"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.
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.
Illustrative picture. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Hackers of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) broke into servers of several Russian television channels and broadcasted "objective videos about the war in Ukraine," a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on Aug. 22.
According to the source, HUR's footage was displayed three times on prime-time TV channels: Pervouralsk TV, Eurasia 360, Eurasia Pervyi Kanal, and others.
The targeted channels further reportedly included Lugansk 24, Pervyi Respublikanskyi, SpB, Oplot, TV-3, and Pervyi Rosiyskyi. Some of the targeted channels belong to Russian oligarch Andrey Komarov.
According to the source, the nine channels had to suspend their broadcasting as a result of the hack.
The claims appear to be corroborated by Russian media reports and footage shared on social media.
The TV company Pervouralsk issued an apology on the VKontakte social network, saying that unspecified "attackers gained access to the live broadcast and launched unauthorized video materials that contradict the TV channel's policy."
"Our specialists are currently taking all necessary security steps. In this regard, broadcasting will be suspended on Aug. 22."
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Footage provided by a HUR source shows a TV screen, presumably in a Russian household, displaying a clip of Ukrainian soldiers and Russian casualties. A Russian-language voiceover comments on Sudzha – a Russian town in Kursk Oblast held by Ukraine – and on Russian losses. (HUR source)
In a video provided by the source, footage of a TV screen, presumably in a Russian household, shows a clip of Ukrainian soldiers and Russian casualties. A Russian-language voiceover comments on Sudzha – a Russian town in Kursk Oblast held by Ukraine – and on Moscow's losses.
"As of the morning of Aug. 22, only Eurasia 360 and TV-3 have partially resumed their work, while the broadcasting of others remains blocked," the source said.
Cyberattacks have been widely used by both sides during the full-scale war.
The Kyiv Independent news desk
