Ukraine war briefing: Distant strike on Russian missile ship in Caspian Sea

Defence ministers of Ukraine and Sweden talk Gripen fighter jet deal; verbal exchanges escalate over Victory Day parade. What we know on day 1,535 Ukraine’s military has struck a Russian Karakurt-class small missile carrier on the Caspian Sea off Russia’s distant Dagestan region, the Ukrainian general staff said on Thursday. The port of Kaspiysk where the ship was reportedly located is more than 1,500km from Kyiv – and closer to Tehran, the Iranian capital. The extent of the damage was being ...

By Warren Murray and agencies

On Day of Remembrance, Zelenskyy says Russia is "renewed version of Nazism"

81 years after the end of the most devastating war of the 20th century – World War II – Ukraine is once again forced to confront total evil, a renewed version of Nazism embodied today by Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

By Iryna Balachuk

Friday, 8 May 2026

Armenia * Today, pre-election campaigning kicked off in Armenia for the 7 June parliamentary elections. * Yesterday, Russia summoned Armenia’s Ambassador Gurgen Arsenyan, claiming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi had ‘voice[d] terrorist threats against Russia’ during his speech at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan earlier this week. * Armenian authorities have arrested an undisclosed number of people over allegations of vote buying and attempts to obstruct the free vo

By OC Media

Russia and Ukraine exchange attacks despite Moscow truce

Russia and Ukraine launched major attacks on each other today, with a two-day unilateral ceasefire that Moscow had declared around its World War II commemorations appearing to be in tatters.

Russia and Ukraine trade more than a thousand drone attacks overnight

It came during a two-day truce for World War II celebrations by the Kremlin.

Ukraine sends mass drone attack on Moscow as Russia’s unilateral ceasefire takes effect

Ukraine launched a mass drone attack on Moscow just after midnight on May 8, as Russia’s unilaterally declared ceasefire took effect, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said.

Russia, Ukraine trade major attacks ahead of Kremlin's WWII celebrations

Ukraine says Russia lobbed more than 850 strikes with drones, more than 140 strikes on Kyiv's frontline positions

By AFP

Russia Outraged At Its Ally Armenia For Hosting Zelensky: 'Whose Side Of History Are You On?'

Russia Outraged At Its Ally Armenia For Hosting Zelensky: 'Whose Side Of History Are You On?' Russia is seething after its Caucasus regional ally Armenia decided to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a European summit earlier this week. Moscow is further warning against Yerevan pursuing closer relations with the European Union as well. The Kremlin slammed Zelensky being hosted there, right in Russia's own backward, as "incomprehensible". Source: Perry-Castañeda Libr...

By Tyler Durden

Russia-Ukraine cease-fires in limbo as both report intense attacks

Russia and Ukraine reportedly exchanged intense attacks Thursday amid growing uncertainty over whether rival cease-fire proposals announced by the two sides could hold. The Russia...

Updated version of nazism labeled 'made in Russia' - Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated today, May 8, on the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, that the Ukrainian people are once again forced to stop evil — an updated version of Nazism labeled "made in Russia."