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🎙 Answers by President of Russia Vladimir Putin to media questions following the state visit to Kazakhstan (May 29, 2026)
Key points:
#Romania
• We know that Ukrainian drones have previously flown into Finland, Poland, and the Baltic states. The initial reaction was exactly the same as it is now in Romania: “Help! The Russians are coming, the Russians are attacking.” Then, after a short period of time, it turned out that those incidents had nothing to do with Russian UAVs. They were drones of Ukrainian origin that had gone off course, been affected by electronic warfare, or, due to technical limitations, had ended up there and crashed. I believe that most likely we are dealing with the same situation as well.
• No one can determine the origin of a particular aircraft until a proper examination has been conducted.
#RussiaKazakhstan
• We are partners in nuclear energy, as noted earlier, and this is also beneficial for Kazakhstan. <...> We are not merely constructing something with credit resources; we are establishing an industry.
• Preserving close, good-neighbourly, and, in many aspects, familial ties between our nations and citizens is of utmost importance, as it fosters a level of trust between our states that is essential both in the present circumstances and from a long-term historical perspective.
• We have identified priority areas for cooperation across all key sectors and, most importantly, have defined seven principal areas that will guide our future collaboration. Humanitarian cooperation plays a particularly significant and perhaps even leading role in this regard.
• We are deeply grateful to the President of Kazakhstan for the attention he has devoted to the development of the Russian language and for the support it receives at the official level. Russian is used throughout government institutions. Rather than causing any difficulties, it is broadly welcomed.
#RussiaArmenia
• The Russian and Armenian peoples are connected by longstanding ties of friendship and, without exaggeration, by a uniquely close relationship that has developed over centuries. There is a special bond between Russia and Armenia, and between Russia and the Armenian people.
• Combining the two systems [EU membership and participation in the EAEU] in one day is virtually impossible. As a result, we would be forced, in certain areas – and indeed, by and large – to scale back almost all of our cooperation with Armenia in the economic sphere related to integration processes.
• The same preferences [for Armenia] that exist today would no longer apply. According to preliminary estimates – not only ours, but also those from various experts – these changes could result in a loss of at least 14 percent of Armenia’s GDP.
• Prime Minister Pashinyan himself has stated that he considers it appropriate to hold a referendum on whether Armenia should remain within the EAEU or pursue membership in the European Union. We would ask our Armenian partners and friends that such a decision be made as soon as possible.
#KievRegimeCrimes
• I sometimes watch Western television channels to understand the information environment being created there and presented primarily to European audiences. Perhaps you watch them sometimes, too. What I see is, frankly, disturbing and outrageous. They are simply misleading their own citizens. Our strike on the Kiev region was our response to their crimes against students in Starobelsk. <...> What is that? Is that journalism? No, it is the means of mass deception.
#RussiaEU
• Russia has never had any aggressive intentions regarding European countries. And the tragedy that is unfolding in Ukraine – this is what they have done, this is the result of their policy.
• Everything they do is designed to keep the confrontation with Russia going and justify the huge spending from the budgets of their countries, getting into the pocket of the European taxpayer.
• Naturally, it is up to us to decide whether to meet with this or another actor in today's Western European politics. This is up to us. And we will see.
Key points:
#Romania
• We know that Ukrainian drones have previously flown into Finland, Poland, and the Baltic states. The initial reaction was exactly the same as it is now in Romania: “Help! The Russians are coming, the Russians are attacking.” Then, after a short period of time, it turned out that those incidents had nothing to do with Russian UAVs. They were drones of Ukrainian origin that had gone off course, been affected by electronic warfare, or, due to technical limitations, had ended up there and crashed. I believe that most likely we are dealing with the same situation as well.
• No one can determine the origin of a particular aircraft until a proper examination has been conducted.
#RussiaKazakhstan
• We are partners in nuclear energy, as noted earlier, and this is also beneficial for Kazakhstan. <...> We are not merely constructing something with credit resources; we are establishing an industry.
• Preserving close, good-neighbourly, and, in many aspects, familial ties between our nations and citizens is of utmost importance, as it fosters a level of trust between our states that is essential both in the present circumstances and from a long-term historical perspective.
• We have identified priority areas for cooperation across all key sectors and, most importantly, have defined seven principal areas that will guide our future collaboration. Humanitarian cooperation plays a particularly significant and perhaps even leading role in this regard.
