Ukraine

Ukraine's intelligence agency says it possesses Russia's secret internal war-damage assessment, hidden from Russia's own population.

Thirty-seven countries have agreed to move forward with a special tribunal to prosecute the leadership decision behind Russia's war against Ukraine — a step officials called a "point of no return."

205 Ukrainian defenders walked free after four years in Russian captivity, mostly taken at Mariupol in 2022; the oldest is 62, the youngest 21. Ukrainian drones struck the Caspian Fleet base at Kaspiysk and Rosneft's Ryazan refinery. The 129th Brigade raised the Ukrainian flag again over Odradne, six months after Russia overran the village. Kyiv held a Day of Mourning for the 24 killed in Russia's 14 May missile strike.

A US House discharge petition bypassed Speaker Johnson to force a vote on nearly $10 billion in new Ukraine assistance, a rare procedural manoeuvre reflecting bipartisan frustration with stalled aid.

Meanwhile, Russia abandons Stepnohirsk assault.

Ukrainian drone forces destroyed two long-range Russian radars in Donetsk Oblast, one rated to detect targets at 250 km and another to measure altitude at 300 km. UK, EU, and Canadian sanctions targeted the Russian networks linked to the deportation of more than 20,000 Ukrainian children, of whom about 2,000 have returned. ISW reported Moscow's Victory Day truce reduced combat but mainly served as a Russian stockpile window, with Molniya drones held back during the pause and released after.

No tanks, no navy: Russia's 9 May parade exposes the toll Ukraine has taken on its military.

Russia's unilaterally announced 8-9 May "Victory Day ceasefire" opened with more than 140 battlefield attacks, mass drone launches, and reconnaissance flights, Kyiv said. A separate US-mediated agreement set a 9-11 May truce tied to a 1,000-for-1,000 prisoner exchange. Overnight, Ukrainian drones reached Moscow, Yaroslavl, and Rostov-on-Don, igniting a fire at one of Russia's largest oil refineries.

Ukraine's air defenses destroyed nearly 6,000 targets in April.

Russia preached a 9 May ceasefire and ran 1,820 strikes anyway, killing a woman in a Kharkiv kindergarten. Switzerland's annual intelligence assessment confirmed what the strikes already said—Russia is escalating its long war against the West. Ukraine's Flamingo missile hit the Russian plant making Shahed antennas, the US cleared JDAM-ER kits for Kyiv, and Hungary handed back the Oshchadbank cash and gold its services grabbed in March.

Guided bombs kill 12 in Zaporizhzhia as Russia promotes a ceasefire it won't observe.

Ukrainian drones reached a Su-57 stealth fighter base near the Urals, a Perm refinery, and Buk-M3 air defenses in occupied Donetsk overnight, while a daytime Russian drone swarm hit Ternopil, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, and Odesa, knocking Ternopil offline and injuring 10.