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Zelensky says Ukraine needs more time before launching counter-attack on Russia

Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine needs more time to launch a large-scale counter-offensive after one of his units said they had driven a Russian brigade away from Bakhmut.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Vladimir Putin is flailing like never before, as his latest bleak speech shows

Watching the ritual May Victory Day parade as a correspondent in Moscow a couple of decades ago, I was always struck by its distinctive mix — a noisy exhibition of modern military power but also a day that harked back to past victories, with Second World War veterans waving forlorn…

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Russian forces in Bakhmut pushed back by up to 2km in some areas, claims Ukraine military commander – as it happened

Ukraine’s military says Russia increasingly relying on regular forces after heavy losses to mercenary group in eastern city

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The Guardian view on Putin’s home front: new vulnerabilities

Editorial: A muted Victory Day parade reflects a sense of unease after recent attacks on Russian soil

The Guardian - UK

Putin 'celebrates 1945 victory while attacking Kyiv': Zelensky adviser Podolyak

In an interview with FRANCE 24, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin's Victory Day speech in Moscow on Tuesday, saying Putin celebrated the 1945 victory against the Nazis even while "attacking Kyiv", referring to a barrage of cruise missiles lobbed at the Ukrainian…

France 24

Ukraine flags block Russian ambassador's path on Victory Day

A large installation representing Russian atrocities in Ukraine blocked the path of Russia’s ambassador to Poland as he sought to lay a wreath at a Warsaw memorial to Soviet soldiers

The Independent UK

Ukrainians pin hopes on counteroffensive against Russia

Support for the army grows across the country as officials promise attacks will liberate territory.

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Putin slams "Russophobia" at scaled-back Victory Day parade

Putin's speech lasted less than 10 minutes and the entire ceremony was smaller-scale than normal.

Axios

Putin’s Victory Day parade proves just how much pressure he is under

It is meant to be a show of military might, but this year has only highlighted the war of attrition Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has become, writes Chris Stevenson

The Independent UK

Flanked by leaders of ex-Soviet allies, Putin blasts the West

‘War’ unleashed on Russia, the president says at Victory Day parade in Moscow as the war in Ukraine intensifies.

Al Jazeera

Russian missiles downed over Kyiv as Putin makes angry Victory Day speech

Putin defends invasion, claiming enemies seek his country’s destruction, as security fears cast shadow over celebrations

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin says Russia fighting 'real war' against West in huge Victory Day speech

Vladimir Putin's speech came as Moscow and other Russian cities were preparing to host military parades and other festivities marking Victory Day, Russia's biggest secular holiday

Daily Mirror

EU, Ukraine together on Europe Day, but Kyiv remains outside

The European Union marks its annual Europe Day celebration of peace and unity with Ukraine anxiously looking in from the wings

The Independent UK

Putin touts 'sacred' battle with West in Ukraine as Russia marks pared back Victory Day

President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a "sacred" fight with the West over Ukraine but the strains of war were evident at one of the most pared back anniversaries of the victory over Nazi Germany in decades.

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Latest on Ukraine: Russia will mark WWII Victory Day, as Ukraine war rolls on (May 8)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

War shadows Victory Day, Russia's integral holiday

Victory Day is Russia’s most important secular holiday, and it lauds two tenets that are central to the country’s identity: military might and moral rectitude

The Independent UK

Ukraine says whole of Russia will ‘panic’ when counteroffensive begins: ‘They will suffer the consequences’

Exclusive: No one believed Ukraine would last a month against Russia. Now, Kyiv is preparing to win the war on the ground before the year is out, deputy defence minister Volodymyr Havrylov tells Arpan Rai

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Biden knows it and so does Zelenskiy: success depends on telling the right story

Conservative narratives have lost their power. Britain should follow the lead of the world’s winners

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Daily Mirror

Ukrainian editor's pride as news website goes from start-up to essential war source

Olga Rudenko is editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent, a news website now heralded the world over for its reporting of the conflict

Evening Standard

Russia scales back Victory Day celebrations amid fears of threat from Ukraine

Some celebratory events have been cancelled over fears they could be targeted by pro-Ukrainian saboteurs

The Guardian - UK

Putin claims he’s cancelling public celebrations over safety fears. The truth is more humiliating

With even nationalist pro-war bloggers criticising Putin’s actions in Ukraine, his desperation and paranoia are growing, says Samantha de Bendern, an associate fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ll show just how weak they are’: Ukraine primed for crucial offensive

With concern among allies seemingly growing, there is a lot riding on an imminent counter-assault on the Russians in the south

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians who grew up speaking Russian learn a new mother tongue

For many, switching from Russian to the Ukrainian language is an act of resistance.

Evening Standard

Editor-in-chief of the Kyiv Independent talks of delivering the truth from the frontline during London visit

Olga Rudenko gave the prestigious Cudlipp Lecture this week warning of freedoms under attack in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Labour suggests Government’s commitment to Ukraine is ‘flagging’

Defence minister Andrew Murrison said the suggestion was ‘just a little bit unfair’.

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