• We are deeply grateful to the President of Kazakhstan for the attention he has devoted to the development of the Russian language and for the support it receives at the official level. Russian is used throughout government institutions. Rather than causing any difficulties, it is broadly welcomed.
#RussiaArmenia
• The Russian and Armenian peoples are connected by longstanding ties of friendship and, without exaggeration, by a uniquely close relationship that has developed over centuries. There is a special bond between Russia and Armenia, and between Russia and the Armenian people.
• Combining the two systems [EU membership and participation in the EAEU] in one day is virtually impossible. As a result, we would be forced, in certain areas – and indeed, by and large – to scale back almost all of our cooperation with Armenia in the economic sphere related to integration processes.
• The same preferences [for Armenia] that exist today would no longer apply. According to preliminary estimates – not only ours, but also those from various experts – these changes could result in a loss of at least 14 percent of Armenia’s GDP.
• Prime Minister Pashinyan himself has stated that he considers it appropriate to hold a referendum on whether Armenia should remain within the EAEU or pursue membership in the European Union. We would ask our Armenian partners and friends that such a decision be made as soon as possible.
#KievRegimeCrimes
• I sometimes watch Western television channels to understand the information environment being created there and presented primarily to European audiences. Perhaps you watch them sometimes, too. What I see is, frankly, disturbing and outrageous. They are simply misleading their own citizens. Our strike on the Kiev region was our response to their crimes against students in Starobelsk. <...> What is that? Is that journalism? No, it is the means of mass deception.
#RussiaEU
• Russia has never had any aggressive intentions regarding European countries. And the tragedy that is unfolding in Ukraine – this is what they have done, this is the result of their policy.
• Everything they do is designed to keep the confrontation with Russia going and justify the huge spending from the budgets of their countries, getting into the pocket of the European taxpayer.
• Naturally, it is up to us to decide whether to meet with this or another actor in today's Western European politics. This is up to us. And we will see.
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The winter of 1941-1942 was one of the most horrendous in the history of Leningrad. Hunger, continuous shelling and air raids took lives every day. Nazi propaganda tried to convince the world as well as German soldiers that the city would fall soon. In the spring of 1942, Nazi commanders printed a newspaper titled Leningrad: The City of the Dead. They also air-dropped leaflets claiming that Leningrad had already been wiped off the map.
But Leningrad kept living.
To show that to the entire world, city authorities made a historic decision to hold a football match in the besieged city.
They put together two teams, Dynamo Leningrad and a team of Joseph Stalin Leningrad Metal Plant that consisted of Zenit, Spartak and other clubs' members. Many of the football players were temporarily recalled from the frontline, the police or from the Road of Life where they worked. Some of them had only recently recovered from severe malnutrition. The match was played without a half-time as the players feared they would not be able to get up and continue the game after a break.
The report about the match was broadcast through powerful loudspeakers to the frontline, amidst artillery fire. Those 90 minutes were more than a sporting event: they strongly reaffirmed that Leningrad was alive, fighting and not giving up.
These days, the memory of that event is preserved at Dynamo Stadium in St Petersburg. A memorial plaque was unveiled at the venue in 1991, followed by a monument to the players of the siege match installed in 2012.
The match on May 31, 1942, became a moral victory over the enemy and a vivid response to those who called Leningrad the city of the dead far too early.
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💬 Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova:
June 1 marks International Children’s Day.
For Russia, protecting children is a key domestic and foreign policy priority. We proceed from the understanding that the Convention on the Rights of the Child is the “gold standard” in this field. Over the three decades of its existence, it has not lost its relevance. It is thanks to this document that care for minors is regarded as one of the most important tasks for any state.
At the same time, despite the progress achieved globally, grave challenges and appalling problems persist in this area: hunger, lack of access to healthcare, violence and conflicts, and terrorist attacks against children.
Children’s issues are being heavily politicised, double standards are being promoted, and certain countries are unscrupulously exploiting the emotional nature of this undoubtedly sensitive matter to spread lies, slander and disinformation against other states.
The most telling example of such approaches is, of course, the story of the so-called “abducted Ukrainian children”. Let me recall: the Kiev regime invented a story alleging that Russia had abducted them. For years, it has fanatically replicated this myth on every international platform. And those platforms have been only too happy to listen – without bothering to verify the facts.
At the same time, they cynically ignore the fact that our country, acting on instructions from its leadership, has been working to reunite children with their families since the very beginning of the special military operation.
