Russia closes 13 airports as Ukrainian drones strike air traffic control center in Rostov-on-Don
At least 14,000 passengers are stranded. Rostov has declared a local state of emergency.
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Ukraine marks Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism on 8 May
Ukraine marks 8 May as Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in WWII, replacing the Soviet 9 May Victory Day under a 2023 law signed by Zelenskyy.
264 drones, three Russian cities, one burning oil refinery — Russia’s pre-Victory Day night
Ukrainian drones struck Moscow, Yaroslavl, and Rostov-on-Don overnight on 7-8 May, igniting a fire at the Yaroslavnefteorgsintez oil refinery. Russia claims 264 drones shot down
Latvian police debunk fake claim that Ukrainian drone hit passenger train
Latvia's State Police debunked online claims that a Ukrainian drone hit a passenger train, saying a 5 May fire on the Rīga–Daugavpils line was likely engine damage.
Russia is waging a long war against the West. Switzerland’s spies say it is escalating.
Switzerland's annual intelligence report names Russia the biggest threat to Europe, lining up with Dutch, German, Danish, and Estonian assessments of Moscow's preparation for a possible NATO conflict.
100+ foreigners, $56,000 in cash, 10 raids — Kyiv police bust foreigner-legalization racket
Kyiv police have charged two men with legalizing over 100 foreigners — including two Russian citizens — through fictitious companies and a fake charitable fund, with fees up to $6,000.
US approves potential sale of JDAM-ER joint direct attack munitions to Ukraine
The US State Department has approved a potential $373.6 mn sale of 1,532 JDAM-ER kits to Ukraine. Boeing will serve as the principal contractor for the deal.
Ukraine did math on Tuapse — and Russian reaction tells rest
Ukraine's drones hit Tuapse four times in a single month. Each strike deepening the wound on Russia's only Black Sea oil refinery.
Kim Jong Un urges North Korean youth aged 14 to 30 to fight for Russia after losing 6,000 troops in Kursk
At a Pyongyang youth congress, Kim Jong Un cast 14- to 30-year-olds as the "vanguard" of state goals while the ruling party praised dead soldiers in Russia's war as "bombs and flames."
FP: Patriot supplies to Ukraine hinge on the war in Iran, which has already drained nearly half of the US stockpile
Foreign Policy reports US officials see Ukraine as unable to last two days without aid, as the Iran war drains the Patriot stockpile and clouds the PURL program.
Canada adds 12.4 mn euros to Ukraine Energy Support Fund, total passes 57 mn
Equipment worth around 260 mn euros is already in transit to Ukraine, with delivery expected before temperatures drop.
“Anyone who tries to break through, we will shoot” — a Ukrainian sailor describes two months at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz
A Ukrainian chief mate describes two months stranded near the Strait of Hormuz: a $2mn passage toll, $13,000 water deliveries, and Iranian warnings over VHF radio.
Ukraine jails European ex-instructor for 8.5 years after FSB recruited him through pro-Kremlin forums
Ukraine has jailed a foreign ex-military instructor for 8.5 years after Russia's FSB recruited him through pro-Kremlin forums to spy on training centers and plan terror attacks
National Guard’s Omega unit downs $100,000 Russian Knyaz Veshchiy Oleg recon drone
Ukraine's National Guard Omega unit has destroyed a $100,000 Russian Knyaz Veshchiy Oleg recon drone — the fourth such UAV downed in 2026
Russia struck a Poltava gas site overnight — then hit the DSNS rescuers responding to the fire
Russia struck a Poltava gas facility overnight on 5 May with Iskander missiles, then hit SES rescuers at the scene. Five killed, 37 injured.
Ukraine is building multi-layered shield along border with Russian-occupied Transnistria — 50 km from biggest port city
Russian Troops have been stationed there since 1992.
US decision not to deploy Tomahawks to Germany was even worse than withdrawal of 5,000 US troops. But Ukraine can help
Three years of full-scale war have made Ukraine's defense industry one of the most combat-experienced on the planet.
Russia and “those sympathetic to it” will try to force Ukraine into capitulation this summer – source in Ukraine’s presidential circle
Russia demands control over Donbas, where 200,000 civilians still live.
Europe has 2 mn troops, Russia 1.3 mn, Ukraine 800,000 — and Kyiv is the one teaching, Stubb says
In Prague, Finland's President Alexander Stubb said Europe should ask what Ukraine offers it, not what it needs — and that no Western army fights a modern war the way Ukraine does.
Germany hands Ukraine the gas plant that warmed Russia’s Nord Stream
Germany will transfer an 84 MW gas-fired power plant in Lubmin — built to serve Russia's Nord Stream 1 — to a Ukrainian operator as humanitarian aid, Die Welt reports.