Recap – “20 Minutes” takes stock for you every evening on the conflict in Ukraine. This Wednesday, May 27, 2026, the Ukrainian president asked the United States for defense equipment to face Russian attacks
Have you missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Here is the gist of this Wednesday, May 27, 2026, on the 1,554th day of the conflict.
Fact of the day
A letter as a call for help. Volodymyr Zelensky sent a letter to Donald Trump asking him to provide Ukraine with more missiles for the Patriot air defense systems, a “vital protection tool” to deal with the intensification of Russian attacks. The letter was signed on Tuesday, two days after a devastating strike by Moscow against Ukraine that involved nearly 600 drones, around 90 missiles, including the nuclear-capable Orechnik intermediate-range ballistic missile.
The damage from this Russian attack, one of the most massive in more than four years of invasion, highlighted kyiv’s dependence on its allies to defend its skies against Russian missiles.
“We understand that the United States continues to bear responsibility for its own defense and the protection of its allies and partners,” Volodymyr Zelensky expressed in his letter. However, after all we have been through together, have we not earned our place among your allies? HAS”
Relations between the two heads of state have been difficult since the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
Today’s statement
Through its actions, Russia demonstrates every day its cynicism and its disregard for international law
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