Russia-Ukraine live news: Russia destroys large Ukrainian arsenal

by | May 29, 2022

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says situation in eastern Ukraine is ‘very difficult’ as fighting rages in the city of Severodonetsk.

The Russian defence ministry has said it destroyed a large arsenal of the Ukrainian army in the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine. [Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters]By Arwa Ibrahim, Zaheena Rasheed and Dalia HatuqaPublished On 28 May 202228 May 2022

  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is expecting “good news” on weapons deliveries amid a “very difficult” situation in the east of his country.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin tells the leaders of France and Germany that Moscow is ready to look for ways to ship grain stuck in Ukrainian ports.
  • Putin cautions German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron against providing Ukraine with heavy weapons in an 80-minute phone call.
  • Russia’s army claims it has captured the strategic town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine.
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