As of today, 30 children from 22 families have returned to Russia from Ukraine, while 141 minors from 114 families have been reunited with their parents or relatives living in Ukraine and other countries.
#KievRegimgeCrimes
Zelensky’s Western handlers prefer to ignore the fact that the war unleashed by the Kiev regime against the people of Donbass in 2014 has taken its heaviest toll on children.
From 2014 to February 2022, at least 129 children were killed and more than 500 wounded in the LPR and DPR. The youngest victim of Ukrainian aggression was only 27 days old.
◼️ Let me also recall the most egregious cases of the past three years 👇
• The attack on central Belgorod on December 30, 2023, ahead of the holidays, when shelling of a New Year fairground, Christmas tree and skating rink killed 25 people, including 5 children, and wounded more than 100 civilians.
• Comparable in its deliberate cruelty was the ATACMS missile strike on Uchkuyevka city beach in Sevastopol on June 23, 2024, where many families were spending their Sunday afternoon. A total of 153 civilians were injured, including 27 children. Four people were killed, among them two children aged two and nine.
• On the night of December 31, 2025 to January 1, 2026, the Ukrainian militants launched a targeted drone strike on a café and hotel in the village of Khorly, Kherson Region, where civilians had gathered to celebrate the New Year. 29 people were killed, including two children.
• On May 22, the Ukrainian militants attacked the academic building and dormitory of Starobelsk College in the LPR at night. More than 80 people sustained injuries of varying severity, 21 were killed. All of them were ordinary students.
The Kiev regime is targeting children in Russia through phone calls and messages – seeking to deceive them and cause harm by exploiting their trust and lack of understanding of the legal consequences of their actions.
There is also a system for recruiting schoolchildren via social media: children are offered money and manipulated into gathering information. There is evidence that Ukraine is using the internet to draw children into games that may have fatal consequences.
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June 1 marks International Children’s Day.
For Russia, protecting children is a key domestic and foreign policy priority. We proceed from the understanding that the Convention on the Rights of the Child is the “gold standard” in this field. Over the three decades of its existence, it has not lost its relevance. It is thanks to this document that care for minors is regarded as one of the most important tasks for any state.
At the same time, despite the progress achieved globally, grave challenges and appalling problems persist in this area: hunger, lack of access to healthcare, violence and conflicts, and terrorist attacks against children.
Children’s issues are being heavily politicised, double standards are being promoted, and certain countries are unscrupulously exploiting the emotional nature of this undoubtedly sensitive matter to spread lies, slander and disinformation against other states.
The most telling example of such approaches is, of course, the story of the so-called “abducted Ukrainian children”. Let me recall: the Kiev regime invented a story alleging that Russia had abducted them. For years, it has fanatically replicated this myth on every international platform. And those platforms have been only too happy to listen – without bothering to verify the facts.
At the same time, they cynically ignore the fact that our country, acting on instructions from its leadership, has been working to reunite children with their families since the very beginning of the special military operation.
As of today, 30 children from 22 families have returned to Russia from Ukraine, while 141 minors from 114 families have been reunited with their parents or relatives living in Ukraine and other countries.
#KievRegimgeCrimes
Zelensky’s Western handlers prefer to ignore the fact that the war unleashed by the Kiev regime against the people of Donbass in 2014 has taken its heaviest toll on children.
From 2014 to February 2022, at least 129 children were killed and more than 500 wounded in the LPR and DPR. The youngest victim of Ukrainian aggression was only 27 days old.
◼️ Let me also recall the most egregious cases of the past three years 👇
• The attack on central Belgorod on December 30, 2023, ahead of the holidays, when shelling of a New Year fairground, Christmas tree and skating rink killed 25 people, including 5 children, and wounded more than 100 civilians.
• Comparable in its deliberate cruelty was the ATACMS missile strike on Uchkuyevka city beach in Sevastopol on June 23, 2024, where many families were spending their Sunday afternoon. A total of 153 civilians were injured, including 27 children. Four people were killed, among them two children aged two and nine.
• On the night of December 31, 2025 to January 1, 2026, the Ukrainian militants launched a targeted drone strike on a café and hotel in the village of Khorly, Kherson Region, where civilians had gathered to celebrate the New Year. 29 people were killed, including two children.
