UPDATE Two hydroelectric plants were decommissioned after the Russian attacks on May 8
Russia launched a large-scale attack on May 8 against Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kiev and Vinnytsia regions, mainly targeting energy infrastructure.
UPDATE Zelenski signs laws on general mobilization, extension of martial law
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed laws extending martial law and general mobilization from May 14 to August 11.
UPDATE Sweden will allocate 28 million euros for the defense of Ukraine
In March 2024, Sweden officially joined NATO after a long application process triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and was immediately vocal in its calls for other members of the alliance to do more.
UPDATE EU Ambassador to Ukraine: Ukraine could join the EU in 2030
The year 2030 is a very real date for Ukraine to join the European Union, said Katarina Mathernova, the EU ambassador to Ukraine, in an interview on May 9.
UPDATE The Czech president says that the first batch of shells will arrive in Ukraine in June
The first batch of ammunition purchased by allied countries under the Czech-led initiative should arrive in Ukraine in June, Czech President Petr Pavel said on German television station ARD on May 8.
UPDATE
Volodymyr Zelensky and Petro Poroshenko disappeared from the watch list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
UPDATE
An air raid alert began to sound during Zelenski’s meeting with European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in Kiev.
UPDATE Zelenski appoints a new head of the Special Operations Forces
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced Colonel Serhiy Lupanchuk as commander of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine. Brigadier General Oleksandr Trepak is Lupanchuk’s replacement.
UPDATE Zelenski dismisses Zalujnîi from military service
The decree states that Zalujnîi was dismissed “from military service for health reasons” and retained his “right to wear the military uniform”. He was officially appointed by President Zelenskiy as ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom.
UPDATE Stoltenberg: NATO does not intend to send troops to Ukraine, Kiev did not ask
“NATO has no plans to station forces in Ukraine. When I met with the Ukrainian authorities last week, they did not ask me for this,” Mr. Stoltenberg told Italian journalists, quoted by ANSA and La Repubblica.
The NATO Secretary General has previously spoken repeatedly about the absence of plans to send troops to Ukraine. In April, he noted that countries in the alliance were providing Ukraine with “substantial military support” and called for increased supplies, particularly of air defense systems.
In recent months, French President Emmanuel Macron has repeatedly spoken about the possibility of sending troops. According to his words, some NATO countries declared the absence of such plans, some supported the discussion on this topic. This week, the leader of the Democratic minority in the US House of Representatives, Hakim Jeffries, allowed the sending of American troops to Ukraine.
UPDATE Surprise visit of the President of the European Parliament in Kyiv
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, arrived in Kiev on an unannounced visit, and met with Ukrainian officials.
UPDATE The Kremlin publishes a video of Putin’s meeting with special operations commanders
The Kremlin made public a video of Putin’s meeting with the commanders of the units participating in the special operation, which took place on May 7. Putin emphasized the importance of accomplishing tasks on the battlefield with minimal casualties and announced the conduct of non-strategic nuclear weapons training in three phases, with joint exercises in Belarus starting with the second phase.
UPDATE The EU has agreed to allocate the profits generated from the blocked Russian assets to the defense of Ukraine
European leaders, including European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, support the move as a means of holding Russia accountable for its actions.
Despite all previous objections and logistical obstacles, Belgium agreed to waive a 25% tax on profits, making it easier to allocate them to the defense of Ukraine. However, the decision was criticized by the Kremlin, which considers it to undermine legal foundations and international law.
UPDATE The Lithuanian Foreign Minister supports the sending of Western military instructors to Ukraine
Western military personnel training Ukrainian troops on the ground, rather than in NATO countries, would have practical advantages, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told The Guardian in an interview published on May 9.
The Lithuanian parliament has already authorized Lithuanian troops to train inside Ukraine, but Landsbergis indicated that “this would be better done within a larger coalition,” according to The Guardian.
UPDATE Europe “should prepare” for more wars if Russia does not lose, Kosovo warns
The foreign minister of Kosovo has declared that his country is convinced that Russia must lose the war in Ukraine so that the conflict does not spread further in Europe.
Donika Gervalla-Schwarz declared that her young nation’s support for Ukraine is unconditional – despite the fact that Kiev has not recognized Kosovo’s independence, Sky News notes.
“Ukraine has not recognized the Republic of Kosovo as a state, but we really think we know exactly what Ukraine is going through,” she said in an interview with The Associated Press.
“And we know that there is only one solution, not only for Ukraine, but also for Europe. It can only be that Russia loses the war and Ukraine wins this war. Otherwise, Europe should prepare for other conflicts on the continent our”, she said.
UPDATE A fire broke out at a large fuel depot in the Krasnodar region
A drone attack started a fire and damaged several tanks at a fuel depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the region’s administration announced on Thursday, according to Reuters.
About six drones were destroyed and more debris fell on the refinery near the village of Yurovka, the Russians explained on Telegram.
The information has not yet been confirmed by the Ukrainians. Drone attacks on energy installations inside Russia have been frequent in recent months. Officials in Kiev say they are launching the drones to undermine Russia’s warfighting capability and to respond to Moscow’s attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
The oil depot in Krasnodar has been attacked several times in the past.
UPDATE US State Department: The US is preparing several aid packages for Ukraine
The United States government is working on additional funding packages for Ukraine, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said during a press conference on May 8, according to Kyiv Independent.
The United States adopted in April a military aid package of 61 billion dollars, long awaited, after six months of internal political battles and delays.
“We are working on other packages,” Miller told reporters.
“I think you can expect to see us return to the pace we were at before we had this funding break.”
INITIAL NEWS
Budapest is once again raising suspicions in the world’s largest military alliance as it vows to defy a NATO initiative.
The alliance’s long-term plan to militarily support Ukraine was agreed in April but was called a “crazy mission” by Hungary’s foreign minister on Wednesday. Sky News.
Under the plans, NATO would take over part of the coordination work from a US-led coalition known as the Ramstein group.
Discussing these plans on Wednesday, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that “Hungary will stay out of the crazy NATO mission, despite all the pressure.”
Relations between Budapest and NATO have deteriorated over Hungary’s delay in ratifying Sweden’s NATO membership – finally approved by Budapest in March – and also over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s close ties to Moscow.
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