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Beijing will not send a delegation to moscow for the May 9 parade
08.05.2026
The Chinese government will not send a special government delegation to moscow to celebrate the victory in the so-called Great Patriotic War. At the May 9 parade, the country will be represented by “representatives of the Chinese Embassy in russia.”This was announced at a briefing by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian, as reported by a ukrinform.ua.“As far as I know, representatives of the Chinese Embassy in russia will definitely be present,” Lin said in response to a question from ...Ukraine’s intelligence published an interactive 3D model, main components, and details of the new russian unmanned aerial vehicle Klyn
06.05.2026
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Klyn.A drone developed and manufactured by Roboavia LLC has a “delta wing” type fuselage, 1.6 meters long, with a wingspan of 1.9 meters. It is powered by a Scorpion F-4225-500KV V2 (China) brushless electric motor, which is fed by two modern, lightweight 6S Li-AFB type batteries.An important distinguishing feature of the “Klyn” ...At least 70 killed and over 500 injured in russian attacks across Ukraine since 1 May
06.05.2026
Twenty-eight people were reportedly killed and 194 injured on 5 May alone in a wave of attacks by the russian Federation, bringing the reported civilian toll across Ukraine since 1 May to at least 70 killed and more than 500 injured, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said today. HRMMU has verified many of the civilian casualties and continues to collect information.“What is particularly alarming is both the scale of civilian casualties and the extent of territory ...Egypt has received its fourth shipment of stolen Ukrainian grain since April – MFA
05.05.2026
Despite repeated warnings, the “ASOMATOS” vessel has been permitted to unload 26.9k tons of stolen Ukrainian wheat at Abu Qir. This is the fourth instance of russiaʼs grain laundering in Egyptian ports since April, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in a statement.“The “ASOMATOS” was allowed to dock and unload despite the fact that four days ago, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General formally requested legal assistance from Egypt’s Ministry of Justice regarding this illicit cargo, exported by the sanctioned “Agro-Frigat” via occupied ...Stubb: There is no army in Europe or the United States, by the way, capable of conducting a modern war the way Ukraine is doing it now
04.05.2026
Photo: Emmi Syrjäniemi/Office of the Republic of FinlandWe should not talk about what Ukraine needs from Europe, but about what Europe needs from Ukraine. This was stated by Finnish President Alexander Stubb at a press conference following talks with Czech President Petr Pavel in Prague on May 4, ukrinform.ua reported.“Instead of talking about what Ukraine needs from Europe, perhaps we should start thinking about what we in Europe need from Ukraine… In Europe, we must get rid of the idea ...russia returned 375 bodies of tortured Ukrainian POWs
04.05.2026
russia handed over 375 dead Ukrainian military personnel and civilians who had been confirmed as prisoners of war, Bohdan Okhrimenko, Head of the Secretariat of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, said in an interview with ukrinform.ua.“Unfortunately, as part of the repatriation efforts, russia handed over 375 dead Ukrainian military personnel and civilians who were considered prisoners of war. Of these, 146 were confirmed by the ICRC as prisoners of war, while the captivity of ...Khartiia Brigade conducted a fully robotized operation in Kupiansk [video]
02.05.2026
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In Kupiansk, the Lava Regiment of Ukraine’s National Guard Khartiia Operational Brigade successfully carried out a robotized operation to eliminate a unit of russian servicemen who had entrenched themselves in a house.In February 2026, a special purpose company of the Lava unmanned systems regiment, with the support of the Khartiia Operational Brigade forces, eliminated 10 occupiers who were holding a position in the city.Rockets from an unmanned ground-based robotic complex and hundreds of kilograms of explosives on ground drones completely ...Poland released russian archaeologist as part of a prisoner exchange despite Ukraine’s request for extradition for illegal excavations in Crimea
29.04.2026
As part of a prisoner exchange with russia and Belarus, Poland released a russian archaeologist, Alexander Butyagin, whom Ukraine had sought to extradite over illegal excavations in occupied Crimea.According to Rzeczpospolita, this was announced by Poland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski. He stated that Butyagin was in the process of being extradited to Ukraine, but was placed on the exchange list.“One of the people we exchanged was a russian historian who was being sent to Ukraine at the ...moscow’s relentless strikes on Chornobyl’s ‘New Safe Confinement’ undermine decades of international efforts and investment – European Commission
26.04.2026
Forty years ago, the disaster at the Chornobyl Power Plant marked one of the gravest nuclear disasters in human history. Its true toll, long obscured by Soviet secrecy, has only become clearer over time. To this day, its legacy remains a stark reminder that ensuring nuclear safety depends on transparency, robust safeguards and international cooperation, the European Commission said in a statement.Yet today, moscow’s relentless strikes on Chornobyl’s ‘New Safe Confinement’, the structure built to contain the remains of reactor ...russia and China undermine international arms control – NATO
21.04.2026
russia has violated crucial arms control commitments and China continues to rapidly expand and diversify its nuclear arsenal without transparency, the alliance’s North Atlantic Council said in a statement.“russia has violated crucial arms control commitments and employed irresponsibly threatening nuclear rhetoric. China continues to rapidly expand and diversify its nuclear arsenal without transparency. Both have increased ties with states that seek to proliferate nuclear weapons and undermine international arms control,” according to the statement.Today’s deteriorating security environment poses challenges relevant to the ...russians struck a passenger train in Kherson with a drone and cynically boasted about it [video]
17.04.2026
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The russian army has once again confirmed its status as a terrorist organization by deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. This time, the occupiers’ target was a passenger train in Kherson, censor.net reported.The occupiers not only committed another war crime but also cynically put it on public display. Footage from objective control cameras, published by russian sources themselves, has appeared online.A shameful decision by World Aquatics restores full participation rights for russian and Belarusian athletes across swimming, diving, artistic swimming, and water polo
16.04.2026
A shameful decision by World Aquatics restores full participation rights for russian and Belarusian athletes across swimming, diving, artistic swimming, and water polo, lifting sanctions and allowing them to compete under their national flags and anthems, the embassy of Ukraine in Estonia writes.This decision is nothing other than the drowning of all moral principles in the murky waters of normalisation of aggression and war crimes.russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has killed more than 650 Ukrainian athletes and coaches and destroyed over ...
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