"(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.
Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
A Russian training facility after a strike by Ukrainian forces. Screenshot from a video published on Oct. 15, 2024. (Southern Defense Forces/Facebook)
Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces discovered and struck a military training facility of Russian troops, the unit said on social media on Oct. 15, publishing footage of the attack.
"At the time of the attack, there were about 20 soldiers in the area," the military said on Facebook.
The statement did not specify the exact location, the weaponry used, or the resulting casualties.
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A Russian training facility after a strike by Ukrainian forces. Video published on Oct. 15, 2024, the exact location not specified. (Southern Defense Forces/Facebook)
The accompanying video shows drone footage of an initial explosion at the facility followed by a number of additional blasts in the area, resembling the effect of cluster munitions.
The U.S. has been supplying Ukraine with cluster bombs, a weaponry that sprays a number of bomblets over a wider area, since last year.
There has been an uptick of hostilities in Ukraine's south as Russian forces launched new attacks in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts.
Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
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