"We have a plan B and a plan C. But our focus is plan A, the essence of which is to get everyone's support" for Ukraine's accession, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
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"(T)he presence at the Victory Parade of a country that bombs cities, hospitals, and daycares, and which has caused the deaths and injuries of over a million people over three years, is a shame," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
"According to the participants of the performances, their goal is to remind the civilized world of the barbaric actions of Moscow, which for many years and decades has systematically violated international law," a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent.
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"I have great hope that an agreement for a ceasefire in Ukraine will be reached this weekend," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on May 9, shortly before traveling to Kyiv alongside the leaders of France, Poland, and the U.K.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will arrive in Kyiv early on May 10.
The United States embassy in Kyiv on May 9 issued a warning that Russia could launch "a potentially significant" attack in the coming days, despite Putin's self-declared Victory Day "truce."
The sanctioned oil tankers have transported over $24 billion in cargo since 2024, according to Downing Street. The U.K. has now sanctioned more shadow fleet vessels than any other country.
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The sanctions list includes 58 individuals and 74 companies, with 67 Russian enterprises related to military technology.
Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
Despite the Kremlin's announcement of a May 8–11 truce, heavy fighting continued in multiple regions throughout the front line.
Putin has done in Russia everything that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had been against in Brazil.
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Russia launches mass air strike across Ukraine, targeting energy infrastructure
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Explosions were reported in at least 11 out of 24 Ukrainian oblasts on the afternoon of Nov. 15.
Three apartment buildings have been hit in Kyiv, according to mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Approximately half of the capital city and Kyiv Oblast lost power following the attacks.
Some 80% of the western city of Lviv lost power following the attacks on the city's energy infrastructure. The city's electrical public transport stopped operating.
Authorities reported that 90% of Ternopil Oblast was left without power.
The northern city of Zhytomyr lost power completely, according to preliminary reports.
Critical infrastructure facilities have been hit in Kharkiv in the east and Rivne in the west.
Air raid alert has been activated in all of Ukraine, except for the Russia-occupied Crimea peninsula. Several Ukrainian officials reported the mass launch of long-range cruise missiles by Russia.
Local authorities reported that air defense systems were responding to the attacks in the Chernihiv, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.
The attack is Russia's fourth mass air strike targeting Ukraine's energy inftastructure. The previous ones took place on Oct. 10, Oct. 17 and Oct. 31. They resulted in mass power outages across Ukraine, including in Kyiv.
This piece will be updated with more details.
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