[Korrespondent] 16:29 Ukraine received from the allies about two battalions of Leopard 2 tanks, 30 units each, that is, about 60 vehicles in total, Reznikov said. He recalled that the tank coalition includes Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Spain and Canada.
16:25 Putin said that the "Ukrainian attack" of drones on Moscow is due to the fact that the day before the Russian Federation allegedly struck a blow at "decision-making centers" in Kiev. He specified that it was an attack on the military intelligence headquarters of Ukraine "two or three days ago." According to Putin, with such attacks, the Ukrainians "provoke us to mirror actions," and "the citizens of Ukraine should know what their leadership is pushing for."
16:21 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Zaluzhny on the wanted list, follows from the data on the website of the department.
16:18 The Russians have changed their tactics of missile strikes, but they will not be able to repeat such "representations" often, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with Online.ua. "The tactics of missile strikes have changed. They are mainly aimed at complicating or frustrating the plans of the Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces to further liberate the occupied territories," he said.
In addition, the Russian Federation is using the next wave of missile terror for demonstrative propaganda about allegedly damaging samples of Western weapons. "The attempt is active, massive, unprecedented, but to a large extent these are demonstration performances. The Russians will not be able to repeat such performances so often and with the same intensity and quantity," Yusov said.
16:00 Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia "reserves the right to take the most stringent measures in response to the terrorist attacks of the Kiev regime."
15:51 During the day, the Russians did not advance in any of the directions in which they were attacking, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. According to her, the intensity of enemy offensive operations during the day has been somewhat reduced, but the intensity of shelling and air strikes remains.
In three directions out of six during the day, the enemy did not take offensive actions - Limansky, Avdeevsky, Shakhtyorsky. In the Kupyansk direction, he is conducting unsuccessful offensive operations. In the Maryinsky direction, during the day, the Defense Forces repelled 12 attacks in the Maryinka area. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy has not yet carried out offensive operations, but continues shelling and inflicting air strikes. Also in this direction is the replacement and regrouping of enemy troops.
Malyar stressed that Ukrainian troops control the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut. In the north and south of the suburb of Bakhmut, there has been no advance for several days, since the movement of Ukrainian troops has been suspended "to carry out other military tasks."
15:27 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on strikes "on central decision-making points, where, under the guidance of specialists from Western intelligence agencies, terrorist acts were planned on the territory of Russia."
15:25 Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that almost 1.5 million people from the occupied territories of Ukraine have received Russian passports since October.
15:18 Shoigu said that the Russian military "in recent days" allegedly again hit the Patriot air defense system in Kiev. The speaker of the Air Force, Yuri Ignat, denied this: "Yesterday the complex worked - all targets of the Iskander type flying along a ballistic trajectory were destroyed."
14:40 As a result of Russian attacks, from October 2022 to March 2023, the Ukrainian energy system lost about 40-50% of its capacity, said the head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky. According to him, the functioning of about 70% of the damaged objects has already been restored.
14:37 The Rada supported the bill, which reduces the age limit for citizens on the military registration of conscripts from 27 to 25 years.
14:29 Syrsky said that in the vicinity of Bakhmut, the Defense Forces continue to move forward, and showed the video.
14:12 In Moscow on the morning of Tuesday, May 30, local residents began to report a massive drone attack on the city. Drones crashed into apartment buildings in the capital of the Russian Federation, and loud explosions were heard in the Moscow region. Read more in the material Attack of drones on Moscow .
13:51 Zelensky said in an interview with Chosun Ilbo that his meeting with Putin is possible only after the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. According to him, Putin "only wants to seize Ukraine by war and destroy Ukrainian statehood." In addition, according to the president, the next target of the Russian dictator is Belarus.
13:33 Klitschko said that the woman who died during the night attack by drones went out on the balcony to see how the air defense works. He urged Ukrainians not to do this.
12:44 Peskov said that today's attack by "Ukrainian drones" on Moscow is "the response of the Kiev regime to effective strikes on one of the decision-making centers that were inflicted on Sunday." In his opinion, the Ministry of Defense and regional authorities during the attack "worked properly, worked well." He also said that Putin received direct information on the situation with the drone attack, and that the president is not planning any special appeals to citizens about what happened.
12:39 Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported damage to 12 apartments in a house in the Goloseevsky district. According to him, one person died, 11 were injured, five of them were hospitalized.
12:15 Russian media write that a citizen of Ukraine was detained in Moscow, who came to Russia to take orphans from the occupied Ukrainian territories abroad. According to them, she came to the Russian Federation on the instructions of the Save Ukraine Foundation, which allegedly works with the SBU.
11:58 Ukraine returned 79 more bodies of fallen defenders, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
11:46 China does not directly support Kiev's position on the war, Zelensky said in an interview with the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo: "It is a fact that China does not directly support Ukraine's position. As for the peace initiative put forward by China, we are grateful to other countries for their efforts, but We pointed out that the main thing for us remains our own formula for peace, our own initiative.
The President also expressed his hope that South Korea will provide Ukraine with defense military equipment, such as air defense systems.
11:33 The coalition of aircraft for Ukraine can be expanded with Eurofighter Typhoon fighters, Reznikov said in an interview with Ouest France: "If the UK and Germany combined their capabilities to supply Eurofighter fighters, this would be an important step."
The Minister drew an analogy with the tank coalition, in which the main model is the German Leopard 2, as well as the American Abrams and the British Challenger. Similarly, in his opinion, a coalition of fighters could be formed with the base model of the American F-16, as well as with the Eurofighter and the Swedish Gripen.
