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War rumours bewilder Moldova's pro-Russian separatist enclave

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Reuters

Factbox-Russia's May 9 Victory Day celebrations

President Vladimir Putin will lead celebrations on May 9 marking the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany, brandishing Russia's vast firepower while his forces fight in Ukraine.

Reuters

Putin expected to make ‘big announcement’ on Russia’s Victory Day

Vladmir Putin is expected to make a 'big announcement' during a military parade for Russia's Victory Day on Monday, Western officials said on Friday.

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How ‘Babushka Z’ became the unlikely icon of Russian propaganda

Russian soldiers occupying Mariupol unveiled a strange statue in the embattled Ukrainian city on Thursday. The statue, of a Ukrainian peasant woman holding a Soviet flag, is of “Babushka Z” – who appeared in a video recorded by Ukrainian soldiers and has now become the unlikely latest icon of Russian…

France 24

Ukraine: boosting European defence spending now won't make up for decades of underinvestment

The west has to dramatically “reboot” its approach to dealing with aggressors in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to UK foreign secretary Liz Truss. “Geopolitics is back”, she told an audience at the Mansion House in London recently in what has been reported as a major foreign…

The Conversation

Belgian brewer starts global roll-out of Ukraine beer for relief effort

The world's largest brewer launched production of a popular Ukrainian beer in Belgium on Friday and said all profits made from its global sales would go to humanitarian relief in Ukraine following Russia's invasion.

Reuters

Russian warship Admiral Makarov reportedly on fire after being hit by Ukrainian missiles

It is a fresh blow for Russia in its war with Ukraine

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Vladimir Putin to send chilling 'doomsday' warning to west in May 9 victory parade

There have been a number of reports that at the upcoming 'Victory Day' parades on May 9 Russian President Vladimir Putin will use it as an opportunity to call for all-out war against Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Bus with 12 civilians leaves besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol - RIA

Twelve civilians, including children, have been evacuated by bus from the Azovstal complex in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which is besieged by Russian forces, the Russian state news agency RIA reported on Friday, citing its correspondent on site.

Reuters

Ukraine announces new prisoner exchange with Russia

Russia has handed over 41 people, including 28 military, in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Friday.

Reuters

Zelenskyy Calls on Scholz to Visit Ukraine on May 9

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday he has invited Germany’s head of government and its head of state to visit Ukraine on May 9, the day Russia marks the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in World War II. Western officials believe Russian President Vladimir Putin could use…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy, India discuss Ukraine, energy partnership and G-20 cooperation

Unlike other European counterparts France, Germany and Nordic countries, Italian FM did not insert line condemning Russia’s actions

The Hindu

A Russian oligarch's $325M superyacht has been seized in Fiji

U.S. authorities say the 348-foot vessel is owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering.

WEKU

Despite Putin, Ukraine’s traditions live on – as does the threat from Chernobyl

While we tend our graves, vanquished Russian troops are heading through Belarus in a cloud of radioactivity after literally digging up the past, says novelist Andrey Kurkov

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's generals and top brass 'turning on each other' to avoid his wrath

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that a number of Russian generals and leading figures were "turning in on themselves" as they seek to avoid becoming fall guys for Putin's stuttering invasion

Daily Mirror

Russian troops 'tortured and executed civilians after they failed to seize Kyiv'

Amnesty International said innocent civilians also suffered from 'reckless shootings and torture' from rampaging Russian troops during attacks throughout February and March

Daily Mirror

Putin has not 'destroyed' bridges between Ukraine and Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the UK and its allies to continuously question whether more sanctions are needed against Russia as the invasion is showing no signs of slowing down.

Al Jazeera

Why is Ukraine trying to cancel Russian culture?

Ukraine has ramped up its de-Russification efforts, but figures like Tolstoy and Pushkin were also targeted by Russia.

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Zenger

Hit Or Missile: Ukrainian Ammo Dump Wiped Out By Cruise Strike

Zenger News obtained a video of the attack from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Russian Federation on Friday, May 6.

Benzinga

Why Does Brittney Griner Play Basketball In Russia? The Answer Is $imple

WNBA star Brittney Griner is still in a Russian jail after 11 weeks, detained by Russian authorities who claimed they found vape cartridges in her luggage. Currently, the U.S.

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

Reuters

Russian court orders arrest in absentia of top journalist over 'fakes'

A Moscow court on Friday ordered the arrest in absentia of Alexander Nevzorov, a prominent Russian journalist accused of spreading false information about what Moscow calls its special military operation in Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

‘We had to do this’: Berlin museum to drop ‘Russian’ from name

Museum on site where Nazis agreed to surrender in 1945 will be renamed Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

The Independent UK

'We're so sorry': Mariupol plant evacuees feel relief, grief

More than 100 civilians have finally emerged from the bombarded Azovstal steel plant, the last Ukrainian holdout in the ruined city of Mariupol

Daily Mirror

Footage showing Russian crew alive after doomed Moskva ship's sinking exposed as fake

A video released by the Russian Ministry of Defence has been exposed as fake as they try to pass off an old video of the Moskva ship crew as proof that they were alive and well

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