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Ukraine moves day to mark Nazi surrender in shift towards West

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy moved on Monday to formalise the day that Ukraine marks the allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two as May 8, aligning it with Western nations in a repudiation of the Soviet past quickly condemned by Moscow.

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Russian citizens take language test to avoid expulsion from Latvia

In a Stalinist skyscraper which dominates the skyline of Latvia's capital, dozens of elderly Russians wait to take a basic Latvian language test as a proof of loyalty to a country where they have lived for decades.

Reuters

'Fierce fighting' underway in Bakhmut as Wagner receives ammunition

Bakhmut saw fierce fighting Monday, with the Wagner group saying that they are finally starting to receive ammunition from Moscow. Earlier today, Russian forces launched a large-scale wave of strikes across Ukraine ahead of the annual Victory Day celebrations, killing four and injuring five. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile vowed…

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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

Ukraine says whole of Russia will ‘panic’ when counteroffensive begins: ‘They will suffer the consequences’

Exclusive: No one believed Ukraine would last a month against Russia. Now, Kyiv is preparing to win the war on the ground before the year is out, deputy defence minister Volodymyr Havrylov tells Arpan Rai

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 439

As the war enters its 439th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

It's Pulitzer Prize day, honoring journalism's best work

The Pulitzer Prizes will be awarded Monday to honor outstanding journalism during a violent year that included Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, mass shootings that targeted an elementary school and supermarket, and floods and flames fueled by climate change

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Ukraine military says all 35 drones Russia launched overnight destroyed

Ukraine's top military command said on Monday that its forces destroyed all 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia had launched overnight at different targets around the country.

Reuters

Russia orders evacuation of civilians around Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia power plant amid warnings of 'severe nuclear accident'

Russian soldiers order civilians to leave towns surrounding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, amid renewed warnings that nearby fighting could cause "a severe nuclear accident".

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia war – live: National air alert as Putin launches suicide drones on Kyiv

Russia launches fresh attacks ahead of Victory Day as Ukraine issues nationwide air alert

The Independent UK

Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine ahead of key holiday

Concerns growing about the safety of the Zaporizhizhia nuclear power plant as civilians ordered to evacuate.

Al Jazeera

Seven die as fires rage in swaths of Russia's Urals

Raging fires have consumed swaths of Russia's Urals mountains, killing at least seven people, razing hundreds of homes, forcing evacuations and spurring investigations, officials said on Monday.

Reuters

Moscow launches new strikes across Ukraine; Kyiv claims Russia has lost 100,000 soldiers in Bakhmut – as it happened

Drone attacks launched on Kyiv with explosions also reported in Odesa and Kherson; Ukrainian general says ‘meat assaults’ have led to high casualties

The Guardian - AU

China’s war chest: how Beijing is using its currency to insulate against future sanctions

In the wake of sanctions on Russia, China has pushed to conduct more trade using the yuan in an effort to reduce its reliance on the dollar

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More than 1,600 evacuated from areas near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Russia-installed official

Some 1,679 people, including 660 children, have been evacuated from areas near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, a Moscow-installed official in the Russia-controlled parts of the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine said late on Sunday.

Reuters

EUs plans to slap sanctions on Chinese firms aiding Russia's war machine - FT

The European Union has proposed sanctions on Chinese companies accused of selling equipment that could be used in weapons to support Russia's war machine, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Reuters

Ukraine general: Russia hopes to capture Bakhmut by Tuesday, steps up fighting

Russia has intensified shelling of Bakhmut hoping to take it by Tuesday, Ukraine's top general in charge of the defence of the besieged city said late on Sunday, vowing to do everything to prevent it.

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.

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Russian nationalist writer describes surviving attack Moscow blamed on U.S., Ukraine

The prominent Russian nationalist writer, Zakhar Prilepin, on Sunday described breaking both legs in a car bomb that killed his driver and which Moscow blamed on the United States and Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s Wagner Group says more arms promised for Bakhmut battle

Yevgeny Prigozhin says the group has been promised as much ammunition and weaponry as needed to carry on the offence.

The Hindu

Will the greenback still be green?

The run of the U.S. dollar as an international reserve currency is far from over

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 438 of the invasion

Air raids overnight as IAEA head says situation around Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ‘increasingly unpredictable and potentially dangerous’

The Independent UK

Russian forces evacuate towns near Zaporizhzhia plant as IAEA warns of ‘very real nuclear safety risk’

Russian forces evacuated residents from a town near the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Sunday as the head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said he was “extremely concerned” about the safety of the facility.

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Is Gold on a Launchpad?

Gold was sitting above the $2,000 per ounce level on the nearby COMEX futures contract on May 5, 2023. Gold is the world’s oldest currency, and profound changes in the global financial system could mean an explosive move in the precious metal as the only thing governments agree on is…

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.

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