Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili predicted that after Russia's defeat in the war, its disintegration should be expected, starting from the North Caucasus.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of Russian peacekeepers in the region of the Lachin corridor of Karabakh.

The subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District are on the very last lines in the ranking of regions of the Russian Federation in terms of family well-being. In the RIA Novosti study, Kabardino-Balkaria occupies the last place.

On May 28, 2001, at about 4:00 am, Russian servicemen arrived at the hut in two armored personnel carriers. Kharkiv, Shelkovsky district, they captured and took away in an unknown direction Zaurbek Abusoltovich (Abusoltaevich) Masaev, born in 1975.

During the night over Kiev, Ukrainian air defense shot down more than 40 enemy drones. It is reported that this was the most massive drone attack on the capital since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, namely with Shahed loitering munitions.

A conference dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the Mountainous Republic is being held in Kyiv.

On May 28, Azerbaijan celebrates Independence Day. On this day, 105 years ago, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) or the Azerbaijan People's Republic (APR) was proclaimed.

27 May 2001

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Around 14 hours in Alkhan-Yurt village of Urus-Martanovsky district, the Russian military shot and killed two young people.

A Russian plane dropped an aerial bomb on the village of New York in the Donetsk region. One person was injured, three multi-storey buildings were damaged.

Industrial District Court of Vladikavkaz fined local resident Theon Kelehsaev 100 thousand rubles in the case of «discrediting» of the army.