• On May 22, the Ukrainian militants attacked the academic building and dormitory of Starobelsk College in the LPR at night. More than 80 people sustained injuries of varying severity, 21 were killed. All of them were ordinary students.
The Kiev regime is targeting children in Russia through phone calls and messages – seeking to deceive them and cause harm by exploiting their trust and lack of understanding of the legal consequences of their actions.
There is also a system for recruiting schoolchildren via social media: children are offered money and manipulated into gathering information. There is evidence that Ukraine is using the internet to draw children into games that may have fatal consequences.
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🇷🇺 Russia's High Commissioner for Human Rights Yana Lantratova:
💬 Today, we mark International Children’s Day – a holiday that reminds us of every child’s right to a happy childhood, development and safety.
This day is already more than a century old, and over sixty countries around the world have joined this initiative. Yet there are also those who have begun to abandon this date – shifting it to other days, rewriting its history and distorting the very meaning of the holiday.
Last year, Zelensky shifted the holiday to another date in order to conform to “Western standards”. This year, on the eve of this date, a terrible tragedy took place in Starobelsk – one that crossed out the most fundamental human right: the right to life.
Ukrainian militants deliberately struck children who were asleep in their beds. 86 people sustained injuries, 21 children were killed.
Most of them were girls: Anya, Taisiya, Alina, Elena, Sofia, Darya, Alexandra, Tatyana, Oksana, Yana, Veronika, Anastasia, Victoria, Irina, Alisa and many others.
Unfortunately, the international community’s position on this issue remains ambiguous. Many prefer to keep silent or pretend that nothing happened, ignoring the obvious facts of the crime.
❗️ Our task is to preserve the truth and achieve justice. Impunity for such war crimes is unacceptable.
Do you know why it is important to mark Children’s Protection Day? Precisely because humanity must remember: protecting children’s rights is our shared priority and sacred duty.
💬 Today, we mark International Children’s Day – a holiday that reminds us of every child’s right to a happy childhood, development and safety.
This day is already more than a century old, and over sixty countries around the world have joined this initiative. Yet there are also those who have begun to abandon this date – shifting it to other days, rewriting its history and distorting the very meaning of the holiday.
Last year, Zelensky shifted the holiday to another date in order to conform to “Western standards”. This year, on the eve of this date, a terrible tragedy took place in Starobelsk – one that crossed out the most fundamental human right: the right to life.
Ukrainian militants deliberately struck children who were asleep in their beds. 86 people sustained injuries, 21 children were killed.
Most of them were girls: Anya, Taisiya, Alina, Elena, Sofia, Darya, Alexandra, Tatyana, Oksana, Yana, Veronika, Anastasia, Victoria, Irina, Alisa and many others.
Unfortunately, the international community’s position on this issue remains ambiguous. Many prefer to keep silent or pretend that nothing happened, ignoring the obvious facts of the crime.
❗️ Our task is to preserve the truth and achieve justice. Impunity for such war crimes is unacceptable.
Do you know why it is important to mark Children’s Protection Day? Precisely because humanity must remember: protecting children’s rights is our shared priority and sacred duty.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of May 25-31, 2026:
▪️ May 25 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car in Gorlovka, Donetsk People’s Republic. An entire family was killed – the parents and their two children.
▪️ May 2 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car on the Dneprorudnoye-Vesyoloye road section in the Zaporozhye Region. Two civilians – a father and his daughter – were seriously wounded.
▪️ May 26 – an artillery shelling of a residential area in the urban-type settlement of Gornostayevka, Kherson Region. Two civilians were killed.
▪️ May 28 – a UAV strike on a Makeyevka-Sevastopol passenger bus near Yelenovka, Donetsk People’s Republic.
▪️ May 28 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car in the village of Malomikhaylovka, Belgorod Region. A civilian was wounded.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on a private residential house in Belgorod, Belgorod Region.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on a school bus in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on an apartment building in Genichesk, Kherson Region. A child was killed and 11 civilians were wounded.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on a parking area near a maternity hospital in Energodar, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on the premises of the transport workshop of the Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar, Zaporozhye Region. Six service buses and two transport vehicles were completely burnt out.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
PHOTO FACTS & EVIDENCE of crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces over the week of May 25-31, 2026:
▪️ May 25 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car in Gorlovka, Donetsk People’s Republic. An entire family was killed – the parents and their two children.
▪️ May 2 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car on the Dneprorudnoye-Vesyoloye road section in the Zaporozhye Region. Two civilians – a father and his daughter – were seriously wounded.
