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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Zelenskyy Says Moscow Wants No Breakthrough In Peace Talks As Russian Drone Strikes Pound Kharkiv RFE/RL 30 May 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is "doing everything" to ensure that proposed peace talks in Istanbul on June 2 yield no results after a Russian large-scale drone attack on Ukraine's second-largest city left almost a dozen people injured.
• US Tells UN Security Council Russia Should Take Current Deal To End War In Ukraine RFE/RL 30 May 2025 -- The US representative to the United Nations told the UN Security Council on May 29 that the deal now on offer to end the war in Ukraine is the best possible outcome for Russia and President Vladimir Putin should take it.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding statements by Foreign Minister of Türkiye Hakan Fidan and United States Special Envoy Keith Kellogg on direct Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 May 2025
• Russia Ready to Continue, Escalate Military Op in Ukraine 'For as Long as It Takes' - Envoy to UN Sputnik 30 May 2025 -- The goals of Russia's operation in Ukraine can be achieved not just by diplomacy but through military means as well, warned Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia.
• Russian Delegation Heads to Istanbul For Second Round of Ukraine Talks on Monday Sputnik 30 May 2025 -- The delegation of Russian negotiators is leaving for Istanbul, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
• Russian Forces Take Control of Kondrashovka Settlement in Kharkov Region Sputnik 30 May 2025 -- The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Kondrashovka in the Kharkov region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
• Russia Hopes Ukraine Will Take Istanbul Talks Seriously - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 30 May 2025 -- Russia hopes that the Ukrainian government will take the Istanbul talks seriously and use the opportunity to reach a peaceful solution to the crisis, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said on Friday.
• Vucic, Putin Discussed Reports of Serbian Arms Supply to Ukraine on May 9 — Serbian President Sputnik 30 May 2025 -- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that his conversation with Putin included reports of Serbian arms shipments to Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia's Upgraded Warship Hits the Baltic Sputnik 30 May 2025 -- The massive "Vladimir Andreev" landing ship, built for Russia's Navy, was launched at Kaliningrad's Yantar Shipyard.

Foreign Policy

• Press Release on Russian-Vietnamese Consultations on Biological Safety and Security Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 May 2025
• Interview with Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Zapiski Sledovatelya, No. 2/2025, published by the Investigative Committee of Russia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 May 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's greetings to the organisers and participants of the 10th international conference Russia and China: Cooperation in a New Era Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 May 2025
• China calls on Russia, Ukraine to maintain momentum of peace talks Global Times 30 May 2025 -- A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on Russia and Ukraine to maintain the momentum of peace talks.
• Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin Holds the China-Russia-Mongolia Deputy Foreign Ministers' Consultation PRC MofA 30 May 2025 -- On May 29, 2025, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin held the China-Russia-Mongolia Deputy Foreign Ministers' Consultation in Beijing with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Andrey Rudenko and State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia Munkhtushig Lkhanaajav.
• Russian Delegation Leaves Here KCNA 30 May 2025 -- A delegation of the Russian Ministry of Interior led by its Vice-Minister Vitaly Shulika left here on May 29.
• Russia renews proposal to mediate Iran-US talks Press TV 30 May 2025 -- A senior Russian diplomat has renewed Moscow's proposal to serve as the mediator in indirect talks involving Iran and the United States, which have held five rounds of such diplomatic process with Omani mediation since April.
• Estonia ends talks with Russia over Narva River navigation buoys Estonia MFA 30 May 2025 -- On May, 29 in Hanoi the Russian-Vietnamese consultations on biological safety and security in an inter-agency format took place.
• Holders of an Estonian or EU residence permit with a non-biometric Russian passport have until September 30, 2025 to apply for a biometric travel document Estonia MFA 30 May 2025

News Reports

• What Could New US Sanctions Against Russia Look Like? RFE/RL 30 May 2025 -- So far, Russia has resisted Western calls for a cease-fire in its war on Ukraine. And so far, US President Donald Trump has resisted calls by Kyiv and European countries to impose additional sanctions on Moscow in response.
• NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Is Now A Registered Russian Taxpayer, RFE/RL Finds RFE/RL 30 May 2025 -- Edward Snowden is a registered Russian taxpayer. The former US National Security Agency whistleblower, who has lived in Russia since his revelations rocked the US intelligence community in 2013, has a taxpayer identification number, RFE/RL's Russian investigative unit, Systema, has found.