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Vladimir Putin says Russia fighting 'real war' against West in huge Victory Day speech

Vladimir Putin's speech came as Moscow and other Russian cities were preparing to host military parades and other festivities marking Victory Day, Russia's biggest secular holiday

Daily Mirror

Russia, set for WWII tributes, rains missiles on Ukraine

Russia has unleashed a barrage of cruise missiles on Ukraine, hours before the start of Moscow’s annual commemorations celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II amid tight security measures

The Independent UK

EU chief celebrates Europe Day in Kyiv, as Zelensky vows to destroy 'evil'

European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Kyiv this Tuesday to mark Europe Day with Ukraine's President Volodymir Zelensky. Moscow – for its part – will host a military parade to celebrate Soviet Victory Day.

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Putin touts 'sacred' battle with West in Ukraine as Russia marks pared back Victory Day

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a "sacred" fight with the West over Ukraine but the strains of war were evident at one of the most pared back anniversaries of the victory over Nazi Germany in decades.

Reuters

Four killed in Russian air attacks ahead of Victory Day: Ukraine

New wave of attacks launched ahead of Russian holiday commemorating Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.

Al Jazeera

War shadows Victory Day, Russia's integral holiday

Victory Day is Russia’s most important secular holiday, and it lauds two tenets that are central to the country’s identity: military might and moral rectitude

The Independent UK

Global ammunition race may decide Ukraine war

At the US Army Ammunition Plant in President Joe Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, production lines are running day and night through the working week to deliver artillery shells.

Bangkok Post

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Security worries overshadow Russia's Victory Day preparations

Russia stages its annual Victory Day parade on Red Square on Tuesday amid particularly tight security after a series of drone attacks, including on the Kremlin citadel, symbolic heart of the Russian state, that Moscow has blamed on Ukraine.

Reuters

David Pratt: It could be about to get a whole lot worse for Putin

IT was way back in 1987 that German teenager Mathias Rust landed a small Cessna plane near Red Square in the heart of Moscow...

The National (Scotland)

Ukraine says its newly fielded U.S. Patriot system downed a Russian hypersonic missile

The Russian Kinzhal was intercepted during an air strike over Kyiv earlier this week, a Ukrainian official said. It is the first known time the sophisticated Russian missile has been shot down.

WEKU

What are white phosphorus bombs? All we know about incendiary weapons Russia accused of using in Ukraine

UKraine has accused Russia of using the weapons on a number of occasions, the latest in the eastern city of Bakhmut

The Independent UK

Pro-Kremlin novelist injured in car explosion in Russia

Russian state news agency Tass says the car of a prominent pro-Kremlin novelist exploded in Russia on Saturday, wounding him and killing his driver

The Independent UK

‘Justice is on our side, and Putin is old’: Navalny’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh

The novelist and press secretary to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny talks about imprisonment, survival and writing under the regime

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine says it downed hypersonic Russian missile with U.S. air defence system

Ukrainian air defences shot down a Russian hypersonic missile for the first time during an attack on the capital Kyiv this week, the Air Force said on Saturday, in a potentially major setback for the Kremlin's campaign of long-range air strikes.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: UN warnings over Zaporizhzhia nuclear station as Putin officials begin evacuations

Head of UN’s nulear power watchdog said conditions for operating staff and families are ‘increasingly tense’

ABC News

Is Ukraine's UJ-22 drone capable of carrying out a Kremlin strike?

Analysts say Ukraine has drones capable of reaching Moscow and Russia has increasingly claimed Kyiv's weapons have been getting closer to the capital. But the circumstances of the Kremlin strike remain "curious".

The Guardian - AU

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Kremlin drone incident sparks denials; Ukraine prepares for counteroffensive; 20,000 Russian soldiers killed in five months, says US

Al Jazeera

Why was the Kremlin attacked? In Russia, it depends who you ask

Pro-Kremlin commentators are sure the drone attack was an attempt on Putin’s life. Liberals are less convinced.

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Reuters

Russia's Wagner threatens to leave Bakhmut, Ukraine says mercenaries reinforcing

Russia's main mercenary group announced plans on Friday to withdraw from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, but Ukraine said the fighters were reinforcing positions to try to seize it before Russia marks World War Two Victory Day next week.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin event for Victory Day cancelled after Kremlin drone strike

Mercenary group leader threatens Kremlin with withdrawal from city in row over lack of ammunition

The Independent UK

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

Vladimir Putin’s brutal military assault on sovereign neighbour continues in face of heavy losses and near-unanimous international condemnation

The New Daily

Mercenary general pulls Wagner Group out of Bakhmut’s rubble

In a move that has caught observers and the Kremlin by surprise, Wagner Group mercenary force is withdrawing from Bakhmut

The Guardian - UK

Wagner chief rages at Russia’s generals and threatens Bakhmut pullout

In extraordinary video tirade, Yevgeny Prigozhin attacks defence minister and chief of armed forces

France 24

Wagner threatens Bakhmut pullout over ammunition spat with Russian army

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russian paramilitary group Wagner, on Friday threatened to pull his fighters from the front line in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine starting May 10, saying ammunition shortages meant they faced "senseless death". Russia has incurred significant losses in Bakhmut since starting its offensive there in August. Follow…

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Wave of attacks ahead of Victory Day holiday

Russia launched its biggest swarm of drones for months against Ukraine on Monday, the eve of Russia's May 9 Victory Day holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany, which Kyiv marked a day earlier in a new break with Moscow.

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