▪️ May 26 – an artillery shelling of a residential area in the urban-type settlement of Gornostayevka, Kherson Region. Two civilians were killed.
▪️ May 28 – a UAV strike on a Makeyevka-Sevastopol passenger bus near Yelenovka, Donetsk People’s Republic.
▪️ May 28 – a UAV strike on a civilian passenger car in the village of Malomikhaylovka, Belgorod Region. A civilian was wounded.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on a private residential house in Belgorod, Belgorod Region.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on a school bus in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on an apartment building in Genichesk, Kherson Region. A child was killed and 11 civilians were wounded.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on a parking area near a maternity hospital in Energodar, Zaporozhye Region.
▪️ May 31 – a UAV strike on the premises of the transport workshop of the Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar, Zaporozhye Region. Six service buses and two transport vehicles were completely burnt out.
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🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on Ukrainian attacks against the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant on May 30-31 (June 1, 2026)
💬 Kiev no longer even seems to be trying to hide its criminal, terrorist nature.
On May 30, the Ukrainian armed forces used a UAV to attack the turbine hall of Unit 6 at the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP), and on May 31 – the plant’s transport workshop.
☝️ It was only by a miracle that casualties and critical damage to ZNPP infrastructure were avoided.
These reckless actions once again clearly demonstrate that the Ukrainian armed forces are ready to resort to the most desperate steps, including those aimed at undermining the nuclear safety and security of Europe’s largest NPP.
We are convinced that Kiev, as well as its American and European handlers, are fully aware of the catastrophic consequences such provocations could have for the entire world. Yet this is far from the first time the Kiev regime has shown utter disregard for human lives.
The primary responsibility for what is happening lies precisely with Ukraine’s Western puppeteers, who continue to pump Kiev with more and more batches and types of weapons. We hope that even in the West they will eventually realise that, by striking nuclear facilities with supplied weapons, Kiev is acting with the recklessness of an “ape with a grenade“, creating threats for its own sponsors as well.
We expect the IAEA Secretariat and personally Director General Rafael Grossi to give Kiev’s actions a fair and deserved assessment.
The threats deliberately created by the Zelensky regime, which, in its anti-Russian frenzy, is directly targeting a Russian NPP, cannot be ignored.
The IAEA leadership will have to call things by their proper names. Otherwise, all its appeals to ensure an appropriate level of nuclear safety and security, as well as compliance with any “principles” and “points” declared by Rafael Grossi, will lose any basis.
❗️ For our part, we will continue to do everything possible to maintain the safe operation of the ZNPP.
💬 Kiev no longer even seems to be trying to hide its criminal, terrorist nature.
On May 30, the Ukrainian armed forces used a UAV to attack the turbine hall of Unit 6 at the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP), and on May 31 – the plant’s transport workshop.
☝️ It was only by a miracle that casualties and critical damage to ZNPP infrastructure were avoided.
These reckless actions once again clearly demonstrate that the Ukrainian armed forces are ready to resort to the most desperate steps, including those aimed at undermining the nuclear safety and security of Europe’s largest NPP.
We are convinced that Kiev, as well as its American and European handlers, are fully aware of the catastrophic consequences such provocations could have for the entire world. Yet this is far from the first time the Kiev regime has shown utter disregard for human lives.
The primary responsibility for what is happening lies precisely with Ukraine’s Western puppeteers, who continue to pump Kiev with more and more batches and types of weapons. We hope that even in the West they will eventually realise that, by striking nuclear facilities with supplied weapons, Kiev is acting with the recklessness of an “ape with a grenade“, creating threats for its own sponsors as well.
We expect the IAEA Secretariat and personally Director General Rafael Grossi to give Kiev’s actions a fair and deserved assessment.
The threats deliberately created by the Zelensky regime, which, in its anti-Russian frenzy, is directly targeting a Russian NPP, cannot be ignored.
The IAEA leadership will have to call things by their proper names. Otherwise, all its appeals to ensure an appropriate level of nuclear safety and security, as well as compliance with any “principles” and “points” declared by Rafael Grossi, will lose any basis.
❗️ For our part, we will continue to do everything possible to maintain the safe operation of the ZNPP.
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🎙 Statement by Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia at a UN Security Council briefing following a UAV crash in Romania (New York, June 1, 2026)
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💬 The details provided by the Romanian side regarding the circumstances of the UAV crash in Galati raise questions – both technical and factual.