According to Reznikov, Ukraine needs about 120 fighter jets in total. "Our British partners are ready to offer Ukrainians training courses on Eurofighter fighters. And we are discussing with our Swedish friends how to start training on Saab Gripen aircraft," the minister added.
11:22 InformNapalm writes that the UAVs to Moscow were launched from the Moscow region and were Chinese.
10:49 At the epicenter of the drone attack in Moscow were the estates of Putin's elite, including on Rublyovka, and federal TV almost does not report on the attack, the telegram channel writes We can explain . In particular, in Moscow itself, prestigious southwestern microdistricts were under attack, in the Moscow region - Rublevskoye Highway and its environs, where Putin's close associates - oligarchs and officials live.
One of the drones fell in the village of Ilyinskoye - just 3 kilometers from Putin's residence in Novo-Ogaryovo. The residence of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin is located in the village of Znamenskoye, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu lives next door. Near the village of Zhukovka, the mansions of Putin's closest friends, the Rotenberg brothers, stand opposite each other. Many other members of the Russian elite also live in the areas where the drones were targeted.
10:36 According to the calculations of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Russia's military spending increased by 9.2% in 2022, to $86.4 billion, which is 4.1% of GDP. British intelligence believes that Russia's actual military spending is "highly uncertain" due to increased use of secret budget lines, especially since February 2022, and a lack of transparency.
10:17 The Kiev military administration clarified that as a result of the night attack, one person was killed, seven were injured, of which six were in the Goloseevsky district, where the debris fell into a multi-storey building.
Meanwhile, the National Police report that nine people were injured in Kyiv, one died. Four more were injured in the Kyiv region.
09:58 The South African Foreign Ministry announced that it guarantees the granting of diplomatic immunity to the participants of the ministerial meeting in June and the BRICS summit in August in the country. At the same time, they clarified that diplomatic immunity does not apply to warrants of international courts.
09:36 The Russian Defense Ministry accused the Kiev regime of attacking drones on Moscow. According to the agency, eight aircraft-type drones were involved in the attack, all of them were allegedly hit: three were suppressed by electronic warfare, five more were shot down by the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun system in the Moscow region.
In turn, Russian publics write that more than 30 UAVs attacked Moscow, including the UJ-22 Airborne attack drone, which is manufactured by Ukrjet.
09:07 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Toretsk), ten more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died, according to the IVA.
08:59 The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that in the Goloseevsky district of Kiev, as a result of falling debris and a fire that arose in a high-rise building, rescuers evacuated 30 people, four were injured, one person died. In addition, more than 50 reports of damage to houses, apartments, offices, shops, garages and cars were received in the Kyiv region. Four people suffered from shrapnel wounds.
08:48 Biden said that the possibility of providing Ukraine with ATACMS missiles is being considered. Commenting on the intensification of Russian air attacks on Kyiv, he noted that this "did not come as a surprise" and "that is why we must continue to provide Ukraine with everything it needs." To a clarifying question about the possible transfer of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, Biden replied that this topic is “still in the game,” meaning that the issue is still being considered.
08:37 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 30.
- personnel - about 207,440 (+410) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3802 (+1),
- armored combat vehicles - 7469 (+2),
- artillery systems - 3445 (+10),
- MLRS - 575 (+0),
- air defense systems - 332 (+1),
- aircraft - 313 (+0),
- helicopters - 298 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3092 (+38),
- cruise missiles - 1107 (+51),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6219 (+12),
- special equipment - 454 (+1).
08:33 On the night of May 30, the Russians launched 31 Shahed-136/131 attack drones across Ukraine, 29 of them were destroyed , the Air Force command reported. Almost all UAVs were hit on the outskirts of the capital and in the sky of Kyiv.
08:29 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled 27 enemy attacks, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
08:11 In Moscow, drones hit two residential buildings, Russian media write with reference to emergency services. One drone hit the upper floors of a residential building on Profsoyuznaya, 98 - the facade and glazing of the house were destroyed, the second - in a 24-story residential building on Atlasova Street. Also "cotton" was heard in Krasnogorsk.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that early in the morning as a result of a UAV attack in several buildings "there was minor damage, no one was seriously injured." During the work of emergency services, residents of several entrances in two houses that were hit by a UAV were evacuated.
In addition, the governor of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov, announced the work of air defense. According to him, several drones were shot down on approach to Moscow. According to the Telegram channel Shot, a total of 13 drones were shot down in the Moscow region, three hit houses in Moscow.
05:15 At night, the Russians again attacked Kiev with Shahed drones. The attack was massive, from different directions, in several waves. The air raid lasted about three hours, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. According to preliminary data, more than 20 drones were destroyed in the airspace of the capital. As a result of the fall of debris, there are casualties and destruction in different parts of Kyiv:
- in Goloseevsky: due to the fall of debris on a multi-storey residential building, a fire broke out on the last two floors, more than 20 residents were evacuated. Initially, one person died and three were injured. Probably, the ceilings between the floors were destroyed, search work is underway under possible blockages;
- in the Pechersky district, debris damaged cars;
- a private house caught fire in the Darnitsky district, parked cars were damaged;
- in the Dnieper region, burning debris fell on a green zone;
- in Podolsky - for non-residential buildings;
- in the Svyatoshinsky district, debris fell on the territory of one of the enterprises.
00:58 Explosions are heard in the Crimea near the city of Saki, not far from Novofedorovka, where the Russian air base is located, local publics report.