The Russian noose is tightening in the Donbass mining basin. “Russia has used all its means to seize Sievierodonetsk or prevent any communication between the region and Ukraine”, said Saturday, May 28 the governor of the Lugansk region. “Next week will be very hard”he admitted. “The Russians have brought a lot of means to storm the city but cannot do it yet”, assured the mayor of Sievierodonetsk. But “we think the city will resist”, he added. Follow our live.
Telephone conversation between Macron, Scholz and Putin. The French President and the German Chancellor have asked the Russian President to initiate “serious direct negotiations” with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Vladimir Putin assured that Russia remained “open to a resumption of dialogue” with Kyiv.
Russia “ready” to export grain from Ukraine. “Russia is ready to help find options for unhindered export of grain, including Ukrainian grain from ports on the Black Sea”according to a Kremlin statement released on Saturday.
New arms deliveries by the United States? American media claimed that Washington was preparing the delivery of long-range multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to kyiv. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby did not confirm this information but assured that the United States would continue to help Ukraine “conquer the battlefield”.
Moscow claims the capture of Lyman. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed, Saturday morning, in a press release, “that as a result of the joint actions of the militia units of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Russian Armed Forces, the town of Lyman was completely liberated from Ukrainian nationalists.”