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In the end, making Putin threaten, moan and beg to hold his pissy little 45 minute parade, from which he ran away like a frightened schoolboy, revealed more about the real state of the war than anyone could have expected.

This sounds like an implicit acceptance that Russia will collapse.

German police in Berlin removing the Russian flag and detaining the person carrying it. The fact that they are living in Germany and not in Russia tells you everything you need to know.

The Motherland Monument in Kyiv was illuminated with the colors of the EU flag in an event attended by foreign diplomats, EU representatives, and Ukrainian authorities. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated the action symbolizes European support for Ukraine's fight for freedom and European values.

🇫🇮 FM Elina Valtonen: Ukraine should be integrated into NATO as quickly as possible. It's in our own interest. Ukraine has one of the strongest armies, a robust defense industry, and advanced modern technologies. Ukraine now holds the strongest cards, even in the American sense.

A Ukrainian drone armed with a recoilless shotgun, hunting and shooting down Russian UAVs. #Ukraine

APPLEBAUM: Ukraine has drone technology that other people want. EU now able to guarantee funding for Ukraine. Ukraine has become a player in world politics and is valuable to other countries. I think that’s really flipped the narrative. Suddenly, it looks like Ukraine has cards.

❗️Zelensky congratulated Péter Magyar on his appointment and start of work as Hungary’s prime minister. He said Ukraine is ready to develop cooperation with Hungary and build strong relations based on good neighborliness and mutual respect. #Hungary

It’s exhausting to see people sharing Putin’s quotes as if he ever said a word of truth. Moreover, most of these posts are stripped of context. ​When he said about being ready to meet Zelenskyy, he added to "sign documents," he isn't looking for a dialogue; he’s demanding a capitulation, as always.

Made in Ukraine. Pokuttia ceramics I saw today. Traditional pottery from Western Ukraine, known for its warm colors, carved ornaments, and hand-painted designs.

New images emerged from the recently formed Russian 2nd Lada Armored Division. #Russia

STUBB: It's been four years. In four years during World War II, Russia advanced to Berlin. In four years in Ukraine, with all of their military might, they have advanced to Pokrovsk.

Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director Leon Panetta: Biden should have been much tougher in providing the weapons that Ukraine needed. Frankly, we should have given them much more sophisticated weaponry that they were asking for in order to be able to go after Russia.

Ukrainian drone operators from the 210th Assault Regiment struck Russian infantry, ambush drones, motorcycles, vehicles, antenna nodes and repeaters in Sumy region. The unit targeted assets supporting occupation forces. #Ukraine

Just sent out my free weekend update. A fascinating week which revealed alot about the state of the war. Putin had to beg Trump to beg Zelensky to be allowed to hold Russia's Victory Day Parade. Then, it seems, Putin turned around and humiliated Trump-of course. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

TAYLOR: Ukraine made it clear in Iran war that it has real value to bring to United States and allies. Ukrainians know how to defend against drones, and providing knowledge and expertise. Ukraine's making it very clear which side it’s on, and United States should recognize that.

Our Mother Ukraine in Kyiv shines with stars on Europe Day 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

REP. MIKE LEVIN: Most members of Congress continue to stand with Ukraine. Your sovereign nation was attacked by Putin. We do not stand with Putin. Vice President does not speak for all Americans, for members of Congress across ideological spectrum, and does not speak for me.

Putin is once again going to give Ukraine a chance to surrender to him OR ELSE he will be forced to start taking seriously his 3 day special military operation that is now on year 5 with 1.3 million Russian casualties.

Péter Magyar officially became Hungary’s prime minister after 140 MPs backed his nomination and 54 opposed it. In his first speech, he urged President Tamás Sulyok to resign and announced a review of Hungary’s constitutional system. #Hungary

Zelenskyy didn't just let Russia hold its Victory Day parade. He signed a decree making it possible: Putin's parade only happened because Ukraine allowed it. My weekly update on Ukraine and the Pacific. mickryan.substack.com/p/whose-vict...

Parliament of Hungary NOW. No police lights and cordons, batons and pepper sprays, but a laser show, music, dance, and joy after Orban is ousted forever.

