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30 May 2024 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- One Dead, 12 Wounded In Russian Shelling Of 5-Story Building In Kharkiv RFE/RL 30 May 2024 -- Russian forces hit a five-story residential building in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, killing at least one person and causing a fire, Oleh Synyehubov, the governor of the Kharkiv region, said after the attack that occurred around midnight local time on May 30.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 30 May 2024 -- Over the past night, a number of attempts of the Kiev regime to launch terrorist attacks using U.S. ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, and uncrewed motorboats against facilities in the Russian Federation have been thwarted.
- Lavrov says China could arrange Ukraine peace conference as Switzerland plans to host high-level talks Press TV 30 May 2024 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says China could arrange a Russia-Ukraine peace conference, as Switzerland plans to host a high-level conference in mid-June at the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Ukraine Loses Up to 445 Soldiers in Fights With Russia's Battlegroup Zapad - MoD Sputnik 30 May 2024 -- Ukraine lost up to 445 soldiers in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) and the Kharkov region in battles with Russia's Battlegroup Zapad over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
- NATO States Deliberately Entering New Round of Creating Tensions Around Ukraine - Kremlin Sputnik 30 May 2024 -- NATO countries and especially the United States have been deliberately escalating tension around the Ukrainian conflict in recent days, this is provoking a new round of tension, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
- Russian Air Defense Downs 8 ATACMS Missiles, 8 Drones Near Crimea Overnight - MoD Sputnik 30 May 2024 -- Russia's air defense systems intercepted eight Ukrainian ATACMS missiles over the Sea of Azov and eight drones over the Black Sea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
- Lavrov: Russia Sees NATO's Plans to Supply F-16s to Ukraine as Signal in Nuclear Sphere Sputnik 30 May 2024 -- Russia considers the idea of a hypothetical convening of a peaceful international conference on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict with the participation of both Moscow and Kiev as a possible continuation of China's efforts to create conditions for resolving this crisis, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Sputnik.
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Foreign Policy
- Excerpts from the briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, May 30, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 May 2024
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Rossiya Segodnya, May 30, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 May 2024
- Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with heads of diplomatic missions of the Arab States Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 May 2024
- Russia Won't Link Afghan Policy to Taliban Forming Inclusive Government Sputnik 30 May 2024 -- Russia is not linking its policy on Afghanistan to the fact that the Taliban* must fulfill their promises of forming an inclusive government, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said on Thursday.
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video address to the 9th international conference Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era, May 30, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 May 2024
- Iran, Russia envoys in Vienna meet ahead of IAEA meeting IRNA 30 May 2024 -- Iranian and Russian ambassadors have met and consulted with each other in Vienna on Wednesday ahead of an upcoming meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) where Britain, France and Germany are pushing for yet another anti-Iran motion.
- US sanctions two Central African Republic companies linked to Russian Wagner Group VOA 30 May 2024 -- The U.S. imposed sanctions Thursday on two companies in the Central African Republic that support Russia's Wagner Group, the Treasury Department said.
- Imposing Sanctions on Entities Supporting Russia's Malign Activities in Africa US Dept. of State 30 May 2024 -- The United States is today designating two entities based in the Central African Republic (CAR) for their efforts in supporting destabilizing activities by the Kremlin-backed Wagner Group in Africa.
- Treasury Sanctions Wagner Group-linked Companies in the Central African Republic US Treasury 30 May 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) continues to counter Russia's destabilizing activities in Africa by sanctioning two companies that are linked to the Private Military Company "Wagner" (Wagner Group). Mining Industries SARLU and Logistique Economique Etrangere SARLU are being designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 for enabling Wagner Group security operations and Wagner Group-linked illicit mining endeavors in the Central African Republic (CAR).
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna comments on the law adopted by the president allowing the use of frozen assets Estonia MFA 30 May 2024
- Was Zelenskiy Right About Central Asian Leaders 'Fearing' The Kremlin? RFE/RL 30 May 2024 -- "I'm not criticizing anyone," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters in Kharkiv on May 24.
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