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Ukraine

• Ukraine Will Not Simply Wait for Russia to Mature Enough to End the War - Address by the President President of Ukraine 31 May 2025
• U.S. Senators Learn About Ukraine's Efforts to Return Ukrainian Children from the Russian Federation Under the Bring Kids Back UA Initiative President of Ukraine 31 May 2025

Russia

• Hundreds Still Missing, 304 Dead After Ukrainian Raid on Russia's Kursk Region Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- An estimated 576 civilians who went missing during the Ukrainian invasion in the western Russian region of Kursk in August remain unaccounted for 10 months on, the region's acting governor, Alexander Khinshtein, said on Saturday.
• Russian Iskander Strike Takes Out Two US-Made HIMARS and Ammo in Sumy Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- Russian troops destroyed two US-made HIMARS launchers in Ukraine's Sumy region with an Iskander missile strike, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
• Russian Forces Liberate Two Settlements in Special Operation Zone Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- The Russian Defense Ministry reported that villages in the Sumy region and DPR were freed by its troops.
• Russia Warns: German Taurus Missiles to Ukraine Could Drag Europe Into a 'Monstrous' War Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- Europe will be drawn into a thoughtless war if Germany starts to supply Taurus missiles to Ukraine, the chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on International Affairs, Leonid Slutsky, said.
• Kremlin: France is Not on the Path to Peace — It's Increasing Pressure on Russia Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- France is not pursuing peace but is rather escalating pressure on Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.

United States

• US Says Russia-Ukraine Peace Terms Up to Them, But Acknowledges Own Conditions Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- The United States worked to sit Russia and Ukraine down at the negotiating table but the decision on how to settle the conflict is up to them, although Washington has its own demands, US State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said on Saturday.

NATO

• NATO Staff Prepared Ukrainian Invasion of Kursk Region for 6 Months Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- The NATO bloc's staff committee had been preparing the Ukrainian armed forces' invasion of Russia's Kursk Region for over half a year, the deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's military-political office, Lt. Gen. Apti Alaudinov, told Sputnik.

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• UK Rules Out Deploying HMS Prince of Wales to Ukraine Conflict Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- The United Kingdom has no plans to redeploy the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier from the Indo-Pacific region to Europe for involvement in the Ukraine conflict, UK Chief of the Defense Staff Admiral Tony Radakin said on Saturday.
• More weapons on battlefield will only protract Ukraine crisis: Chinese envoy Global Times 31 May 2025 -- A Chinese envoy warned Friday that more weapons on the battlefield will only protract the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

News Reports

• New Round of Russia-Ukraine Talks Could Take Place in Erdogan's Office in Istanbul - Source Sputnik 31 May 2025 -- A new round of Russia-Ukraine talks will most likely take place in the office of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration in Istanbul, a source told Sputnik.