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Russia readies Victory Day parade as fight for east Ukraine rages

Severodonetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russia will celebrate its 1945 victory over Nazi Germany Monday with a show of military might as its army battles Kyiv's forces in the east of Ukraine, where 60 people were killed in an air strike on a school sheltering civilians.

AFP

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's military showed, as the Ukrainian defence minister predicted many weeks of grinding fighting ahead.

Reuters

Putin's Victory Day speech gives no clue on Ukraine escalation

President Vladimir Putin exhorted Russians to battle in a defiant Victory Day speech on Monday, but was silent about plans for any escalation in Ukraine, despite Western warnings he might use his Red Square address to order a national mobilisation.

Reuters

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Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 75 of the invasion

Putin makes no major policy announcement about Ukraine in Victory Day speech; Zelenskiy says country will win war with Russia and not cede any territory

The Guardian - AU

"Everything shook": Last civilians leave Ukraine steel mill

Pale and drawn, the last civilians sheltering in the bunkers beneath the sprawling steel mill in the decimated Ukrainian port city of Mariupol arrived late Sunday night in Zaporizhzhia, the first major Ukrainian city beyond the frontline

The Independent UK

‘I didn’t think we would make it’: last wave of Azovstal evacuees reach safety

After two months sheltering in besieged city of Mariupol, civilians arrived in Ukraine-held Zaporizhzhia exhausted and with few possessions

The Guardian - AU

As Russia readies military pomp, Ukraine blames it for deadly school attack

SEVERODONETSK (Ukraine) (AFP) - A Russian strike on a school sheltering civilians claimed 60 lives, Ukraine said Sunday, as the G7 reaffirmed their unity with Kyiv on the eve of Moscow's plans for a flashy World War II victory commemoration.

AFP

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Zelensky says school bombing kills 60 as G7 rallies behind Ukraine

SEVERODONETSK (Ukraine) (AFP) - A Russian strike on a school sheltering civilians claimed 60 lives, Ukraine said Sunday, as the G7 reaffirmed their unity with Kyiv on the eve of Moscow's ostentatious plans for a World War II victory celebration.

AFP

Mariupol steel plant’s ‘dead men’ defenders call for rescue plan

If Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hoped to mark Victory Day on Monday by celebrating the capture or surrender of Mariupol’s last Ukrainian defenders, a Zoom appearance by their commanders suggests he’ll have to wait.

Tribune News Service

Last Ukrainians in besieged Mariupol steelworks ‘will fight until death’

An estimated 2,000 fighters remain at Azovstal, both those still in combat and those that are wounded

The Independent UK

Evacuees from Azovstal plant arrive in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

A convoy of buses carrying evacuees from southeastern Ukraine, including some 40 civilians who had been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in besieged Mariupol, arrived on Sunday in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia, a U.N. official said.

Reuters

Dozens feared dead in school bombing as G7 rallies behind Ukraine

SEVERODONETSK (Ukraine) (AFP) - Rescuers on Sunday scrambled to find dozens of civilians feared dead in a strike on a Ukrainian school as the G7 reaffirmed their unity with Kyiv on the eve of Russia's World War II victory celebrations.

AFP

Jill Biden visits Ukraine; dozens feared dead in school bombing in eastern battle zone

KYIV, Ukraine — As air-raid sirens wailed repeatedly Sunday in the capital, Kyiv, and in cities and towns across Ukraine, first lady Jill Biden made a foray into the embattled country, meeting her Ukrainian counterpart near the Slovakian border.

Los Angeles Times

Jill Biden, Justin Trudeau visit Ukraine; dozens feared dead in school bombing in eastern battle zone

KYIV, Ukraine — As air-raid sirens wailed repeatedly Sunday in the capital, Kyiv, and in cities and towns across Ukraine, U.S. first lady Jill Biden made a foray into the embattled country, meeting her Ukrainian counterpart near the Slovakian border.

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Ukraine battles to hold eastern bastions as US First Lady visits

SEVERODONETSK (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian forces braced Sunday to defend their final bastion in the devastated port city of Mariupol, desperate to deny Russia a symbolic win on the eve of Moscow's Victory Day celebrations.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: Azovstal troops say ‘surrender not an option’

The pledge comes as Russia’s most senior government official to visit Mariupol welcomes the city’s ‘liberation’.

The Guardian - UK

‘Surrender is not an option’: Azov battalion commander in plea for help to escape Mariupol

Two thousand Ukrainian troops thought to be trapped inside steelworks after civilian evacuation

The Independent UK

Live updates | Canada's Trudeau in Ukraine to offer support

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a surprise visit to Ukraine amid Russia’s war on the country

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Reuters

Russian Deputy PM visits ruined Ukrainian city of Mariupol

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has visited Mariupol, the country's most senior government official yet to set foot in the Ukrainian southern port city after weeks of Russian bombardment.

Reuters

Ukrainian fighters at besieged Azovstal plant vow to fight till the end

Ukrainian fighters at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in the southeastern port of Mariupol, who are the last holdout against Russian forces in the city, vowed on Sunday to continue their stand as long as they are alive.

WEKU

At least 50 people have been killed in an airstrike on a school in eastern Ukraine

And in Mariupol, women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the steel mill. Officials continue to work on humanitarian corridors for the rest of the city.

WEKU

Russia's Victory Day celebrations take on new importance for the Kremlin this year

Russians celebrate Victory Day on Monday, May 9. The annual event marks the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, but it has taken on added importance this year because of Ukraine.

AFP

Ukraine battles to hold eastern bastions as Russia prepares Victory Day parade

The Independent UK

Ukraine: 60 feared dead after Russia bombs school which sheltered ‘whole village’

The school sheltering the ‘whole village’ was struck by Russian forces on Saturday

France 24

As Russia prepares military pomp, Ukraine blames it for deadly school bombing

About 60 people were feared to have been killed in the bombing of a village school in eastern Ukraine, while Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared to mark the 77th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. Thank you for joining us during this live…

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