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Zelensky cheers Ukraine drone strikes on Putin's planes, missiles and oil industry deep into Russian territory
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Drones caused fires at Putin's oil facilities overnight into Saturday, Ukrainian officials said, in what appeared to be the latest attack on Moscow's vital industry.

Authorities in the Rostov region said falling drone debris sparked a fire that damaged an oil depot and tanker in the port of Taganrog, while officials in the neighbouring Krasnodar region reported a fire breaking out at an oil depot in Armavir.

'Another facility of Russia's oil industry has been reached - Armavir,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X on Saturday of the attack in the Krasnodar region, noting that Armavir is '500 kilometres from our state border'.

'We are rightfully bringing the war back to where it came from,' he added.

It was also reported on Saturday that Ukrainian drones had destroyed two Russian Tu-142 naval aircraft and an Iskander ballistic missile system.

They were attacked at a military airfield in Taganrog, a port city on the Sea of Azov in Rostov Oblast, Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi said.
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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of May 30 (updated)
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[NewsFront] 21:32 From 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted andd estroyed19 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Rostov, Smolensk regions and the Republic of Crimea.

19:29 During aerial surveillance, UAV operators discovered the position of a mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was carrying out indiscriminate strikes in the direction of the Belgorod region.

The servicemen of the Northern Guard worked on the target with FPV drones and destroyed enemy weapon.

19:18 Assault units of the 58th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group are working on driving on the training ground.

17:57 Attack aircraft of the 98th Guards Airborne Division of the Dnepr group opened and destroyed an extensive system of underground fortifications of the enemy in the Zaporizhzhia direction.

12:43 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces west and south of Charivnoye, –MAP

12:25 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of May 30, 2026

In response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces launched a group strike using long-range, land- and air-based precision weapons and strike drones against military airfields, energy, fuel, and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The strike targets were achieved, all designated objects were hit.

Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, motorized infantry, and unmanned systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the villages of Izbitskoye, Bely Kolodez, and Staritsa in the Kharkiv region.

In the Sumy region, units of a mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Khoten, Bachevsk, Kondratovka, and Ivolzhanskoye in the Sumy region.

The enemy lost up to 200 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and 16 vehicles.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Shchurovo, Sidorov, and Svyatogorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Velyka Shapkovka and Shiykovka in the Kharkiv region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 180 servicemen, 21 vehicles, two field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Nikolaevka, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Artema, Rai-Aleksandrovka, Piskunovka, Konstantinovka, and Malinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 85 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four artillery pieces and 13 vehicles.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Vodyanskoye, Annovka, Belitskoye, Sergeyevka, and Novooleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 340 military personnel, eight armored combat vehicles and four cars.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, three airborne assault brigades, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Podgavrilovka, Malomykhaylovka, and Kolomiytsy in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Timoshivka, Kopani, and Komsomolske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 455 servicemen, nine vehicles and an artillery piece.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Grigorovka, Belogorye and Dimitrovo in the Zaporizhzhia region.

11:29 Russian aviation destroys Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Volchansky district, video.

08:42 Servicemen of the 92nd Engineer Regiment as part of the "North" group destroyed explosive objects of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the liberated territories.

07:34 During the past night, from 20:00 Moscow time on May 29 to 7:00 Moscow time on May 30, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 127 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula, Ulyanovsk regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

06:30 Servicemen of the 41st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Center group are working on conducting assault operations at one of the training grounds in the rear area of the SVO zone.

05:00 A 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S crew from the 72nd Artillery Brigade of the Zapad group destroyed a camouflaged stronghold containing enemy manpower and a control point for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Krasnolimansk direction.

Artillerymen of the Vostok group destroyed enemy strongholds in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Servicemen from the Southern Group used precision artillery strikes to hit UAV launch sites and shelters housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Konstantinovsky direction.

Posted by: badanov || 05/31/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1823 views] Top|| File under:



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