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Russia has canceled its international air show, MAKS, due to security concerns, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defense.
In its regular update, the ministry theorized that recent drone attacks inside Russia contributed to the decision to cancel. Organizers were also aware of reputational damage if fewer international delegations attended, the ministry said.
MAKS, which is held near Moscow every other year, is Russia's flagship show demonstrating its civilian and military aerospace sectors and has become "key" to securing export customers.
The war and accompanying international sanctions have done a lot of damage to Russia's civil aviation and aerospace industries, while highly-trained specialists are encouraged to serve as infantry in the space agency Roscosmos's militia, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry.
The chief of the aerospace forces, Sergei Surovikin, has not been seen since the Wagner Group's one-day mutiny on June 24, presumed to have been arrested for siding with Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Saturday, May 9
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Magyar's Tisza party resoundingly defeated Orban's Fidesz in the parliamentary elections on April 12, pledging a pivot away from Budapest's pro-Moscow direction and a mend in ties with the EU.
"It turned out that Fico simply provided a fairly detailed account of what he had discussed with Zelensky," Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on May 9.
Moscow restricts mobile internet during Russia's Victory Day parade amid fears of Ukrainian strikes.
A handful of foreign attendants of the scaled-back 2026 parade included Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko.
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A greatest hits compilation of Russia's most modern military hardware was shown on a video displayed on screens at the event.
The surprise ceasefire, first announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, is scheduled to remain in place from May 9-11.
The number includes 1,080 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
The global perception of the United States has fallen for a third consecutive year, now ranking several spots behind Russia, a survey commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies Foundations revealed on May 7.
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The man is accused of assisting the head of the Izolyatsia prison camp in the torture of inmates. His arrest marks the second time a foreign country has detained a suspect charged with war crimes in Ukraine.
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The declaration makes no mention of a ceasefire on attacks elsewhere in Russia.
