A notice about the airspace closure was published on the U.S. Defense Department's NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) website on May 10, as cited by Ukrainian defense news outlet Militarnyi.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected the idea of a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, claiming in an interview with ABC News on May 10 that it would be "an advantage" for Ukraine.
"Our involvement in the war was justifiable, and this belongs to our sovereign rights," North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un said. "I regard this as part of the sacred mission we must execute for our brothers and comrades-in-arms."
"We have a plan B and a plan C. But our focus is plan A, the essence of which is to get everyone's support" for Ukraine's accession, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
"(T)he presence at the Victory Parade of a country that bombs cities, hospitals, and daycares, and which has caused the deaths and injuries of over a million people over three years, is a shame," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
"According to the participants of the performances, their goal is to remind the civilized world of the barbaric actions of Moscow, which for many years and decades has systematically violated international law," a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent.
"I have great hope that an agreement for a ceasefire in Ukraine will be reached this weekend," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on May 9, shortly before traveling to Kyiv alongside the leaders of France, Poland, and the U.K.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will arrive in Kyiv early on May 10.
The United States embassy in Kyiv on May 9 issued a warning that Russia could launch "a potentially significant" attack in the coming days, despite Putin's self-declared Victory Day "truce."
The sanctioned oil tankers have transported over $24 billion in cargo since 2024, according to Downing Street. The U.K. has now sanctioned more shadow fleet vessels than any other country.
Illustrative purposes only: A rostrum with the inscription 'Sluga Narodu' ('Servant of the People') is seen before the 'Servant of the People' political party congress in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 10, 2019. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Some 48% of Ukrainians hold negative attitudes towards President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party (Sluha Narodu), while only 13% view it positively, according to a survey by the National Democratic Institute and the Kyiv International Institute for Sociology (KIIS) published on Aug. 1.
The party has held the majority in the parliament, together with the office of the head of state, since its electoral debut in 2019.
The recently registered party of volunteer, politician, and media personality Serhii Prytula has the highest rating of positive attitudes among Ukrainians: 28%. Around the same number see it negatively.
Prytula's party is currently dormant and preparing for the next elections after the lifting of martial law, former MP Oleksandr Chernenko commented for the media.
Similarly to the ruling Servant of the People party, other political parties also received more net negative assessments.
European Solidarity, led by former President Petro Poroshenko, is the second most liked party, with 23% holding positive attitudes. At the same time, 47% of respondents said they view European Solidarity negatively.
The third most-liked party, according to the survey, is UDAR (The Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform), led by Kyiv's mayor and former boxing champion Vitali Klitschko. Around 34% of respondents view it negatively.
The Opposition Platform — For Life party (Opozytsiina Platforma za Zhyttia), known for its pro-Russian affiliations and banned after the start of the Russian full-scale war, showed to be the most hated political force among the respondents, with 71% viewing it negatively.
Most of the party's lawmakers have grouped into the Platform for Life and Peace parliamentary group after its ban.
The second most disliked party was the Homeland Party (Batkivschyna) of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, with 57% of respondents expressing negative views of it and only 9% expressing positive views.
The survey also measured the respondents' trust in the country’s institutions and showed that only 8% trust political parties, 11% trust the parliament, and up to 91% trust the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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Nate Ostiller
