Iran is preparing to send Russia Fath-360 short-range ballistic missile launchers, Reuters reported on May 9, citing Western security and regional officials familiar with the matter.
"Ukraine and all allies are ready for a complete unconditional ceasefire on land, in the air, and at sea for at least 30 days, starting as early as Monday," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote.
U.S. President Donald Trump has acknowledged in private that Russia is difficult to negotiate with because they "want the whole thing," referring to Ukraine, the WSJ reported, citing sources familiar with the comments.
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.
Bronze medalist Olga Kharlan celebrates on the podium during the women's sabre individual medal ceremony on day three of the Olympic Games in Paris, July 29, 2024. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Key developments on July 29, day three of the Olympics:
Fencer Olga Kharlan has won Ukraine's first medal, taking bronze in the women's individual saber event.
Kharlan beat South Korea's Choi Se-bin 15-14 in a fiercely contested match. She made her way to the Olympic semi-finals, beating Japan's Shihomi Fukushima, Azerbaijan's Anna Bashta, and Hungary's Anna Marton before losing to France's Sarah Balzer.
Kharlan is a 15-time world championship medalist. The bronze makes her Ukraine's equal-most decorated Olympian in history by number of medals, and the first Ukrainian to win medals in four separate Olympic Games.
The pair of Oleksii Sereda and Kirill Boliukh took fifth place in the men's synchronized 10m platform final. After six rounds, they scored 412.65 points.
Gymnasts — Oleh Verniaiev, Ilia Kovtun, Ihor Radivilov, Nazar Chepurnyi and Radomyr Stelmakh — took fifth place in the men's artistic team all-around gymnastics final with 254.761 points.
Fencer Olga Kharlan celebrates winning the fencing women's saber individual bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
Who has advanced?
Rowers Stanislav Kovaliov and Ihor Khmara qualified for the semi-finals, finishing second in the repechage.
Tennis players Marta Kostiuk and Dayana Yastremska advanced to the second round of the 2024 Olympics in doubles, defeating Polish athletes Magda Linette and Alicja Rosolska 6-4, 6-1.
In another tennis victory, Liudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok also qualified for the second round, beating Wang Xinyu and Zheng Saisai from China 6-1, 6-4.
Finally, tennis phenom Elina Svitolina advanced to the third round of the singles competition, defeating the American No. 5 seed Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk (L) playing with Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska (R) returns against Poland's Magda Linette and Poland's Alicja Rosolska during their women's doubles second round tennis match at the Roland-Garros Stadium at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images)
Who has lost?
Judoka Daria Bilodid, a bronze medalist of the Olympics 2021, dropped out of the Games in Paris in the 1/8 final.
She competed in the 57kg weight division and lost to Japanese athlete Haruka Funakubo. Bilodid earned three shidos (warnings) and was disqualified.
Swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk failed to qualify for the men's 800-meter freestyle race. He finished the last with a time of 7:49.75 minutes.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Romanchuk won bronze in this discipline and set the Games record in the qualifying round, 7:41.28.
Mykhailo Romanchuk competes in the men’s 800m freestyle heats on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 29, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
Olena Kostevych and Viktor Bankin did not qualify for the finals of the 10-meter air pistol mixed team event. They finished 13th in the qualifying round.
Swimmer Nika Sharafutdinova made her debut at the Olympics but did not advance to the semi-finals of the 100-meter backstroke, finishing 22nd in the qualifying round.
Fencers Alina Komashchuk and Olena Kravatska, as well as table tennis player Yaroslav Zhmudenko, dropped out of the Games.
Boxer Dmytro Lovchynskyi suffered a knockout defeat by Australia's Teremoana.
Kateryna Denisova works as a News Editor at the Kyiv Independent. She previously worked as a news editor at the NV media outlet for four years, covering mainly Ukrainian and international politics. Kateryna holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv. She also was a fellow at journalism schools in the Czech Republic and Germany.
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