Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,190

On Thursday, May 29, 2018, this is how things are going:

Fighting

In response to a significant overnight drone attack, the Ukrainian military claimed to have struck several Russian weapons-producing sites in Moscow, including the Raduga plant, Kronstadt plant, and Angstrem microchip factories.
Three Ukrainian drones targeted Moscow by Russia’s air defense units on Thursday morning, according to Russia. No injuries or significant harm were reported when one of the drones reportedly struck a house south of the city.
According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russian forces have taken control of Zelene Pole and the town of Kostiantynivka in the Sumy region of Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, claimed that Russia had gathered more than 50 000 troops near the northeastern Sumy region, but Kyiv has taken steps to stop them from carrying out a massive summer offensive as planned.
Nearly 175,000 service members have signed contracts with the Russian army since the start of this year, according to the TASS state news agency in Russia.

Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, was once more outraged by the intensifying Ukrainian conflict, the day after Trump warned him that he was “playing with fire” by refusing to hold ceasefire talks and mounting drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Trump claimed that Putin may be intentionally putting off ceasefire negotiations, and that he would “repair a little differently” when he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump also stated to reporters that he did not want a potential peace deal to be scuttled by the fact that he is not yet ready to impose new sanctions on Russia.
Trump’s comments were echoed by the Kremlin, who stated that the Russian leader’s national interests were top priority.
When he spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rebuffed Trump’s claim that a “good faith dialogue” between Ukraine and Russia would be the only way to put an end to the conflict.
According to Lavrov, Russia has suggested that Ukraine’s next direct negotiations be held on June 2 in Istanbul.

Rustem Umerov, the defense minister of Ukraine, recently sat down with the head of the Russian delegation during previous Istanbul discussions to talk about the memorandum that Moscow is currently working on, which lists the conditions for a peace agreement.
Russia has already received a copy of the peace memorandum from Ukraine, and it is asking for Moscow to copy it before talks can begin.
Hakan Fidan, the foreign minister of Turkiye, will visit Kyiv for a two-day visit after a meeting with Moscow earlier this week regarding peace efforts.
Russia’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is occupied by Ukraine, is being linked to its own power grid, according to reports that Moscow is doing so.

According to the Reuters news agency, NATO will request from Germany to provide seven more brigades, or about 40 000, for the alliance’s defense as a result of its dramatic military expansion in response to Russia’s growing threat.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that his country would “intensify cooperation” with Kyiv and would not impose range restrictions on jointly produced missiles between the two nations during a visit of President Zelenskyy in Berlin.
Germany also announced that it would provide Ukraine with additional military support worth about 5 billion euros ($5.65).
Germans’ plans to develop long-range missiles with Ukraine, as well as the supply of German tanks to Kyiv, according to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, demonstrated that it was already a participant in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
A Ukrainian, a Russian, and an Armenian have been charged with foreign agent activity by German authorities after an investigation into a Ukrainian man’s possible spying intentions in Germany.

Source: Aljazeera