At the same time, he did not rule out the possibility of lifting restrictions for Kyiv regarding attacks by Western weapons on Russia. According to the Secretary General, these will be “national decisions.”
Meanwhile, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo opposed allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons on Russian territory. He stated that the weapons transferred by Brussels could only be used on the territory of Ukraine.
12:58 Zelensky said that Putin will “applaud while standing” if Biden does not come to the Peace Summit in Switzerland: “I know that America supports the summit, but you and I don’t know at what level. I believe that this is not a very strong decision, with all due respect to every person in the United States of America... I believe that the Peace Summit needs President Biden, other leaders who look at the US reaction need him. His absence will only be applauded by Putin, personally applauded by Putin. and standing up."
12:24 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and discussed in detail the preparations for the Peace Summit.
12:19 Shmygal will meet in Prague on May 28 with a group of European Union leaders to discuss military assistance to Ukraine, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said. The working meeting over dinner will also be attended by the Prime Ministers of the Netherlands, Denmark, Latvia and the President of Poland. Fiala also stressed that Western countries should lift the ban on Ukraine using Western weapons to attack Russian territory.
11:45 The Netherlands, with the support of other countries, wants to assemble and transfer the Patriot system to Ukraine as soon as possible. To this end, the Netherlands is providing key components from its stockpile and calling on European countries to add other parts they have. “We are negotiating with countries about assembling the Patriot system, as well as training Ukrainian crews. With our proposal, and if other potential partner countries can provide parts and ammunition, we will be able to provide Ukraine with at least one complete system in the short term,” - noted the head of the country's Ministry of Defense Kaisa Ollongren.
11:11 The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, Kajsa Ollongren, insists on granting Ukraine the right to strike targets on the territory of the Russian Federation: “It is absolutely obvious that they must strike inside Russia, therefore, from my point of view, this should not be a subject of discussion, and I I hope that other countries that have a different position will change it." According to Ollongren, Ukraine is now fighting “with one hand tied behind its back.”
11:06 Ukraine and Belgium signed a bilateral security agreement. The document provides for the provision of at least 977 million euros in military assistance to Ukraine from Belgium in 2024 and the country’s obligation to provide support to Kyiv during the ten-year term of the agreement. According to the Presidential Office, for the first time such a security agreement specifies the specific number of F-16s that will be provided to Ukraine - 30 fighters by 2028. Moreover, the first fighters should be delivered this year.
11:03 Today in Ukraine there are no restrictions on electricity consumption, which is due to an increase in the volume of internal generation, including nuclear power - after scheduled repairs, two nuclear units were connected to the power grid. Weather conditions and active operation of solar stations during the daytime also contribute, the Ministry of Energy reported. At the same time, the department warned that several more nuclear units are preparing for scheduled repairs, so the volume of generation will decrease.
Ukrenergo also warned that in the summer, power outages will be even more severe than now. Ukrenergo also urged to prepare for a difficult winter, since it will take months, and even years for some power units, to restore damaged power plants.
10:35 EU defense ministers today will discuss the possibility of granting Ukraine permission to strike with Western weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation and the associated “risks of escalation,” Borrell said. The meeting will also be attended by Umerov and Stoltenberg, who previously called for allowing such strikes. Another issue on the agenda is the allocation of military aid worth 5 billion euros through the European Peace Fund, which Hungary is blocking. Budapest demands, in particular, that its contributions not be used for any military support for Ukraine.
10:13 Latvia will invest another 20 million euros in a coalition of drones in support of Ukraine, said the country's Minister of Defense Andris Spruds. This amount includes both the creation of infrastructure and the purchase of drones, including from Latvian companies in the amount of at least 10 million euros. The same amount will be used to strengthen the Latvian drone army. “Seeing the importance of drones in war and guided by the experience of Ukraine, we can announce the launch of the Drone Capability Initiative this year. We can metaphorically talk about creating an army of drones,” Sprudes said.
09:59 Belgium will transfer 30 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by 2028, Foreign Minister Khaja Lahbib said. According to her, the first fighters should be delivered to Ukraine “by the end of the year.”
09:47 The Russian Alabuga drone plant in Tatarstan plans to produce 6,000 Shahed attack UAVs per year, writes The Wall Street Journal. The plant uses Iranian technology and employs workers from East Africa. At the end of April, the plant was ahead of schedule, delivering 4,500 Shahed drones to the Russian army.
In addition, the company produces Albatross reconnaissance drones, which conduct photographic reconnaissance of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions and movements on the front line. The newspaper notes that the development of this production “could influence the course of the war in Ukraine.”
08:54 Late in the evening of May 27, the Russians attacked the village. Borovaya, Izyum district, Kharkov region, one person was injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In addition, as a result of yesterday's air strike on Kharkov from the UMPB DT-30, one person was killed and 13 were injured. Two more people were wounded in the village. Dugouts in the Chuguevsky district and one in the village. Martovo Chuguevsky district.
08:29 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Three private homes, an educational institution, a cell tower and a water tower were damaged.
07:53 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 28:
- personnel - about 503,800 (+1460) people,
- tanks - 7692 (+21),
- armored combat vehicles - 14,858 (+40),
- artillery systems - 13,029 (+48),
- MLRS - 1085 (+1),
- air defense systems - 815 (+0),
- aircraft - 357 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- UAVs of operational-tactical level - 10 482 (+15),
- cruise missiles - 2221 (+0),
- ships/boats - 27 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,740 (+46),
- special equipment - 2122 (+4).
07:29 At night, air defense destroyed all three attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, the Air Force reported. Drones were shot down in Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Cherkasy regions.
02:52 Hungary is blocking the allocation of 6.5 billion euros in urgent military aid to Ukraine, and the EU still cannot approve at least seven documents necessary to provide weapons to Ukraine, Bloomberg writes. The publication notes that Budapest’s position on blocking aid to Ukraine is causing increasing indignation among EU members.
01:20 Zelensky will arrive in Belgium on Tuesday, May 28, where he will sign a bilateral security agreement, reports the Belgian public broadcaster VRT.
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