Cover photo: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses graduating class at Johns Hopkins University of America via livestream from Ukraine on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Baltimore, U.S. Will Kirk/AP
- Joe Biden’s administration on Friday reminded Ukraine that it does not support the use of its equipment to attack targets in Russia. In an interview on CNN, John Kirby, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said: “We have again made it clear to the Ukrainians what our expectations are regarding the Russian attack; We don’t want to encourage or allow that, let alone US-made equipment to be used in attacks on Russian soil. »
- Russia claims it dispatched fighter-bombers Thursday for the second time this week to thwart two US strategic bombers to “violation of the state border” above the Baltic Sea.
- Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday spoke about the transfer of nuclear weapons from Russia to Belarus. He was unable to say whether the weapons in question were already in his country. “Maybe I’ll go back and see,” the leader said, explaining that Vladimir Putin had informed him the day before that he had signed the decree approving the transfer.
- Russia will not win the war in Ukraine with military means alone, the US chief of staff affirmed on Thursday, General Mark Milley, who has also stated that it is unlikely that Kiev will be able to quickly expel all Russian forces from its territory. “That means the fighting will continue, it will be bloody and it will be tough.” And at some point, the two parties will either negotiate an agreement or reach a military conclusion,” he said.
- The European Union has urged China to use its influence over Moscow to ” [soit mis] Stop the bloodshed » in Ukraine and that Russian troops are withdrawing from the country. Li Hui, who was sent to Europe from Beijing to discuss a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine, was received in Brussels on Thursday by Enrique Mora, the right arm of European diplomatic chief Josep Borrell, before he spoke on Friday traveled to Moscow.
- The head of Russia’s private militia Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigoyine, said Thursday that his men had begun handing over their positions in Bakhmout to regular Russian army troops. “Until June 1st, most [de nos unités] will be moved to the rear bases. We are handing over the positions, the ammunition and everything in them to the military,” he said. The Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine, Hanna Maliar, again denied the total loss of the city on Thursday.
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