Did you miss the most recent occasions on the warfare in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes inventory for you each night. Right here is the gist of this Saturday, Could 30, 2026, on the 1,557th day of the battle.
Truth of the day
The unprecedented fall of a drone on a residential constructing in Romania, through the night time from Thursday to Friday, continues to create diplomatic turmoil. Whereas Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned the Russian origin of the drone and affirmed that his nation doesn’t “threaten European nations”, Colonel Martin O’Donnell, spokesperson for the headquarters of NATO forces in Europe (Form), confirmed to AFP that the drone was “Russian”. NATO Secretary Normal Mark Rutte expressed the Alliance’s “absolute solidarity” with Romania, denouncing Russia’s “irresponsible conduct” which represents “a hazard for all of us”.
At present’s assertion
« We should cease accepting” Russian gamers who “assist their dictator »
At a press convention after her defeat towards the Russian Diana Shnaider within the third spherical of Roland-Garros, the Ukrainian tennis participant Oleksandra Oliynykova referred to as on the leaders of the circuits to refuse Russian gamers who, in accordance with her, assist Vladimir Putin. “If they do not wish to hear it and proceed to unfold their propaganda, then there ought to be a mechanism within the circuit to cease it,” she added. “Russian gamers do not wish to talk, they’ve these horrible opinions (…) and that is one thing that we should cease accepting in skilled sports activities,” mentioned the 25-year-old Ukrainian.
Earlier within the week, the Ukrainian had criticized the Russian for her participation in a event in St. Petersburg sponsored by the Russian gasoline big Gazprom, which in accordance with her was equal to “enjoying in Nazi Germany for the Gestapo”.
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The pattern
Ukraine has been intensifying its drone assaults on logistics and oil infrastructure in southern Russia for a number of weeks, inflicting appreciable harm. Ukrainian drones struck a tanker and an oil depot in southern Russia on Saturday, inflicting fires however inflicting no casualties, Moscow mentioned. In line with a Russian official, round fifty drones have been shot down over the Rostov area, near japanese Ukraine.
