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Kremlin says time for celebrating Victory Day in Mariupol will come

The Kremlin said on Friday it did not know whether there would be a parade in Mariupol on May 9 to commemorate the Soviet Union's victory in World War Two, but that the time for celebrating Victory Day there would come.

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How Victory Day became central to Putin’s idea of Russian identity

Rhetoric of 1945 victory over Nazis has become more twisted over two decades of Putin’s rule

The Guardian - UK

Live updates | UK: Russia aims to take Mariupol before V-Day

The British military believes Russia wants to take the port city of Mariupol and its vast steel mill before its marks Victory Day on Monday

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Evacuation operations continue from Mariupol with 40 civilians rescued on Friday – as it happened

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Putin hopes to claim Mariupol as key prop in Victory Day celebrations

As large-scale propaganda campaign gets underway, fighting continues in the Azovstal steelworks

The Guardian - UK

EU countries are ‘almost there’ in agreeing to bloc’s proposed new package of sanctions against Russia – as it happened

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Why Victory Day in Russia Is Different This Year

The invasion of Ukraine means that fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Moscow’s Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The patriotic fervor associated with the sacred holiday, however, could be as strong as ever. This…

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EXPLAINER: Why Victory Day in Russia is different this year

The invasion of Ukraine means fewer Russian tanks and other military hardware will rumble through Red Square on Monday, when the country marks its victory in World War II

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin will declare Ukraine conflict a WAR next week, warns ex-British Army general

General Sir Richard Barrons, an ex-Commander of Joint Forces Command, said Vladimir Putin would use Monday’s annual Victory Day parade in Moscow to “shift the narrative for the Russian people"

Daily Mirror

Russia Not Seeking to End Ukraine War by May 9, Says FM

Russia is not looking to end its war in Ukraine by Victory Day on May 9, its foreign minister said, as the country looks set to mark the key anniversary under the cloud of a deadly conflict. Speaking with Italian outlet Mediaset, Sergei Lavrov insisted Moscow would not rush to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine news - live: Russia ‘resumes shelling of Mariupol steel works’ after evacuations

Volodymyr Zelensky claims Russia’s generals expect to lose thousands of soldiers in weeks to come

The Independent UK

Russia shows off missile weapons ahead of Victory Parade after WW3 declaration fears

Russia has been ramping up preparations for the Victory Day parade on May 9 with a display of weaponry in rehearsals. There are fears Putin may use the event to declare war on the West

Daily Mirror

Putin ‘to declare all-out war on Ukraine on Russian Victory Day’, officials fear

Russian leader could use Victory Day celebrations to stage ‘greater call to arms’

The Independent UK

Russia: Victory Day 2022 and why commemoration of the end of WWII matters today

Even in the darkest days of the pandemic in 2020 Russia didn’t cancel Victory Day, its anniversary of the end of the second world war – it was just postponed. This year, the Kremlin promises a parade on May 9 with 11,000 servicemen and women plus 62 airplanes and 15…

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East Ukraine under Heavy Fire in Advance of Russian Holiday

Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine gathered momentum as several areas came under heavy shelling Thursday, amid suspicions Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to score a major battlefield success in time for Victory Day, one of Russia's proudest holidays, on May 9. Ukrainian authorities reported intense Russian fire in the Donbas…

The Independent UK

Putin making ‘unsound decisions’ to win Ukraine war before Victory Day parade in May, UK says

UK armed forces minister says ‘thousands of Russian lives are going to be lost’ due to Putin’s strategy

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin's 'mistress' defies sanctions in £1,900 dress at pro-war event

Alina Kabaeva, who is believed to be Vladimir Putin's current partner, was filmed at a performance back by a uniformed military choir ahead of an event for Russia's 'Victory Day'

The Independent UK

Failure to end Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol ‘hampering Russian advance’

Western officials said President Putin may want to score a military success ahead of May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow.

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Daily Mirror

Inside Russia's rehearsal for victory parade as Putin shows off missile launcher

An intercontinental missile took centre stage during preparations for the Victory Day Parade which will include a Z-shape flypast after the invasion of Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Russia shows off intercontinental nuclear missile launcher in 'Victory Day' rehearsal

Thousands of troops took part along with tanks and other military hardware in Russia's Victory Day parade rehearsals but it was the giant intercontinental missile that took centre stage

Axios

May 9 Russian holiday will be pivotal, dangerous deadline

The annual WWII Victory Day commemoration is a date with significant symbolism in Russian domestic politics.

Dynamite News

Russia-Ukraine war: Amid failure to capture Kyiv, Putin appoints new commander for Ukraine

May 9 'Victory Day' is the most significant day in Russia as it marks the anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph over Germany in the Second World War. Full story

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin could be impaled by his own manic delusion

Vladimir Putin has set himself a tight deadline to declare victory in Ukraine. He wants to turn Russia’s traditional Victory Day parade of May 9 in the Red Square, commemorating the end of the Great Patriotic War in 1945, into his own personal triumph.

Evening Standard

Is Putin serious about nuclear strike - and how big is Russia’s atomic arsenal?

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