War in Ukraine, day 807. Vladimir Putin warns that Russia’s nuclear forces are always ready for battle

The most important events of the last 24 hours:

• Two people killed and 13 injured in Ukraine, after Russian attacks in the last day
• Two injured and three houses burned after bombings in Kharkiv
• The Ukrainians hit a Russian refinery 1,200 km from the border
• The Russians attacked Ukraine last night with 10 drones
• Ukraine will receive three HIMARS missile systems, supplied by the US and paid for by Germany
• Xi Jinping’s visit to Hungary: “Convergence of views on the Russian offensive”
• Putin warns that Russia’s nuclear forces are always ready for battle
• The President of the European Parliament, on a visit to Kyiv: the EU must keep its promises, intensify its support
• Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation

Update 11:25. Two people killed and 13 injured in Ukraine, after Russian attacks in the last day

Russian attacks in Ukraine have killed two people and injured 13 others in the past day, regional authorities announced on Friday (10 May).

According to Ukrainian officials, casualties were reported in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.

Update 09:30. Two injured and three houses burned after bombings in Kharkiv

As a result of the Russian shelling in Kharkiv, 12 houses were damaged and 3 burned after fires broke out, and a woman and a child were injured, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the regional governor announced.

“There was a fire in three private houses. 12 private residential buildings were previously damaged. Two people were injured: an 11-year-old child and a 72-year-old woman,” announced the governor of Kharkiv region, Oleh Sineguhov.

Russian forces attacked the city of Kharkiv on Friday night, May 10, and a residential building was damaged, announced the mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, and the governor of the region, Oleh Sineguhov. The Russians also attacked the town of Derhaci in the Kharkiv region.

Update 08:30. The Ukrainians hit a Russian refinery 1,200 km from the border

The Ukrainians manage to strike deeper and deeper into the interior of Russia. A drone would have hit a Russian refinery located at a distance of almost 1,200 km from the border. The operation was carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine, according to sources cited by the international press.

The drone broke “a record” after flying a distance of 1,500 km to hit this refinery, one of the largest in Russia.

Update 07:50. The Russians attacked Ukraine last night with 10 drones

On Friday night, the Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine again, using 10 Shahed drones, the Ukrainian military announced, stating that the air defense shot down all aerial targets.

“All the attack drones were destroyed by the air defense forces and means of Ukraine,” the General Staff said. The drones were destroyed in Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.

The commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk, reported that in addition to the ten Shaheds launched from the territory of occupied Crimea, the Russians launched two S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region in the direction of the Kharkiv region.

Russia’s strategic nuclear forces are “always” ready for battle, Vladimir Putin stressed Thursday in his speech celebrating the Soviet victory over Hitler, amid tensions over the conflict in Ukraine, according to AFP.

The Russian president oversaw the May 9 military parade in Red Square, the centerpiece of the Kremlin’s narrative extolling the country’s power. More than 9,000 soldiers, according to Russian media, armored vehicles, rocket launchers and fighter jets took part.

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