◼️ In Starobelsk, Russia's Lugansk People's Republic, not far from the site of the tragedy, a spontaneous memorial has been erected in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack carried out by the Kiev regime. The city's residents, fellow students, relatives and friends of those killed and injured continue to bring flowers...

📆 On May 24, Russia and many other countries celebrate the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture — a holiday honoring the memory of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the Equal-to-the-Apostles brothers and outstanding enlighteners of the Slavic peoples. They are regarded as the creators of the first Slavic alphabet, and their work laid the foundation for the development of Slavic — including Russian — writing, literature, and education.

In Russia, the holiday was first widely celebrated in 1863, marking the millennium of Slavic literacy. That same year, the Holy Synod decreed that the memory of Cyril and Methodius should be commemorated annually. In the Soviet Union, the idea of reviving the celebration emerged in 1986, and in 1991 it was granted official state status.

🌍 Slavic languages have a rich history and are spoken across a vast geographic area. Today, more than 400 million people speak languages belonging to the Slavic group. Depending on the classification, the group includes between 10 and 18 languages, the largest and most widely spoken of which is Russian.

💬 Maria Zakharova:

The uniqueness of this holiday lies in the fact that it plays a major role both in uniting Russian society and in strengthening its ties with Slavic peoples on the basis of shared historical and cultural traditions.

(From the briefing by the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official spokeswoman on May 21, 2026)

This year, Moscow’s celebrations of the Day of Slavic Literature and Culture will take place on May 24 at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, where a festive concert featuring leading figures of academic arts will be held. As is customary, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will deliver a welcoming address.

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🎙 Human Rights Commissioner Yana Latratova’s comment at the site of the tragedy in Starobelsk

💬 A horrific tragedy happened here, in the school, on May 22. At night, when the children were asleep – you can see their photos <...> – 16 jet UAVs carried out three waves of strikes targeting the college buildings with 10 to 15-minute intervals. There were 16 drones. They were waiting for the children to start leaving the building. They were shooting directly at children. Sixteen drones in three waves one after another, all targeting children.

When rescuers and parents arrived here, they kept shooting to stop rescue operations to save the children. There were 21 fatalities among children. Many children were injured.

What we saw was hypocrisy and lies. They said there were military facilities here. Where are the military facilities? Just show them. There are only children's belongings here. Nothing here belonged to the military personnel. You can look around. There have never been any military facilities here. It is a college, it is a school where children used to study.

These children wanted to be teachers. The wanted to have a future, they were very creative. But their lives have been cut short.

Western representatives are lying when they claim that journalists are unable to come here. But you are here. Where is CNN? Where is the BBC? Where are the Japanese media? They are not here. You can see it yourselves. They are lying.

They call it an incident. Do you call the deaths of these children an incident?

These children were born in 2006 or 2007. <...> When they were seven years old, war came to their city. Now that they grew older, death has come for them.

The confrontation continues. Since the Kiev aggression against civilians began in 2014, over 12,000 people died, and there were over 40,000 injured.

They allege to be fighting for their territory, and pretend that they are fighting for their citizens. But look here – they divide them into the first and second class. Ukrainian journalists call Donbass residents ‘genetic trash.’

What about human rights? What about abiding by the UN Security Council resolutions? What about support from other countries? There is none.

It is a war crime as per international humanitarian law. I have sent letters to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations Human Rights Council. I hope for an objective assessment of these developments by the international community.

🕯 It is hard to imagine the feelings of a mother whose child dies. These days have been declared the days of mourning in the republic. We grieve alongside the parents.

#KievRegimeCrimes

On May 20, members of the Eurasian Economic Commission's Council approved a new version of the Procedure for the Development and Adoption of Lists of Standards Ensuring the Implementation of Technical Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union.
 
The decision concerns the lists of international and regional (interstate) standards, and in the absence thereof, national (state) standards, the application of which on a voluntary basis ensures compliance with the requirements of the technical regulations of the EAEU; and the lists of international and regional (interstate) standards, and in the absence thereof, national (state) standards of the Union countries, as well as research (testing) and measurement methods containing rules and methods of research (testing) and measurements, including rules for sampling, necessary for the application and implementation of the requirements of the technical regulations of the EAEU and the implementation of conformity assessment of facilities subject to technical regulation.
 
The specified Procedure was approved by the EEC Council in 2016.
 
The new version of the Procedure resolves a number of practical issues in the law enforcement practice.
In particular, the issue of applying test methods included in the lists of standards and ensuring access to their texts has been resolved, taking into account the specifics of copyright ownership of such documents. The cases in which changes to the lists of standards are made selectively and when a new version must be approved have been clarified.
 
Standards for metrological examination of draft lists of standards and amendments thereto have been optimized.
The procedures for preparing proposals for amendments to the lists of standards have also been adjusted in order to reduce the timeframe for such procedures.
 
The decision of the EEC Council shall enter into force after 30 calendar days have elapsed from the date of its official publication.

#EAEU #EEC

⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry statement on strikes by the Kiev regime’s militants against Russia’s civilian population (May 25, 2026)

The gruesome UAV attack carried out by the Ukrainian armed forces on the night of May 22 against the academic building and dormitory of a college of Lugansk State Pedagogical University in Starobelsk, LPR, has become yet another glaring testimony to the Nazi and terrorist nature of the Kiev regime, which deliberately strikes civilians and does not stop short of the cold-blooded murder of children.