Ukraine’s Apachi drone battalion of the 81st Airmobile Brigade repelled a Russian motorcycle assault on the Sloviansk axis, destroying a 16-bike column. Commander Oleksandr Denysov said every motorcycle was destroyed and every attacker killed before reaching the line. #Ukraine

A fire was recorded in occupied Sevastopol at the site of Russia’s 42nd Special Motorized Regiment, FIRMS data shows. The site is military unit 6916 of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops, Rosgvardia. #Ukraine

It's finally warm and time for my favorite tee. Kharkiv 💙💛

Greetings from Kyiv. Today, I’m sending warm hugs to all mothers. Even if Mother’s Day falls on another date in your country, mothers deserve to be celebrated every day. Flowers from Ukraine for you

Russian drone struck the technical floor of a nine‑story residential building in Kharkiv this evening. This is all you need to know about russian ceasefires and promises.

🤬 Today, on a day of silence, Russians hit a vehicle belonging to the emergency services of JSC “DONETSKOBLGAS” in Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast. The workers were on their way to respond to a call after a previous shelling. The people jumped out of the vehicle at the last moment.

Rubio consistently frames criticism of Nato in a way that explains the U.S. benefit of being in Nato. It's Russia style communication now — these people cannot tell the czar directly what they think, so they frame public statements as ostensibly support but with an injected message to the leader.

I really viscerally hate how this administration communicates

Russian losses per 10/05/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +840 men +3 ACVs +75 artillery +2 MLRS +2 AD systems +1489 UAVs +11 GRCs

O’BRIEN: Ukrainians changed the way they’re fighting. Their front line is now manned overwhelmingly by equipment, machinery, millions of drones. That line protecting their own army, reducing casualties, saving their soldiers’ lives. Ukrainians letting drones and unmanned vehicles do the fighting.

Ukraine’s Ratel ground robotic system launched an FPV drone from an integrated launch module. Video shows the platform can carry at least 4 launch compartments for FPV drones, turning the UGV into a mobile drone carrier. #Ukraine

1/ If yesterday's Victory Day parade had been a true reflection of Russia's frontline army as it is now, it would have been a chaotic display of battered vehicles, motorbikes, exhausted soldiers on crutches, and donkeys. A Russian warblogger imagines how it could have been. ⬇️

Radio Liberty said Russia’s Alabuga special economic zone, where Shaheds are assembled, expanded by 340 hectares in one year. Satellite images from May 2025 and May 2026 show the growth, while at least 19 air-defense towers were deployed there earlier. #Russia

The hypothesis that last summers telecom sabotage campaign in south Sweden was in fact aimed at dual use military installations is strengthened. Masts facing southeastern Baltic and Kaliningrad were hit. Finland is now implementing the tech. It is not public whether SE uses it.

The new government of Hungary after inauguration.

Your Prez was accused of deleting pro Israel tweets. No posts have been deleted but here is🧵on tweets Prez made which were accused of being "pro Israel" TLDR. Asking for intellectual consistency from some folks causes false accusations. ..

🇫🇮🇺🇦 Zelensky: As always, a good conversation with Alex Stubb. We coordinated positions ahead of this week's meetings and talks. It is important that interaction in Europe remains strong, and now there are new prospects for cooperation.

My new discovery from ART KYIV 2026 (a contemporary art fair). 🇺🇦 Taras Hayda

Vovchansk today is nothing but scorched ruins along the frontline. Russia destroyed every school, every church, every neighborhood, every home. It stole lives and dreams. Forever and for nothing.

😡 Russia violated the ceasefire again: Kharkiv — At night, the Russians hit a nine-story building in Kharkiv with a drone. Five people were injured, including two 8-year-old boys. Zaporizhzhia — 780 Russian strikes on 33 settlements. One person died, three more were injured.

A Russian soldier advancing toward the frontline inside a tent, using it as a cover from drones and thermal cameras, gets struck by a thermal-imaging kamikaze drone.

Putin's Red Square Catastrophe youtu.be/y9Mi22vICgs

🇭🇺 Hungarian PM Péter Magyar: Today, every freedom-loving person in the world wants to be a little bit Hungarian. Look behind me at this building — the most beautiful building in the world, the House of Hungary.

Gerhard Schröder is one of Europe’s biggest traitors. He works for Russia and therefore can’t serve as a mediator

In Russian Vladikavkaz, maternity hospital staff dressed newborns in military uniforms. What kind of grotesque moral void do you have to live in to do that? 🤦‍♀️

I wouldn't make too much of this. Maybe he realizes things are not going well for Ru, maybe not. But note that this diplomatic resolution talk is devoid of details. I'd bet a lot of money he still envisions an outcome that's both completely disconnected from reality and unacceptable for Ukraine.