All the circumstances of the incident should have been established through a thorough, objective and depoliticised investigation – first and foremost, with the involvement of the Russian side.
We are ready to participate in such an investigation, but, naturally, only if we are provided with objective data and the drone debris for expert examination. Only then will we be able to assess what actually happened.
❗️ Any assessment of such incidents must be based on verified facts – not political slogans.
***
The incident in Galați is in no way an isolated case. The geography of Ukrainian missiles and UAVs appearing in Europe continues to expand, now affecting Poland, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland.
Ukrainian drones are falling in these countries, which has even forced some governments to resign. Yet, such incidents remain on the periphery of the UN Security Council’s attention.
Blame is routinely pinned on Russia. Yet European leaders forget to acknowledge that this is the natural result of their own policy.
👉 Every new incident of this kind is a direct consequence of their destructive course of arming the Kiev regime and encouraging further escalation.
***
Given the Security Council’s busy agenda, we believe it is important to use this meeting to draw attention to a truly urgent issue surrounding the Zaporozhskaya NPP.
Just two days ago, Kiev regime militants used a fibre-optic-controlled UAV to strike the turbine building of the NPP’s sixth power unit, piercing the metal section of the machine hall facade.
By sheer luck, the reactor compartment located just 10 metres from the explosion was not damaged.
☝️ We call on the members of the Security Council to give a principled and objective assessment of the Kiev regime’s reckless actions, which threaten catastrophic radioactive contamination not only of Russia and Ukraine, but also of a number of European states.
Radioactive contamination knows no state borders.
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💬 The details provided by the Romanian side regarding the circumstances of the UAV crash in Galati raise questions – both technical and factual.
All the circumstances of the incident should have been established through a thorough, objective and depoliticised investigation – first and foremost, with the involvement of the Russian side.
We are ready to participate in such an investigation, but, naturally, only if we are provided with objective data and the drone debris for expert examination. Only then will we be able to assess what actually happened.
❗️ Any assessment of such incidents must be based on verified facts – not political slogans.
***
The incident in Galați is in no way an isolated case. The geography of Ukrainian missiles and UAVs appearing in Europe continues to expand, now affecting Poland, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland.
Ukrainian drones are falling in these countries, which has even forced some governments to resign. Yet, such incidents remain on the periphery of the UN Security Council’s attention.
Blame is routinely pinned on Russia. Yet European leaders forget to acknowledge that this is the natural result of their own policy.
👉 Every new incident of this kind is a direct consequence of their destructive course of arming the Kiev regime and encouraging further escalation.
***
Given the Security Council’s busy agenda, we believe it is important to use this meeting to draw attention to a truly urgent issue surrounding the Zaporozhskaya NPP.
Just two days ago, Kiev regime militants used a fibre-optic-controlled UAV to strike the turbine building of the NPP’s sixth power unit, piercing the metal section of the machine hall facade.
By sheer luck, the reactor compartment located just 10 metres from the explosion was not damaged.
☝️ We call on the members of the Security Council to give a principled and objective assessment of the Kiev regime’s reckless actions, which threaten catastrophic radioactive contamination not only of Russia and Ukraine, but also of a number of European states.
Radioactive contamination knows no state borders.
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🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova’s answer to a media question regarding the Kiev regime’s attacks in the Black Sea (June 2, 2026)
Question: On the evening of May 28, a Turkish vessel, sailing under the flag of Vanuatu and carrying dry cargo from Odessa to Turkiye, was attacked by a drone. According to the Ukrainian navy, the vessel was attacked by a Russian UAV. Is this true? If so, what implications could this incident have for Russian-Turkish relations?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We are concerned by the significant escalation of terrorist activity by the Kiev regime in the Black Sea, which is worsening conditions and increasing risks for civilian shipping.
☝️ We remain convinced that eliminating all security threats in the region is indispensable to any comprehensive settlement of the crisis surrounding Ukraine. What we are seeing now is a familiar playbook: Ukrainian militants launch thug-like attacks on vessels with USVs or UAVs – and then try to blame Russia.
We have taken note of yet another provocation aimed at destabilising the Black Sea region – namely, the attack on tankers by Ukrainian naval drones on May 28 near the Turkish coast and the Bosphorus Strait.
