Russia claimed Ukraine struck Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, alleging damage to the turbine hall of power unit No. 6. The Russian side provided no evidence for the claim.
Russian forces tried to trick Ukrainian troops near Vovchansk with a truck and trailer converted into an improvised pontoon crossing. Drone operators from the 57th Brigade’s 2nd Battalion and other units destroyed it.
Ukraine’s SBU Alpha unit hit more than 500 enemy vehicles over the past week, burning Russian rear logistics and destroying trucks, special equipment and other transport assets.
❗️❗️Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems drones destroyed an Iskander missile system and two Tu-142 aircraft at a military airfield in Taganrog, Russia, overnight on May 30.
A drone attack hit Taganrog in Russia’s Rostov region overnight, setting fire to a tanker, fuel tank and administrative building at the port. Local officials said two people were injured when a UAV struck a private house.
Russian losses per 30/05/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff+1430 men+2 tanks+7 ACVs+70 artillery+5 (!) MLRS+1 AD system+1781 UAVs+4 GRCs+6 cruise missiles
Over 200 Ukrainian drones are heading for Russian and occupied territories. Jet-powered drones have reportedly entered Russian territory heading for Yaroslavl.. possibly the refinery.
❗️Russian channels are warning that Ukrainian strikes on air defenses and logistics infrastructure across occupied territories are steadily degrading key supply routes. Posts circulating in Russian information spaces claim time is running out to secure logistics corridors before autumn and warn of potentially severe consequences if disruptions continue.
Putin claimed a Ukrainian drone attacked a Romanian apartment block while saying he did not know what happened in Romania. He also demanded that the drone debris be handed to Russia for examination, mirroring Moscow’s own framing of alleged drone incidents involving Russian sites.
Storm Shadow missiles hit Taganrog Central airfield on May 27, causing impacts and destruction at the communications and radio-technical support battalion area. The damaged site is critical to the airfield’s functioning, a direct blow to operational support infrastructure.
Ukraine’s SBU hit a key FSB electronic intelligence facility in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai with drones, disabling core systems at the site. The facility was used for reconnaissance and for guiding missile and Shahed strikes against Ukraine, making the loss operationally significant.
Additional footage from Chuvashia. It is still unclear what happened.
❗️Russia issued missile alerts in Yamal and the Urals for the first time, pushing warnings deep into the country as Yamal sits more than 2,500 km from Ukraine.
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed overnight strikes on Russia’s Volgograd oil refinery, halting production processes at the 15m-ton-per-year plant. The facility sits 500 km from the front and functions as a fuel hub between enemy frontline and rear units. AVT-1, AVT-3, AVT-5, AVT-6 and secondary processing units were hit.
A Russian soldier filmed the moment two kamikaze drones attacked his truck near Berdyansk, capturing one drone being shot down as the second continued the strike sequence.
Russian channels are complaining that Ukraine has begun active remote mining of rear roads in occupied territory.
An explosion was reported in Russia’s Chuvashia amid a missile alert. Details on the target, damage and possible casualties are not yet available.
Zelensky said Ukrainian intelligence has information that Russia is preparing another mass strike. He said partners must know Moscow still relies on missiles and war, not diplomacy, making faster air defense delivery and stronger sanctions essential.
❗️Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said the EU needs a special envoy to represent its interests in any Ukraine-Russia peace talks, but not as a neutral mediator. He said Europe backs Ukraine and has interests that overlap with Kyiv’s but go beyond them.
Russian analyst Rybar says Ukraine is systematically disrupting Russian supply across the southern occupied regions, not just Crimea. He says Hornet drones are most active on the Mariupol-Melitopol route, long-range FPVs are hitting Donetsk and its ring road, while Hornet and Bulava drones strike routes in occupied Luhansk. Rybar warns the impact goes far beyond fuel and goods shortages.