2023-05-26 10:55:34
► Russia sees “serious obstacles” to peace in Ukraine, Lavrov tells Chinese envoy
The head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov said he saw Friday from “serious obstacles” in search of a peaceful solution in Ukraine, by receiving the Chinese emissary Li Hui in Moscow, to whom he praised the role ” positive “ from Beijing.
During their interview, “The Russian Foreign Minister reaffirmed Moscow’s commitment to a politico-diplomatic resolution of the conflict, noting the serious obstacles created by Ukraine and its Western backers to the resumption of peace talks”Russian diplomacy said in a statement.
► New night bombardments on kyiv
Russian forces bombarded kyiv again overnight from Thursday to Friday, May 26, the city’s civil-military administration said, according to which all the missiles were intercepted and destroyed.
“Another air attack on kyiv, the 13e in a row since early May! And as always, at night”, said the administration on its Telegram account. According to her, cruise missiles were launched by Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region.
In its daily morning brief, the Ukrainian General Staff reported 55 Russian air attacks over the past day, including 36 by explosive drones, and four missile attacks.
► Deadly strike on a clinic in Dnipro
At least one person was killed and fifteen others, including two children, injured in a Russian strike that hit a clinic in Dnipro, a large city in central eastern Ukraine, on Friday, authorities said.
“Missile strike against a clinic in the city of Dnipro. One person was killed and fifteen others were injured., President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram. He posted a video in which buildings can be seen heavily damaged and topped with plumes of black smoke. “We must defeat these inhuman beings”assures the Ukrainian president.
Another ???????? missile attack, another crime against humanity as such. The buildings of a psychological clinic and a veterinary clinic in the city of Dnipro were destroyed. As of now, one person was killed and 15 were wounded. The shelling aftermath is being eliminated and the… pic.twitter.com/D0bYBPByjn
— Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) May 26, 2023
Regional Governor Serguiï Lyssak reported two boys aged 3 and 6 among the injured.
► Buildings damaged by the fall of two drones in Krasnodar
Two drones fell on Friday in the center of Krasnodar, a major city in southwestern Russia, about 200 kilometers from Crimea, damaging buildings but no casualties, the regional governor said.
“The reason for this morning’s incident on Morskaya Street (in Krasnodar) is the fall of two drones. Buildings are damaged, but no vital infrastructure. And the main thing is that there were no casualties.Governor Veniamine Kondratiev said on Telegram.
Local media released video from a surveillance camera on Friday morning showing an unidentified flying object crashing in a shower of flames near parked cars.
► The NATO summit ” Above all ” devoted to support for Ukraine, according to the German Chancellor
The NATO summit to be held in July in Vilnius will be devoted ” Above all “ concrete support for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday in Tallinn.
Responding to a question about Ukraine’s possible NATO membership at the summit, Olaf Scholz said “that it will be a question in Vilnius above all of organizing concrete support for Ukraine in this situation”.
► Blinken will travel to Finland to talk about the war in Ukraine
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Finland, which recently joined NATO, next week and give a speech in support of Ukraine against Russia, the State Department said on Friday. .
He will travel to Helsinki on June 1 and 2, after a meeting in Olso with the foreign ministers of the allied countries.
► The head of the IAEA expected at the UN to present a plan on Zaporizhia
The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, will present a proposal to the UN on Tuesday (June 6th) to protect the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, occupied by the Russian army, in the hope of reach an agreement before a possible Kiev counter-offensive.
“Mr. Grossi plans to brief the UN Security Council on the situation in terms of nuclear safety” in Zaporizhzhya “at a meeting on May 30 chaired by Switzerland”according to an IAEA statement.
► Scholz ready “when the time comes” to reconnect with Putin
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was ready to resume contact on Friday ” When the time comes “ about Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he has not spoken since December 2022.
“My last phone conversation was a while ago. But I intend when the time comes to speak with Putin again,” said Olaf Scholz in an interview published by the daily Cologne City Gazette.
Regarding conflict resolution, “Russia must understand that it cannot be about sealing some kind of cold peace, which would see the current front line become the new border between Russia and Ukraine, this would only legitimize the criminal expedition of Cheese fries “Olaf Scholz insisted.
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