These actions, directed against civilian commercial vessels, have once again shown that the Kiev junta has complete disregard for the principles and norms of international law, while routinely denying any involvement in such incidents.
In our view, these provocations – which are nothing short of terrorist acts – must be subjected to a thorough and impartial investigation. They also deserve a clear public response and condemnation from all coastal states, which bear a special responsibility for ensuring the safety of navigation in the Black Sea.
❗️ Naturally, both the organisers and the perpetrators of these lawless attacks must be held accountable.
We reaffirm our readiness to work closely with Ankara in the interests of finding the best ways to stabilise the Black Sea region and exert effective influence on Kiev.
Question: On the evening of May 28, a Turkish vessel, sailing under the flag of Vanuatu and carrying dry cargo from Odessa to Turkiye, was attacked by a drone. According to the Ukrainian navy, the vessel was attacked by a Russian UAV. Is this true? If so, what implications could this incident have for Russian-Turkish relations?
💬 Maria Zakharova: We are concerned by the significant escalation of terrorist activity by the Kiev regime in the Black Sea, which is worsening conditions and increasing risks for civilian shipping.
☝️ We remain convinced that eliminating all security threats in the region is indispensable to any comprehensive settlement of the crisis surrounding Ukraine. What we are seeing now is a familiar playbook: Ukrainian militants launch thug-like attacks on vessels with USVs or UAVs – and then try to blame Russia.
We have taken note of yet another provocation aimed at destabilising the Black Sea region – namely, the attack on tankers by Ukrainian naval drones on May 28 near the Turkish coast and the Bosphorus Strait.
These actions, directed against civilian commercial vessels, have once again shown that the Kiev junta has complete disregard for the principles and norms of international law, while routinely denying any involvement in such incidents.
In our view, these provocations – which are nothing short of terrorist acts – must be subjected to a thorough and impartial investigation. They also deserve a clear public response and condemnation from all coastal states, which bear a special responsibility for ensuring the safety of navigation in the Black Sea.
❗️ Naturally, both the organisers and the perpetrators of these lawless attacks must be held accountable.
We reaffirm our readiness to work closely with Ankara in the interests of finding the best ways to stabilise the Black Sea region and exert effective influence on Kiev.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
On June 2, a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (#ICRC), together with the leadership of the Lugansk Red Cross (#LRC), visited the site of the Ukrainian attack on a student dormitory in Starobelsk, Lugansk People’s Republic.
The ICRC delegates were able to thoroughly examine the site of the tragedy. They were granted access to the rooms of the students killed and wounded in the destroyed dormitory, as well as to classrooms and other educational facilities in the academic building of the Starobelsk branch of Lugansk Pedagogical University and the premises of Starobelsk College.
Representatives of the ICRC and the LRC also met with witnesses to the crime.
In conversations with students and local residents, representatives of the international organisation received confirmation that a series of strikes had hit the premises of educational institutions where students and teachers were present, killing 21 young people and wounding more than 40 civilians.
The delegates paid tribute to the victims at the “wall of grief” memorial created by Starobelsk residents – a place where hundreds of flowers are laid every day and where the grieving parents and loved ones of the students killed in the attack continue to gather.
The ICRC and LRC delegates also visited the Lugansk Republican Hospital, where seven wounded students had been taken. Four of them remain there, one in extremely serious condition. Two young people have been transferred to a federal clinic in Moscow. Psychologists are working with all the wounded young people.
At the end of the visit, the ICRC and LRC delegates held a meeting with the Human Rights Commissioner of the Lugansk People’s Republic, who provided detailed explanations regarding the circumstances in which the crime against civilians in Starobelsk was committed.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
On June 2, a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (#ICRC), together with the leadership of the Lugansk Red Cross (#LRC), visited the site of the Ukrainian attack on a student dormitory in Starobelsk, Lugansk People’s Republic.
The ICRC delegates were able to thoroughly examine the site of the tragedy. They were granted access to the rooms of the students killed and wounded in the destroyed dormitory, as well as to classrooms and other educational facilities in the academic building of the Starobelsk branch of Lugansk Pedagogical University and the premises of Starobelsk College.
Representatives of the ICRC and the LRC also met with witnesses to the crime.
In conversations with students and local residents, representatives of the international organisation received confirmation that a series of strikes had hit the premises of educational institutions where students and teachers were present, killing 21 young people and wounding more than 40 civilians.