Zelensky’s junta and its Western sponsors, which supply the Ukrainian military with the means to commit crimes against our people, have demonstrated to the entire world their blatant disregard for international humanitarian law.

This is a direct violation of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols regulating the protection of civilians during conflicts, the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, and a number of other important international instruments.

This has exhausted Russia’s patience.

Under the circumstances, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are beginning to deliver consistent, systematic strikes against Ukrainian defence industry enterprises in Kiev, including specific sites used for the design, production, programming and preparation for use of UAVs employed by the Kiev regime with the assistance of NATO specialists responsible for supplying components, providing intelligence data and target designation.

Strikes will also be carried out against decision-making centres and command posts.

❗️ Given that the above-mentioned facilities are dispersed across Kiev:

👉 we warn foreign nationals, including staff of diplomatic missions and representative offices of international organisations, of the need to leave the city as soon as possible,
👉 urge residents of the Ukrainian capital not to approach the military and administrative infrastructure facilities of the Zelensky regime.

⚡️ Russian Foreign Ministry statement on the conclusion of the NPT Review Conference (May 23, 2026)

The 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (#NPT) completed its work on May 22. Held in New York, it lasted for four weeks and was chaired by Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations.

The conference took place against the dramatic deterioration of the regional and global security environment, which is marked by a significant escalation of threats and the growing importance of strong-arm politics in international affairs.

The event demonstrated the existence of stark differences between many state parties to the NPT, which defined the way the debates unfolded and their substance, as well as the conference’s overall outcome.

The aggression by Israel and the US against Iran in June 2025 and February and March 2026 under the far-fetched pretext of defending the nuclear non-proliferation regime became a major stumbling block in terms of achieving the forum’s objectives. This was not the first time the NPT was used as a means of settling political scores and justifying the use of force. However, the latest developments demonstrated that these unprovoked, unjustified and unlawful actions can have disastrous consequences for the NPT. The conference was ill equipped to offer an accurate assessment of the Iran situation.

The delegations of the so-called collective West contributed to creating an unfavourable environment at the conference. They came to New York in the pursuit of their vested political interests which have nothing to do with the NPT or its subject matter. These countries, primarily EU and NATO members, as well as the EU bureaucrats, did everything to undermine productive dialogue by promoting a destructive agenda with a primary focus on criticising Russia, China, Iran and the DPRK.

These European nations with their dual allegiance professed groundless accusations and did everything to evade any justified criticism against them. They were cynical and clumsy in the way they sought to justify their involvement in mechanisms for carrying out nuclear exercises by alleging that these actions help strengthen nuclear non-proliferation. As a result, these countries were completely opposed to discussing any possibilities for adopting a more transparent posture in terms of their involvement in nuclear-related practices which run counter to the NPT.

Unfortunately, those who have been proactive in advocating total and immediate nuclear disarmament were not always ready to accept the present-day military, political and global strategic reality, which did not help promote a constructive and effective discussion on the NPT’s three pillars: disarmament, non-proliferation and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

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Supported by responsible states, Ambassador Do Hung Viet worked hard to achieve compromises and succeeded on several occasions. He must take credit for preparing a draft outcome document which came close to being adopted by consensus. However, this document was not submitted to the conference for approval due to the failure to address several specific matters, which was attributable to the hard line adopted by the US and its allies.

☝️ This was how the Chair prevented a new round of political confrontation which would have created a negative backdrop for the next review cycle.

The way the conference completed its work did not come as a surprise. It reflects the overall state of affairs in international relations, including within the NPT framework.

Russia is convinced that the fact that the Conference failed to produce an outcome document does not cast a shadow on the NPT’s relevance. It is and remains the cornerstone of international security and nuclear non-proliferation.

👉 The fact that the NPT review took place is what matters the most.

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◾️ Кровавая террористическая атака киевского режима на учебный корпус и общежитие колледжа Луганского государственного педагогического университета унесла 21 юную жизнь, ещё более 60 человек получили ранения.

Спустя два дня место трагедии посетила группа иностранных корреспондентов. В их числе не было ни «Би-би-си», которые прямо отказались, ни «Си-эн-эн», сославшихся на отпуск, ни японских журналистов, которым приехать запретил Токио.

Но многие всё же сделали выбор своими глазами увидеть последствия преступления, совершённого ВСУ в ночь на 22 мая. Вот, что они увидели...

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◾️ The Kiev regime’s gruesome terrorist attack on the academic building and dormitory of the Lugansk State Pedagogical University College claimed 21 young lives (most of them girls born in 2006-2007), with more than 60 people injured.

Two days later, after rescuers had completed their search, foreign correspondents were invited to visit the site of the tragedy. The BBC was not among them – it refused outright. CNN was absent, citing holidays. Japanese journalists did not come either – Tokyo banned them from travelling to Starobelsk.

Many others, however, chose to see with their own eyes the aftermath of the crime committed by the Ukrainian militants on the night of May 22: the ruins, the witnesses, and the hospital where the injured are being treated.

Here is what they saw...