Armenian News - NEWS.am presents the digest of top news of protests in Yerevan as of 30.05.22:

PROTESTS IN YEREVAN

Armenian opposition parties resumed protests in Yerevan on Monday, which resulted in massive apprehensions. Protesters marched to the government building in which four ministries are situated, and blocked the entrance to the building. The opposition members of the Parliament wanted to meet with the ministers to find out their opinion on whether they share or not what they believe to be PM Nikol Pashinyan’s view that Nagorno Karabakh may be recognized as part of Azerbaijan. On June 3 an extraordinary meeting of the National Assembly will be held at the initiative of the opposition blocks, to discuss and vote for a statement ruling out the possibility of any status of Nagorno Karabakh within Azerbaijan. Before that the opposition is going to visit different state authorities to find out the officials’ position on the statement.

The situation today grew extremely tense as police started using brutal force to disperse protesters.

Over 100 people have been detained, some of active public figures and opposition MPs have sustained injuries. None of the ministers, however, agreed to receive the deputies, who were not even allowed to enter the building, although Armenian law says MPs have the right to enter any state building at any time.

SOLDIER

The Azerbaijani armed forces grossly violated the ceasefire in the south-eastern direction of the Armenian border on May 28. Private Davit Vardanyan, a serviceman of the Armenian Armed Forces, was killed.

The Armenian MFA has issued a statement saying this provocation was preceded by destructive, bellicose statements of the President of Azerbaijan, which included insults to the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia. The Foreign Ministry urged the Azerbaijani leadership to refrain from provocative actions and rhetoric, and fulfill its commitments on establishing security and stability in the region.

Azerbaijan denied itsinvolvement in the murder of the Armenian soldier.

RUSSIA IN UKRAINE

Russia’s forces in eastern Ukraine claimed full control of the important battlefield town of Lyman on Friday (27 May), and Ukraine appeared to concede it.

Lyman, site of a key railway hub, has been a major front line as Russian forces press down from the north, one of three directions from which they have been attacking Ukraine’s industrial Donbas region.

The Donetsk People’s Republic authorities said they were now in full control of it.

Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the Ukrainian President,  appeared to confirm the fall of Lyman in an interview overnight, and said the battle there showed that Moscow was improving its tactics.

“According to unverified data, we lost the town of Lyman. The Russian army – this must be verified – captured it,” Arestovych said in a video posted on social media.