Russia is hunting down Ukrainian generals, Kiev is waiting for 'important steps' from London and Berlin... are some of the latest developments in the situation in Ukraine.
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| Ukraine calls on Britain and Germany to send Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets (photo). (Source: Reuters) |
* On May 30, speaking at a government meeting, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said: “Since October last year, nearly 1.5 million people have received Russian passports in the new (annexed) regions... It is important that all residents feel the real changes taking place in cities and towns, see that streets and houses are gradually being restored.”
Previously, the European Union (EU) announced that it would not recognize Russian passports in the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions under Russian control.
* On the same day, speaking at a joint press conference after talks with his Burundian counterpart Albert Shingiro during his African tour, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov criticized the West's support for President Volodymyr Zelensky's peace plan. He said this would "destroy everything Russia has" in eastern Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula.
Russian diplomats also said that Ukraine had “applied terrorist methods” with Western weapons, but did not provide any specific evidence.
* In related news, RIA (Russia) reported on May 30 that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has placed the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, on the “wanted list”. General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, was also placed on the list.
However, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs' database of wanted persons does not currently specify specific reasons or terms related to wanted persons.
* For his part, in an interview with the Funke media group (Germany), Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov continued to call on the UK and Germany to provide Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. This official said: “If the UK and Germany jointly supply Eurofighters (to Ukraine), that would be an important step.”
In response to the above statement, the German Ministry of Defense said that the country still maintains its stance of not transferring, while the UK has not yet given an official response.
* On May 30, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi asked Ukraine and Russia to respect five core principles to protect the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. One of them is not to use this place as a base for heavy weapons such as multiple launch rocket systems, artillery, ammunition and tanks, or to use it as a place for soldiers to attack outside.
Earlier, a source from the Russian diplomatic mission revealed that the country's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya had met with Mr. Grossi. The IAEA official will also attend the UN Security Council meeting on the same day and present a plan to ensure security for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
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