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All Russian targets over Kyiv destroyed, no strikes

Pravda Ukraine Serhii Popko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration, has reported that, according to preliminary data, all missiles launched from 4 Russian bombers have been shot down over Kyiv. Source: Kyiv City Military Administration Details: Popko said that a fire had broken out in the Holosiivskyi district as a result of debris falling into…

Explosions rock Kyiv, air defence reportedly activated

Pravda Ukraine Explosions have been heard in Kyiv, and air defence forces have reportedly been activated in the capital and the oblast. Source: Kyiv Oblast Military Administration; Kyiv City Military Administration Quote from Kyiv Oblast Military Administration: “There is a missile threat! Air defence forces are operating against targets. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/9/7401271/

Putin wants to demonstrate influence in Central Asia with 9 May Victory Day parade – ISW

Pravda Ukraine Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe Russia is trying to demonstrate its influence in Central Asia with the 9 May Victory Day parade. Source: ISW Details: The report says Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to use the Victory Day parade in Moscow to demonstrate Russia’s further influence…

So-called policemen flee from temporarily occupied territories in south to avoid Ukrainian counteroffensive

Pravda Ukraine So-called police officers serving under the occupiers are trying to flee from the southern territories of Ukraine to avoid a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Source: National Resistance Center (NRC) Quote: “As the National Resistance Center discovered, many collaborators from the occupation “police” of the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblast have already written…

Explosions in Belgorod Oblast: governor talks of attack on Shebekino

Pravda Ukraine A projectile has fallen in the Russian city of Shebekino, located not far from the border with Ukraine. Source: Vyacheslav Gladkov, Governor of Belgorod Oblast, on Telegram Quote: “Attack on Shebekino. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/9/7401264/

US to announce $1.2 billion military aid package for Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine The United States will announce another US$1.2 billion military aid package for Ukraine on Tuesday, 9 May 2023, which will be designed to meet Ukraine’s long-term defence needs. Source: AP media outlet, referring to US officials, as reported by European Pravda Details: The new aid package will be announced as part of the…

Tehran brags how its kamikaze drones are “game changer” in Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine Hamzeh Ghalandari, Deputy Defence Minister for International Affairs of Iran, has said that the supposed efficiency of Iranian-made weapons became clear to the whole world last year, apparently referring to kamikaze drones. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/9/7401262/

Putin’s war against Ukraine has not gone according to Kremlin’s plan

Pravda Ukraine The United States believes that Russia’s war against Ukraine has not gone “according to plan”, so the aggressor has resorted to attacking Ukrainian civilian cities and critical infrastructure facilities. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/9/7401261/

Russia manipulates Holocaust history for policy – opinion

Jerusalem Post Current Russian authorities treat the Holocaust more as an instrument of policy, rather than as a historical phenomenon worthy of study and memorialization in its own right. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-742440

Russians shell Sumy Oblast: 70 strikes carried out, infrastructure damaged

Pravda Ukraine The Russians carried out 12 attacks during the day on 8 May, with a total of 70 strikes recorded. Source: Sumy Oblast Military Administration Details: Settlements in the Yunakivka, Bilopillia, Znob-Novhorod, Shalyhyne, Esman, Novoslobisdke hromadas [an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/9/7401259/