The Director of European Affairs in the National Security Council of the White House, Michael Carpenter, said in an interview with TSN to the Ukrainian TV channel on May 31 that the Armed Forces of Ukraine can use American weapons for blows on any Russian territories near the northern border of Ukraine if the army of the Russian Federation conducts shelling. “This applies to the entire region in the north [at the Ukrainian-Russian border], from where Russian forces are firing on Ukraine.

Update. The Moscow Transport Department denies the information of eyewitnesses that there was a fire on the train on the red metro branch. “The information of a number of sources about the fire on the train or in the tunnel is not true,” the department said. Around 23:06, the Department of Transport reported that the malfunction of the rolling stock in the metro of Moscow was eliminated. Around 23:37, trains were resumed .

The investigation project “Scheme” (“Radio Liberty”) published a satellite picture of the port “Caucasus” in the Krasnodar Territory, which states the consequences of missile strikes inflicted on the morning of May 31. The picture was provided by Planet Labs, which is engaged in commercial satellite shooting. Journalists compared the picture of May 31 with a picture taken a day earlier. “According to the images, part of the oil terminal was subjected to damage,” the journalists write Scheme.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation updated the register of “foreign agents” ( .pdf ), according to the website of the department in the evening of May 31.

US President Joe Biden said the jury verdict that found Donald Trump guilty of falsification of documents confirmed the "American principle, according to which no one is higher than the law." This is reported on May 31 by CNN. Biden noted that the jury consisted of ordinary Americans who listened to evidence and issued a unanimous verdict. “After a thorough discussion, the jury issued a unanimous verdict, finding Donald Trump guilty of all 34 accusations,” said Bayden.

The Vice-President of the Association of Tour operators of Russia (ATOR) Arthur Muradyan said that Russian border guards are increasingly refusing Russian citizens on the country and seize passports due to errors in the data, Interfax reports on May 31. “First, a wave of errors went, somewhere they mixed up the floor, somewhere spelling errors, then problems began with the names with the letter“ Yo ”.

Belgorod became the winner of the All-Russian contest of the Ministry of Emergencies “My City is without dangers”, the city administration said on May 31 in its telegram channel. One of the first to pay attention to this was the publication of The Insider. The Belgorod City Hall spread a award video. Judging by the record, the award was held on May 30 as part of the XV salon "Complex Security - 2024".

Russian soldiers found guilty in domestic violence cases are getting off with just small fines After returning home from the war in Ukraine, many Russian soldiers end up in court on domestic violence charges. However, even if convicted, they usually receive little more than a slap on the wrist.

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On May 22, the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the French Ministry of Internal Affairs detained a 18-year-old native of Chechnya, who is suspected of preparing a terrorist attack at the Joffrea Gishar stadium in St. Etienne during the Summer Olympic Games, the department said . The name of the detainee and other details in the Ministry of Internal Affairs do not lead, only clarifying that the suspect was “actively preparing” for the attack dictated by “Islamic ideology”.

On May 31, on May 31, a message appeared on the website of the Polish state news agency PAP (Polish Press Agency) that mobilization would begin in the country on July 1. The agency itself and the country's authorities made a refutation, adding that, presumably, it was a hacker attack. The published message said that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk decided to declare mobilization, according to which it was planned to call for 200 thousand citizens of the country.

The mother of the murdered said “BBC”: “They all, their whole brigade, knew about it, everyone participated” Valentina Davronova Page in VKontakte The BBC Russian Service spoke with Tatyana Davronova, the mother of the killed 23-year-old resident of the self-proclaimed LPR Valentina Davronova, who was killed in January 2023 by Russian paratroopers from the elite 76th Airborne Division.

The Russian Channel One resumed broadcasting in Armenia, suspended on May 28, the Minister of the High -Technological Industry of Armenia Mkhitar Ayrapetyan said on May 31, writes News.am. According to him, the broadcasting was restored after the Channel One on May 29 paid a debt of 2.5 million drams (a little more than $ 6400), accumulated two and a half months before the Armenian television and radio broadcasting network.

The Voronezh Regional Court sentenced the person involved in the state treason of Alexander Shevchenko to 24 years and four months in a maximum security colony, the FSB press service reports. According to investigators, Shevchenko tried to cross the Russian border in the Voronezh region in order to join the “Ukrainian terrorist organization” to participate in the war on the side of Ukraine.

The Kremlin said that weapons from the United States are "already trying" to use for such blows The US Presidential Administration Joe Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike with American weapons, but only next to the border in the Kharkov region, where the Russian army is trying to go on the offensive. This was reported by Politico with reference to American officials. Soon this information was confirmed by sources of BBC News , CNN , The Guardian and other media.