China News Agency, Beijing, June 1st. Comprehensive news: The U.S. government announced on May 31 that it will provide Ukraine with a medium-range rocket launch system.
Gazprom said it completely halted gas supplies to Germany from Denmark's Orsted and Shell Energy Europe Ltd. due to unpaid rubles.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Moscow has done everything possible to mediate the food issue, but Western countries have deliberately interfered.
Zelensky said Ukraine was losing 60 to 100 soldiers a day.
U.S. to provide Ukraine with medium-range rocket launch systems
According to the Associated Press, the Biden administration announced on May 31, local time, that it would provide Ukraine with a small number of high-tech medium-range rocket launch systems, a key weapon that Ukrainian leaders have been wanting in the near future.
Some U.S. officials said that these medium-range rocket launch systems are included in a new round of security assistance that the U.S. will provide to Ukraine worth $700 million, along with helicopters, Javelin anti-tank missiles, tactical armored vehicles and related accessories. and other materials.
It is reported that this is the 11th time that the United States has provided security assistance to Ukraine since August last year, and it is also the first time that the United States has used the US$40 billion in aid funds approved by Congress recently.
According to the Associated Press, the medium-range rocket launch systems have a range of about 70 kilometers.
The U.S. claims that Ukraine has assured that it will not launch rockets into Russian territory.
A U.S. official noted that the advanced rocket-launching system would allow Ukrainian forces to more precisely target Russian targets in Ukraine.
On May 31, local time, US President Biden published a signed article in the New York Times.
Biden said in the article that, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, the war can only be finally resolved through diplomatic means.
The United States has provided Ukraine with a large amount of weapons and ammunition to enable it to fight on the battlefield and gain a greater advantage at the negotiating table.
Biden said the United States does not seek war between NATO and Russia, "as long as the United States or our allies are not attacked, we will not be directly involved in this conflict, whether it is sending American troops to fight in Ukraine, or attacking Russia. The military. We did not encourage or allow Ukraine to launch attacks outside its borders.”
Biden said we see no indication that Russia intends to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Nor will we push for regime change in Russia.
Gazprom suspends gas supply to two major European energy companies
Gazprom said on the 1st that it has completely stopped gas supplies from Denmark's Orsted and Shell Energy Europe Ltd. to Germany due to unpaid rubles.
French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier that he did not rule out a possible future embargo on Russian natural gas in Europe.
He pointed out that everything will depend on the development of the situation in Ukraine.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said sanctions on Russian oil and gas would last for years.
Belgian Prime Minister De Crowe believes that EU countries should suspend new sanctions against Russia and observe the effect of previous measures.
The Russian Foreign Minister said that Russia is trying its best to solve the food problem, but the West is interfering
The Russian Satellite News Agency reported on May 31 that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that Moscow had done everything possible to mediate the food issue. At the same time, the West banned Russian ships from entering its ports and deliberately provoked a crisis.
Lavrov pointed out that in order for Ukrainian grains to be shipped freely, Kyiv must clear the mines they laid in the port.
If the demining problem can be solved, the Russian Navy will ensure the unobstructed navigation of these ships in the Mediterranean Sea and on their way to the destination port on the high seas.
The Russian Satellite News Agency quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense on the 1st as saying that the "Hurricane" salvo rocket system of the Russian armed forces destroyed the "camouflaged technical equipment" of the Ukrainian army in accordance with the target instructions of the "Seahawk" UAV.
Zelensky says Ukraine is losing 60 to 100 soldiers a day
According to CNN reports, on May 31, local time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the situation in eastern Ukraine is very tense, and that 60 to 100 soldiers will be lost every day.
He also said that Russia had "blocked grain shipments" in the Black Sea.
In order to break through the blockade, the Ukrainian side needs to fight, and it needs to have weapons with an effective range of 120 kilometers to 140 kilometers.
There are suspicions that Ukraine may attack Russia with a rocket-launching system provided by the United States.
Zelensky said that Ukraine is not interested in Russia and does not intend to attack Russia. "We are not fighting on their territory."
On the evening of May 31, Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops had made progress in the Kherson and Kharkiv regions and were preventing Russian troops from entering Zaporozhye.
The head of the Luhansk Military and Political Administration stated on June 1 that the Russian army was "raiding" the city of Severo-Donetsk.
Since May 31, the Russian army has launched attacks in the north, east and south of Severo Donetsk, and now has control of most of the city.
Ukrainian agencies said that since the conflict between Ukraine and Russia this year, at least 243 children have been killed and 446 injured in Ukraine.
In addition, at least 1,937 educational institutions were damaged, of which 181 were completely destroyed.
The Russian Satellite News Agency reported on the 1st that the Greek Ministry of Defense confirmed that it will send BMP-1 infantry armored vehicles to Ukraine, and at the same time fill the gap with German-made equipment in accordance with the agreement reached between Greece and Germany.
Italian PM says almost all EU powers oppose Ukraine 'jumping the line'
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency reported on May 31, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said that almost all major EU countries are opposed to granting Ukraine EU candidate status, and other countries waiting in line to join the EU are also opposed to doing so.
Draghi said, "I have supported Ukraine's accession to the EU from the beginning. On the issue of candidate status, almost all EU powers are opposed to it, except Italy." (End)