Ukraine said air defenses downed or suppressed all 27 Russian drones launched overnight from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Millerovo. The attack used Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and Parody decoy drones, with no hits recorded. #Ukraine

Liberal democracy was thwarting the ambitions of the Epstein class, so it had to be undermined you see.

If you told me four years ago that I’d be watching videos of a shotgun-mounted Ukrainian drone mercilessly shooting down a swarm of russian drones, I would have laughed. Yet, here we are.

1/ With Donald Trump ("our Trumpushka") increasingly seen as irrelevant to the war in Ukraine, Russian warbloggers are increasingly calling for "demonstrative strikes" on the EU, UK and Canada to force them to cease support for Ukraine and negotiate a peace settlement. ⬇️

A ceasefire on the current frontlines creates a huge problem for Putin: he hasn’t achieved any of his original invasion goals. After 4 years of war, Ukraine still stands, NATO is larger, Russia has lost Black Sea dominance, and Moscow has annexed more territory than it can realistically secure.

Operators of Ukraine’s 422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment used a domestic Bulava loitering munition to destroy Russian targets. Strikes destroyed a fuel tanker, two trucks and a LAT vehicle. #Ukraine

One way AI images are messing up news

Putin said at a May 9 evening briefing that Russia has received no Ukrainian proposals on a prisoner exchange. He claimed Moscow had sent Kyiv a list of 500 captured Ukrainian troops before Trump’s proposal, but said Ukraine then “disappeared from radar.” #Russia

Man. We deserve better than this.

🔥🚂 ATESH partisans conducted a successful sabotage operation on a railway section in Lipetsk region. ❗️During the mission, underground fighters destroyed a freight electric locomotive used by the occupiers to transport military equipment. Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/atesh-partis...

🥇 Ukrainian rowers Lyudmila Luzan and Anastasiya Rybachok claimed gold at World Cup event in Hungary. In women’s C2 500m final, Ukrainian duo took first place with a time of 1:55.99. I am very proud of our athletes! 🇺🇦

According to OSINT analysis, another air defense ring is being built around Moscow. Number of air defense systems protecting Moscow now exceeded 100 units since 2023. Additionally, Putin’s residence in Valdai has been blurred on Yandex Maps. Kremlin gargoyle seems very afraid.

Moment of the Hornet kamikaze drone strike on a Russian UAZ-469. As claimed two Russians were killed as a result.

Both horrifically too many also also horrifically not enough.

The US imposed sanctions on Chinese satellite firms accused of supporting Iran. The State Department said The Earth Eye, MizarVision and Chang Guang Satellite Technology provided Tehran with satellite imagery showing US troop positions in the Middle East. #Iran

Russian forces attacked emergency workers in Dnipropetrovsk region, injuring a 23-year-old rescuer. DSNS said Russian troops deliberately targeted a fire-rescue vehicle, hitting personnel responding under threat. #Ukraine

Which autocrat will leave office sooner, Trump or Putin?

❗️Putin said he is ready to meet Zelensky not only in Moscow, but only to sign an agreement. He also named former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder as the best negotiator for dialogue between Russia and Europe. #Russia

German police arrested a Russian fascist. ✊

Your Prez is accepting questions for the next show, to be recorded soon. vvp.

Peter Magyar is officially the Prime Minister of Hungary as of today. ✊

On Mother's Day, please spare a thought for Ukrainian mothers. They fight, rescue, care, love, shield — all under the russian bombs and missiles. In Ukraine, being a mother means making impossible choices every single day. Photo after the russian attack on children's hospital Okhmatdyt in 2024.

If you're doing a homebirth, make sure your midwife is licensed to administer medicines to control postpartum bleeding and that they bring them to every birth. ASK WHAT MEDICINES THEY BRING.

HODGES: What was once a strength for Russia – its vastness, the size of the country – against all of the attackers in Russia's history, they could always just kind of withdraw and invaders would be swallowed up by the landmass.

🇺🇦🙏 The most important thing is not to forget about the missing people and those who are still in captivity. Every day, there kills, and our guys are really dying, not having waited for an exchange. #NoPeaceWithoutJustice Read more 👀 theukrainianreview.info/mission-surv...

The thought that helps me today is this : Putin must’ve been sh*t scared all day, anxiously waiting if those Ukrainian drones are coming to attack his sad parade. This thought wаrms my hеаrt.

