2023-05-09 07:04:43
May 9 commemorations have begun
At 10 a.m. sharp in Moscow’s Red Square, the May 9 commemorations began in the presence of Vladimir Putin.
A military parade and troop review are currently underway.
Vladimir Putin greets WWII veterans
In Moscow, a few minutes before his speech, President Vladimir Putin, in the company of rare foreign leaders, greeted veterans of the Second World War in Red Square.
kyiv assures that Moscow wants to seize “Bahmut” by May 9
Russia has stepped up its bombardments on Bakhmout in the hope of taking control by Tuesday, said the Ukrainian general in charge of protecting the city besieged by the Russian army on Sunday evening, adding that he would do everything to avoid such an outcome.
This Tuesday, May 9, is one of the main national holidays in Russia, which commemorates the victory over Germany in 1945.
“The Russians still hope to take the city by May 9. Our mission is to prevent this,” said General Oleksandre Syrskyi via Telegram messaging.
Can Vladimir Putin regain control in Ukraine?
In Moscow, the great military parade in the presence of Vladimir Putin will take place, even if the traditional march of the “Immortals Regiment” which brings together tens of thousands of Russians in the streets of the capital has been canceled.
And the master of the Kremlin has little good news from the front. His troops, who have been fighting since the summer for Bakhmout, a city of disputed strategic importance and largely destroyed, have yet to conquer it in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance.
While Russian forces now control most of it, this advance has been slow and at the cost of heavy casualties. And kyiv has been preparing for months to retaliate, backed by crucial Western arms deliveries.
What to expect from Vladimir Putin’s speech on Tuesday?
Uniform, parades, arsenal … Russia should proceed, as usual, to a show of force, and especially in Moscow, where Vladimir Putin will intervene this Tuesday from Red Square for his traditional speech.
Again, he should compare the fight once morest Nazi Germany in World War II and the need to fight what he considers to be the Nazis of today, namely the Ukrainians, a parallel he already has did last year.
Ukraine says it shot down 23 Russian missiles
In a statement released on Tuesday morning, the Ukrainian Air Force said it had shot down 23 of the 25 cruise missiles fired by Russia on its territory.
“In total, during two waves of bombardments of Ukraine on the night of May 9, 2023, the Russian occupiers launched 25 Kalibr and X-101/X-555 cruise missiles”, we learn.
It is the fifth such attack since early May by Russia, which has resumed its aerial bombardment campaign over Ukraine largely halted since early March.
Von der Leyen is in Kyiv to mark Europe Day
The President of the European Commission arrived in Kiev on Tuesday to mark Europe Day and show her support for Ukraine in the face of the Russian offensive, the day when Moscow commemorates the victory over Nazi Germany.
Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on an overnight train from Poland to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and work on Ukraine’s application to join the European Union, according to the accompanying press pool.
Shortly before his arrival, anti-aircraft sirens sounded for two hours in kyiv.
Is Wagner a terrorist group? French MPs speak out
The National Assembly must vote on Tuesday on a text requesting the registration of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, accused of abuses in Ukraine and Africa, on the European Union’s list of terrorist organizations.
The motion for a resolution carried by Renaissance MP Benjamin Haddad, without binding value, targets in particular the “numerous abuses once morest the civilian population” in Ukraine, committed by this group of mercenaries, some of which might be qualified as “war crimes”.
The text, which will be debated in the followingnoon, was co-signed by deputies from the various majority groups, but also by elected officials from the socialist, environmentalist and LR ranks, presaging a favorable vote in the hemicycle.
Wagner Group says ‘fierce’ fighting continues in Bakhmout
The head of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Monday that “fierce” fighting was continuing in Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, indicating that his troops were receiving more ammunition following threatening to withdraw.
Yevgeni Prigojine, in open conflict for months with the Russian military hierarchy, had promised Friday to withdraw his fighters, on the front line in this Ukrainian city that Russian forces have been attacking since last August, if they did not receive more ammunition from the from the army.
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The Pulitzer Prizes reward the American press for its coverage of Ukraine
The newspaper New York Times and the Associated Press news agency were honored on Monday for their work on the war in Ukraine with the Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious awards in the American press.
One of the most important media in the world, the New York Times, and its reporters won the Pulitzer for “international reporting” for their “unwavering coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including an eight-month investigation into the Ukrainian deaths in Boutcha and the Russian unit responsible for them.” killings,” Pulitzer administrator Marjorie Miller said in a video message.
As for the American news agency AP, it won the “public service” prize for a “courageous” report on the siege of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
Russian and Soviet flags banned in Berlin on Tuesday
Russian and Soviet flags will be banned near the Soviet Memorial in Tiergarten in central Berlin on Tuesday, the German capital’s Higher Administrative Court confirmed on Monday.
The higher court thus overturned a decision of the administrative court annulling a ban on these flags on the occasion of the commemoration of the German capitulation on May 8 and 9.
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Explosions heard in kyiv tonight, hours before Putin’s May 9 speech
Several explosions were heard overnight in kyiv on Tuesday, report the kyiv Independent media and the Ukrainian news agency TSN, a few hours before a long-awaited speech by Vladimir Putin in Moscow for May 9.
An alert, inviting the inhabitants of the city to take shelter, was issued by the authorities on Telegram at 4 a.m. (3 a.m. Paris time), specifying a few tens of minutes later that “the air defense is working.”
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