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.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's Digital Transformation Minister, at the "Ukraine. Year 2024" forum in Kyiv on Feb. 25, 2024. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Ukraine's newly developed Palianytsia missile-drone costs less than $1 million, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told the Associated Press on Aug. 27.
Ukraine developed the Palianytsia in order to respond to Russian attacks with its own domestically produced long-range weapons. The military's first successful use of the missile-drone was confirmed by President Volodymyr Zelensky during his Independence Day speech on Aug. 24.
It costs less than $1 million to produce each new Palianytsia, Fedorov told the AP. The military aims to further decrease costs by collaborating with private companies.
"The private market generates solutions incredibly quickly," he said.
Fedorov said Ukraine aims to expand production and develop "all types of missiles." Russia's enormous territory is in some ways a disadvantage, he said.
"It is impossible to develop enough air defense systems to protect such a large territory. For us, this opens up the possibility to operate deep behind the enemy's rear," he said.
Ukraine has been prohibited from using some Western-supplied weapons to strike deep within Russia, prompting Kyiv to develop its own unrestricted alternatives. The Palianytsia, designed to strike Russian military airfields, is part of this effort.
"I think this will be a game changer because we will be able to strike where Russia doesn't expect it today," Fedorov said.
The name of the new weapon is also symbolic – as well as referring to a type of traditional Ukrainian bread, the word "palianytsia" is famously difficult for Russians to pronounce correctly.
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