The delegates paid tribute to the victims at the “wall of grief” memorial created by Starobelsk residents – a place where hundreds of flowers are laid every day and where the grieving parents and loved ones of the students killed in the attack continue to gather.
The ICRC and LRC delegates also visited the Lugansk Republican Hospital, where seven wounded students had been taken. Four of them remain there, one in extremely serious condition. Two young people have been transferred to a federal clinic in Moscow. Psychologists are working with all the wounded young people.
At the end of the visit, the ICRC and LRC delegates held a meeting with the Human Rights Commissioner of the Lugansk People’s Republic, who provided detailed explanations regarding the circumstances in which the crime against civilians in Starobelsk was committed.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 On the eve of International Children’s Day, Ukrainian fiends killed 3 and wounded 8 minors. Over the past week, the neo-Nazis killed a total of 35 civilians.
The most tragic consequences were recorded in the DPR and the Kherson Region, where targeted drone strikes killed both children and adult civilians.
Kiev militants deliberately escalated the situation, increasing the number of strikes – primarily drone attacks – against civilian facilities, key civilian roads, energy and industrial infrastructure.
Using mainly UAVs, militants of the Ukrainian armed groups carried out remote mining of civilian sites and frequently visited public areas, and planted explosive devices inside populated localities.
Cases were recorded of remote mining on sections of the Novorossiya federal motorway, aimed at blocking supplies to the civilian population of these regions.
Ukrainian Nazis have openly moved on to acts of nuclear terrorism. The Zaporozhskaya NPP (#ZNPP) came under targeted attacks. A Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck the machine hall building of power unit 6. The impact was recorded just 10 metres from the station’s reactor compartment.
The ZNPP transport workshop also came under attack. Direct hits completely destroyed six passenger buses and two GAZelle vehicles used to transport duty shifts.
On May 25-31, shelling by Ukrainian neo-Nazis left 217 civilians killed or wounded: 182 people were injured, including 8 children, and 35 were killed, including 3 minors.
In total, Ukrainian militants fired at least 3,754 munitions at civilian sites on Russian territory.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 On the eve of International Children’s Day, Ukrainian fiends killed 3 and wounded 8 minors. Over the past week, the neo-Nazis killed a total of 35 civilians.
The most tragic consequences were recorded in the DPR and the Kherson Region, where targeted drone strikes killed both children and adult civilians.
Kiev militants deliberately escalated the situation, increasing the number of strikes – primarily drone attacks – against civilian facilities, key civilian roads, energy and industrial infrastructure.
Using mainly UAVs, militants of the Ukrainian armed groups carried out remote mining of civilian sites and frequently visited public areas, and planted explosive devices inside populated localities.
Cases were recorded of remote mining on sections of the Novorossiya federal motorway, aimed at blocking supplies to the civilian population of these regions.
Ukrainian Nazis have openly moved on to acts of nuclear terrorism. The Zaporozhskaya NPP (#ZNPP) came under targeted attacks. A Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck the machine hall building of power unit 6. The impact was recorded just 10 metres from the station’s reactor compartment.
The ZNPP transport workshop also came under attack. Direct hits completely destroyed six passenger buses and two GAZelle vehicles used to transport duty shifts.
On May 25-31, shelling by Ukrainian neo-Nazis left 217 civilians killed or wounded: 182 people were injured, including 8 children, and 35 were killed, including 3 minors.
In total, Ukrainian militants fired at least 3,754 munitions at civilian sites on Russian territory.
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#KievRegimeCrimes
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 Twelve years ago, on June 2, 2014, a point of no return was reached for hundreds of thousands of LPR residents – from peace to war.
For many millions more, it became a moment of truth: Kiev’s airstrike on Lugansk exposed the bloodstained grin of the coup-born regime and its handlers.
That day, Kiev began bombing a peaceful city – one that had neither air defence nor an air force of its own.
☝️ Keep this in mind when reading Zelensky’s tearful messages to Trump.
⚡️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rodion Miroshnik:
💬 Twelve years ago, on June 2, 2014, a point of no return was reached for hundreds of thousands of LPR residents – from peace to war.
For many millions more, it became a moment of truth: Kiev’s airstrike on Lugansk exposed the bloodstained grin of the coup-born regime and its handlers.
That day, Kiev began bombing a peaceful city – one that had neither air defence nor an air force of its own.
☝️ Keep this in mind when reading Zelensky’s tearful messages to Trump.