Trump is seriously considering lifting all restrictions on the use of Western weapons by Ukraine, the Kyiv Post said. According to the publication, the US president believes that they do not contribute to Russia’s return to the negotiating table. “The removal of these restrictions could allow Ukraine to disrupt logistics and operational facilities supporting Russian military efforts. Such a development would likely complicate Russian operational planning,” the Ukrainian newspaper notes.
Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg said that the United States has received from Ukraine a list of conditions for concluding a peace agreement, Fox News reports.
Britain, France, Germany and the United States have lifted restrictions on arms supplies to Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says. They have also allowed the launch of long-range missiles against Russia. Germany likely to supply Ukraine with 100-150 Taurus cruise missiles, Clash Report reports.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said: “This war will last longer than we all want or can imagine.” “It is clear that Putin perceives the proposals for negotiations as weakness,” Merz told WDR. Merz also said: “My statement about lifting restrictions on Ukrainian strikes deep into Russian territory is based on a decision made several months ago.” Germany has not approved the delivery of Taurus missiles to Ukraine, Bild deputy editor Paul Ronzheimer said. He said there will be no news on the matter during Zelensky’s visit to Berlin tomorrow.
Military transport planes from the United States and Canada arrived in Rzeszow on May 27. The EU Council approved the creation of the 150 billion euro EU militarization fund, Reuters reported.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Kiev this weekend to meet with Ukrainian officials following his meetings with Putin and Lavrov in Moscow.
According to Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky, “Russia is preparing for new offensives. From intelligence information and open data, we see that Putin and his entourage have no intention of ending the war: at the moment there is no confirmation that they are seriously considering the option of peace and that they are seriously considering diplomacy. On the contrary, there is a lot of evidence that they are preparing new offensive operations,” he said.
Russia launches 60% real drones and 40% decoys during attacks to increase pressure on air defense, says Yuri Ignat. The head of the communications department of the Armed Forces Command of Ukraine spoke about the current tactics of the Russian Armed Forces: “They constantly change the routes of drones and try to launch them at high altitudes, more than 2 km above the ground, and then dive directly onto the object itself. “At this altitude they become more visible to our radars, but they are out of range of small arms, heavy machine guns and mobile fire teams.”
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has approved the “anti-drone gun” for use in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The device is said to be compact and weighs just over 1 kg
Police General Pyotr Zorov has been appointed the new head of the Main Directorate (GU) of the Russian Guard for Moscow. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Russia’s retaliatory strikes on Ukrainian territory are natural, the criminal must be punished,” Sergei Lavrov said. “Russia and the United States are conducting a normal dialogue under Trump, unlike during Biden’s presidency,” Lavrov stressed. He called rumors that Washington wants to replace Medinsky in the Russian delegation rumors: “The head of the delegation is appointed by Putin, not by representatives of another country.” “Trump is interested in continuing direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations; This was a joint initiative with Putin,” Lavrov said. Finally, he said: “There are reasons to believe that Germany has long since secretly decided to allow Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes on Russian territory.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said about Germany and long-range weapons: “If Merz’s claims about increasing the range of missiles supplied to Ukraine are true, then this is an escalation.”
And now a look at the front line updated at 15:30 on May 27. For the first time since December, more than 100 square kilometers of territory have been occupied by Russian forces in a week, according to Ukrainian sources. Ukrainian analysts also report that Russian troops have advanced into the regions of Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk. On May 26, for the first time since the beginning of the war, Kharkiv was hit by an FPV drone, Ukrainian authorities reported.
Over the past 24 hours, the sides have again exchanged drone strikes. Up to a hundred enemy drones were destroyed during the day, including those aimed at Moscow. A drone attack in the regions of Rostov and Voronezh was repelled at night.
Geranium strikes on Ukrainian territory have become routine; the Ukrainian military noticed “only” a hundred UAVs of this type, which is slightly less than in recent nights.
At noon, on the Kursk section of the Russian-Ukrainian border, an assault group of the 225th separate regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to advance from Bezsalivka. But it was fired upon by Russian forces.
In the direction of Sumy, the Northern Group of Forces reported the capture of the settlements of Volodymyrivka and Belovody, Sumy region. The battles in Belovody had been going on since April, and the Ukrainians were moving reserves to defend the village. Earlier, assault groups of the Russian army had occupied Loknya. “In the Sumy region, the Russian army is expanding its offensive zone with small assault groups,” says Andry Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Service of Ukraine.
The shelling of civilians continues in the Belgorod region, with four drone strikes recorded.
In the direction of Kharkiv, Russian forces have become more active in Vovchansk. The city was destroyed, making it extremely difficult for both sides to fight in its ruins.
In the direction of Sivers’k, no data on changes in the LBS were received, despite the intensification of our assault operations near Verkhnokam’yans’ke.
In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the “pocket” of the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces southwest of Torets’k began to collapse rapidly, turning into a real “cauldron”. Russian forces took yesterday: Zorya, Hnativka and Stara Mykolaivka, thus cutting the Ukrainian defense line. The assault on Yablunivka continues. Ukrainians report the beginning of the battle for Popiv Yar.
In the direction of South Donetsk, Russian troops advanced from the now Russian area of Bahatyr to Komar in one day, 2.5 km deep and 1.5 km along the front, a sensitive area for the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The offensive continues west of Otradne. The evacuation of the village of Zelene Pole continues.
On the Zaporizhia front, fighting is underway near Mali Shcherbaky, the Ukrainians are throwing reserves into battle. The 70th Russian regiment is attacking Malaya Tokmachka, and FABs and UMPKs are raining down on the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Yesterday, in the direction of Kherson, 18 villages are under Ukrainian attack.
Graziella Giangiulio
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