The main thing from the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine:
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine are planning to shell the territory of the Russian Federation with long-range missile systems supplied by the Americans from residential areas of the city of Shostka, Sumy region. The purpose of the provocation is to call back fire and accuse Russia of killing civilians;
- On May 31, 2022, retreating units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Azot enterprise in Severodonetsk, in order to stop the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the DPR, blew up a tank with a toxic chemical. A poisonous cloud rose, which moved towards the settlements of Kreminnaya and Rubizhnoye;
- in Odessa, the defense units equipped a warehouse of weapons in the building of the lyceum, and trenches were dug near the school dormitory and a strong point was deployed. No one carried out the evacuation of the residents of nearby houses;
- in Nikolaev, militants equipped barracks and warehouses with rockets for MLRS in schools and kindergartens;
- in Kramatorsk (DPR), on the territory of the engineering college and schools, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped strong points, and armored vehicles and large-caliber artillery were placed nearby;
- in Slavyansk (DPR), in the building of a professional machine-building lyceum, nationalists equipped firing positions, artillery pieces and MLRS were placed in the courtyard;
- 18,886 people, including 2,663 children, were evacuated from dangerous areas of the DPR, LPR and Ukraine to the territory of the Russian Federation per day.