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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 28.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 28 May 2023
• Russia Targets Ukrainian Capital With 'Largest' Drone Attack As City Marks Kyiv Day RFE/RL 28 May 2023 -- Russian forces targeted Kyiv with multiple waves of air strikes early on May 28, Ukrainian officials said, describing the air raid as the "largest" drone attack on the city since the start of the war.
• Russia launches 'largest drone strike' on Kiev since start of war Press TV 28 May 2023 -- Russia has launched the biggest drone strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kiev a day after Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations and other targets deep inside Russia with a series of drone attacks.
• Kiev: Russian forces 'decreased' attacks on Bakhmut to regroup Press TV 28 May 2023 -- Russian attacks on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut have "decreased" so that Moscow regroups its forces and strengthens their capabilities, a senior Kiev official said.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from Moscow. Kremlin. Putin programme, May 28, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 May 2023
• West 'playing with fire' by supplying Kiev with F-16s: Lavrov Press TV 28 May 2023 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned Western nations that they are "playing with fire" by supplying US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
• Lavrov on F-16s for Kiev: Some in US-Led West Grasp This as Unacceptable Escalation Sputnik 28 May 2023 -- NATO allies recently pledged to deliver F-16 fighter jets to the Kiev regime, the latest addition to the list of lethal weapons the collective West has provided to Ukraine as it allegedly gears up for a major offensive against Russian forces.
• Russian troops thwart Ukrainian offensive in South Donetsk Press TV 28 May 2023 -- Russian forces have foiled an attempted Ukrainian offensive in South Donetsk, Russia's Defense Ministry declared, adding that it further destroyed enemie's militry hardware and troops in the process.
• Russian Forces Prevent Ukrainian Attack in South Donetsk Direction Sputnik 28 May 2023 -- Russian forces have thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian troops to attack in the south Donetsk direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.
• Russian Air Defenses Intercept Three UK-Supplied Ukrainian Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles Sputnik 28 May 2023 -- Ukraine lost up to 340 military personnel in combat with Russian forces near the eastern city of Donetsk in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily update on Saturday.
• Lavrov Says Milley's Doubts About Kiev's Ability to Return Lost Lands Realistic Sputnik 28 May 2023 -- Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley's doubts about Ukraine's ability to recapture the territory it has lost to Russia since February 2022 in near future is a step forward toward the West's understanding the reality on the ground, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Video address devoted to Border Guards Day President of Russia 28 May 2023
• Belarus top security official: West left us with no choice but to deploy Russian nuclear weapons Press TV 28 May 2023 -- A high-ranking Belarusian security official says the West has left his country with no other choice but to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons on its soil.
• Stationing Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus Meant as Containment Measure - Minsk Sputnik 28 May 2023 -- Deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is a necessary step to contain the West so that it does not cross the last "red line," Alexander Volfovich, the secretary of Belarus's Security Council, said on Sunday.

Foreign Policy

News Reports

• 'Saudi Arabia buying Russian diesel and sending its own to Europe' IRNA 28 May 2023 -- Saudi Arabia is buying millions of barrels of Russian diesel, while selling its own supplies to European countries amid European bans on Russian fuels, according to a Bloomberg report.