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• North Korean POWs in Ukraine excluded from Moscow-Kyiv prisoner swap: South lawmaker Radio Free Asia 27 May 2025 -- Two captured North Korean soldiers fighting with Russia in its war against Ukraine were not among the 1,000 prisoners of war recently repatriated by Ukraine to Russia due to a request from Seoul, said a South Korean lawmaker.

Ukraine

• Hundreds of Ukrainian Companies Are Already Producing Results for Ukraine's Defense Forces, With More to Follow - Address by the President President of Ukraine 27 May 2025
• The Office of the President Hosts a Meeting with the U.S. Delegation President of Ukraine 27 May 2025
• Ukraine Will Always Remember Everything the Exceptionally Brave Ukrainian Special Operations Forces Have Done - President Congratulates SOF Warriors on Their Professional Holiday President of Ukraine 27 May 2025
• Number One Priority in Education Is Creating Safe Learning Environments - Olena Kovalska President of Ukraine 27 May 2025
• Address of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal at the Government meeting Ukraine Government 27 May 2025
• UK to allocate funds from ERA initiative for weapons and equipment repair for Ukraine Ukraine Government 27 May 2025 -- The Project Agreement on ERA (excess profits from frozen russian assets) was signed. The total amount is USD 3 billion.

Russia

• Russia Throttles Ukraine's Key Logistics Lifeline in Buffer Zone Push Sputnik 27 May 2025 -- The village of Belovody in Sumy region of Ukraine lies just five kilometers from the border with Russia's Kursk region. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the liberation of this settlement on May 26.
• Kremlin Calls Possible Removal of Restrictions on Long-Range Arms to Ukraine 'Escalation' Sputnik 27 May 2025 -- The possible decision to lift restrictions on the supply of long-range weapons to Kiev is a serious escalation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
• Lavrov: Russia's Strikes on Ukraine Are Justified - The Criminal Must Be Punished Sputnik 27 May 2025 -- Russian retaliatory strikes on military targets within Ukraine are natural following Kiev's attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters following talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
• Ukraine's Terrorist Drone Attacks Against Russia Are An Act Of Desperation - Defense Analyst Sputnik 27 May 2025 -- The Russian armed forces will continue the massive and group strikes in response to any terrorist attacks and provocations made by Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russian Forces Take Control of Staraya Nikolaevka Settlement in DPR - MoD Sputnik 27 May 2025 -- Russian troops have taken control of the settlement of Staraya Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russia Stresses Striking Only Military Targets in Retaliation for Ukraine's Massive Attacks Sputnik 27 May 2025 -- Russian troops are conducting strikes exclusively against Ukraine's military facilities and military-industrial complex enterprises in response to the Zelensky regime's massive drone attacks on Russia's regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

United States

• Trump Says Putin 'Playing With Fire' After 3 Days Of Deadly Russian Attacks On Ukraine RFE/RL 27 May 2025 -- US President Donald Trump again lashed out at Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin after Russia capped a three-day bombing spree on May 26 with its biggest aerial attack of the more than three-year war.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Parliamentary Secretary: there's an urgent need to ramp up military support for Ukraine and increase sanctions pressure on Russia Latvia MFA 27 May 2025 -- On 27 May 2025, in Brussels, Belgium, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Artjoms Uršuļskis, participated in the meeting of the General Affairs Council of the European Union, which also held preparations for the European Council meeting of 26-27 June.
• China opposes baseless accusations, political manipulation: FM on alleged supplies to Russian military plants Global Times 27 May 2025 -- When asked about comments on reports claimed that Ukraine has confirmed information that China is supplying a range of important products to 20 Russian military plants, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday that "China has never provided lethal weapons to any party in the conflict and strictly controls dual-use items. The Ukrainian side is well aware of this. China firmly opposes baseless accusations and political manipulation."

News Reports

• EU Finds China Responsible For 80 Percent Of Russia Sanctions Avoidance, Says German Report RFE/RL 27 May 2025 -- The European Union says China, including Hong Kong, is responsible for "approximately" 80 percent of the circumventions of sanctions against Russia even though Beijing continues to deny it.