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A single tank, fewer soldiers and no flypast: Putin gives angry speech at stripped-back Victory Day parade

Address from Red Square comes after Moscow fires latest barrage of cruise missiles at Ukraine

The Independent UK

Kremlin says Russia's view on Black Sea grain deal understood by all parties

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia's stance on the Black Sea grain deal - that its own interests must be taken into account in talks aimed at extending it beyond May 18 - was understood by all relevant parties.

Reuters

The Guardian view on Putin’s home front: new vulnerabilities

Editorial: A muted Victory Day parade reflects a sense of unease after recent attacks on Russian soil

The Guardian - UK

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A single tank, fewer soldiers and no flypast: Putin gives angry speech at stripped-back Victory Day parade

Address from Red Square comes after Moscow fires latest barrage of cruise missiles at Ukraine

The Independent UK

Why Russia’s appeal to ‘warrior masculinity’ is unlikely to encourage men to enlist

Marina Yusupova, lecturer in sociology at Edinburgh Napier University explains how new tactics drawn up by President Putin to persuade greater numbers of men to enlist in the Russian army are likely to fail due to societal hangovers from the fall of the Soviet Union.

The Week

Russia’s appeal to 'warrior masculinity' is unlikely to encourage men to enlist in the army

In his May 9 Victory Parade speech, Russian president Vladimir Putin likened the war in Ukraine to the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, saying “real war” had been unleashed against Russia.

The Conversation

Putin recycles old grievances on Victory Day as Russian army battered in Ukraine

President uses speech to again draw false parallels between invasion and defeat of Nazi Germany

The Guardian - UK

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EU takes aim at countries helping Russia to avoid sanctions

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is urging EU member nations to take trade measures against countries that help the Kremlin circumvent the bloc’s sanctions against Russia

The Independent UK

Putin assails West for unleashing 'real war' against Russia, as it marks Victory Day

Russia's Victory Day ceremony was scaled back this year, amid the war in Ukraine.

WEKU

Ukrainians pin hopes on counteroffensive against Russia

Support for the army grows across the country as officials promise attacks will liberate territory.

Al Jazeera

West has unleashed 'real war' against Russia, Putin tells Victory Day parade

VLADIMIR Putin told his country’s Victory Day parade in Moscow’s Red Square that a “real war” has been unleashed against Russia by the…

The National (Scotland)

Mercenary chief makes cryptic but profane remark about Russian war leadership

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin on Tuesday made a cryptic but profanity-laced comment about those in charge of Russia's war on Ukraine that risks getting him into more trouble with the Kremlin.

Reuters

Putin’s Victory Day parade proves just how much pressure he is under

It is meant to be a show of military might, but this year has only highlighted the war of attrition Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has become, writes Chris Stevenson

The Independent UK

Putin mocked after single tank turns up for Russian Victory Day parade

No aviation took part in the military spectacle

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Olena Zelenska calls for Vladimir Putin’s arrest for abducting Ukrainian children

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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

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Radio France Internationale

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.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Independent UK

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

Bangkok Post

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.

Reuters

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.

The National (Scotland)

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...

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