Russian ‘ceasefire’ in action: Ukraine is not supposed to attack military parade in Moscow but Russia still bombs apartment buildings and wounds civilians including kid as young as 8 y.o. You know, f*ck you Russia and your ‘ceasefire’.

🇮🇱🇮🇷 WSJ: Israel built a clandestine military outpost in Iraq's western desert just before its air campaign against Iran — with U.S. knowledge — to house special forces and search-and-rescue teams supporting strikes 1,000 miles away.

The irony of course is that no one has done more to reinvigorate NATO in the past five years than Putin. www.kyivpost.com/post/75778

😭😭😭😭 - This is my grandfather, and this is my son, missing without a trace. - So that means you're having a double holiday today. Congratulations!

Ukrainian MiG-29s struck positions of Russian drone operators in the occupied part of Kherson region. #Ukraine

1939: Russian-German military parade in Poland after Stalin and Hitler jointly invaded and partitioned the country. Allies made a catastrophic mistake by not destroying Russia after defeating Germany in 1945. Stalin murdered more people than Hitler.

HODGES: Unfortunately, I don’t see current U.S. administration doing anything to help Ukraine. They constantly take Kremlin’s side. They still echo Kremlin talking points, which is unbelievable to me. Vance brags that their proudest accomplishment was stopping aid to Ukraine.

Oh wow. So now , once Putin had his sorry parade in Moscow, he’s blaming Ukraine for ‘not being ready’ for POWs exchange , and that basically - there is no exchange. While this was the very reason Ukraine agreed not to attack his sorry little parade in the first place .

Well that’s nice. Have a good Sunday everyone.

1/ A new military treaty between Russia and Nicaragua has gone into force, enabling Russia to base troops, special forces, and surveillance facilities in the Central American country. However, warns a warblogger, it's now potentially Russia's last strongpoint in the Americas. ⬇️

‼️ Ukraine's General Staff reports nearly 150 Russian attacks during "truce"

17yo Oleksandr & 14yo Rostyslav rushed to help ppl after russia's deadly KAB attack in Zaporizhzhia on May 5 which claimed 12 lives. The boys had taken first aid courses and had carried tourniquets ever since. Alongside adults, they helped assist victims until first responders arrived. 📸: Sho_Tam_

Major Russian attack on port of Odesa in Ukraine. Surface drones (USVs) aided by aerial drones (UAVs) Video from Russian UAVs

Ukraine developed an autonomous AI turret that has proven to be highly effective against Russian fiberoptic drones which are immune to electronic warfare. The system autonomously tracks targets and their trajectories. The operator presses a button to confirm engagement.

Russia increased its use of Molniya and Lancet drones across southern Ukraine in recent weeks, Southern Defense Forces spokesman Vladyslav Voloshyn said. He said daily drone use in the south rose to 2,500, including 700-800 Molniyas and Lancets. #Ukraine

Good night, sleep well and see you all tomorrow!

This is basically right, although somewhat complicated by the fact that a global supply shock on the scale of a major economic disaster is on the horizon, but not quite here yet.

Russia has again violated its own the ceasefire‼️ - In Sumy region one person injured as a result of shelling. - In Zaporizhzhia and surrounding areas 780 Russian strikes hit 33 settlements. One person killed, three more wounded.

New aricle. Greek ER69D uncrewed surface vessel (USV) -> www.hisutton.com/Greek-USV-ER... Beautiful lines hide a surprise inside!

I repeat : Russian dtone just hit an apartment building in Kharkiv during a promised 3 day ceasefire

If Putin gave the order to launch nukes, would Russian Generals refuse those orders? This was a tough question from this month's Q&A.

❗️Putin aide Ushakov said any settlement in Ukraine will remain fruitless without the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Donbas, even after 10 rounds of talks. The Russian presidential aide framed Moscow’s demand as a condition for progress in negotiations. #Russia

Watching the Red Square parade is like seeing a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Russia is a fascist power pretending to be a moral hero. They are using the memory of the past to justify their own Nazi-style invasion today

A Ukrainian-American Hornet drone struck Russian troops, with Ukrainian forces saying the same system is used by Azov to cut Russian logistics in the deep rear. Two Russian soldiers were reportedly killed. #Ukraine

🚨 BREAKING: Russian fascists violated the agreed-upon 3-day ceasefire on its first day. A woman was murdered in Dnipropetrovsk region by a Russian drone.

At the current rate of progress Russia's next Victory Day Parade might as well be a PowerPoint