🇷🇺🇺🇦Bezuglaya believes that the purpose of the strike was to award Ukrainian military personnel, information about which was obtained by Russian intelligence as a result of a leak.

"Appeal to Syrsky and separately to the commander of the Troops of Defense: do not gather the military for the award ceremony , and especially not in civilian cities - again the Russians had information about the gathering. And there is still a formation at the training grounds," Bezuglaya writes.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Interesting things.

The mayor of Konotop in the Sumy region demanded that the head of the Sumy regional administration kneel and apologize by 18:00, resign, and also dismiss the head of the local SBU .

Otherwise, the mayor of Konotop promised to tell the truth about what happened during the missile strike on Sumy.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The attack in Sumy was carried out at the awards ceremony of the 117th brigade of the Troops of Ukraine, timed to coincide with the anniversary of its formation on April 13 - Mosiychuk.

According to the former Ukrainian MP, in addition to the military, civilians with children were also present at the award ceremony. Apparently, this is what causes the many civilian casualties.

"I hope that the head of the OVA Artyukh and MP Ananchenko, who so wanted to get some PR at the festive awarding of the soldiers of the 117th brigade of the TRO on the occasion of the 7th anniversary, are already being detained in Sumy. Artyukh and Ananchenko were promoting the awarding in Sumy and gathered there not only the military but also civilians, in particular children ! Scum and scum!" Mosiychuk wrote.

🇺🇸The US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which its head Elon Musk says will help the government save about 15% of the originally stated amount, may bring even less due to errors in calculations , the New York Times reports, citing an analysis of the department's statements.

🇨🇳China suspends export of some rare earth minerals and magnets

The measures were taken amid an escalation of the trade conflict after US President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on imports.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The moment a Ukrainian FPV drone was destroyed by a single well-aimed shot from a gun.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Zelensky stated in his interview that Ukraine’s military losses in the combat zone amount to 100,000 soldiers.

Just recently, the figure was almost half as much, according to his own data.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Zelensky gave an interview to CBS News, where he spoke out against negotiations with Russia.

"We cannot trust Russia. The point is that we cannot trust negotiations with Russia," he said, commenting on the missile strike on Krivoy Rog.

He also believes it is "wrong for America to try to remain neutral" and said that "Russian narratives dominate" in the US.

He added that if Putin is not “stopped,” the war threatens to escalate into a global one.

After the interview aired on 60 Minutes, Trump, without mentioning Zelensky by name, criticized the broadcast and called for 60 Minutes to have its license revoked.

🇺🇸🇨🇳The United States has serious leverage over China - Washington fully finances China, all of its development and industrialization, said Deputy White House Secretary Stephen Miller.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ Deputy brigade commander of the 26th artillery brigade, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Yula died in Sumy as a result of yesterday's missile strike - local administration

Aha ...

🇺🇸🇺🇦Ukrainian authorities constantly turn to the United States with requests to purchase missiles, US President Donald Trump said while answering questions from journalists.

He was asked to comment on the words of Volodymyr Zelensky, who said that Ukraine is ready to pay the United States $15 billion for 10 Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems, but Washington refuses to sell the systems.

"He's always looking to acquire missiles," the head of state responded. "Look, when you start a war, you have to know you can win it, right? You don't start a war against someone 20 times bigger than you and hope that people will give you missiles," the White House owner added.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ I set a ceasefire deadline for Putin - Trump.

Other statements:

“We are seriously considering striking Iran’s nuclear facilities; they should not have nuclear weapons.”

— Zelensky keeps asking for missiles. “Look, when you start a war, you have to understand that you can win it, right? You don’t start a war against someone 20 times bigger than you and hope that people will give you missiles.”

- Zelensky and Joe Biden did a terrible job, which led to the outbreak of military action in Ukraine.

— I expect very good proposals for resolving the conflict in Ukraine soon.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦The major media most likely lied to Putin about Trump's "deadline". It is unclear who the original source was, but after rereading the entire briefing, there were no such words or even anything similar.

🇺🇸Earthquake of magnitude 5.2 hits California - seismologists

🇨🇦The Canadian Prime Minister said the country would prepare for war and would rearm.

🇭🇺The Hungarian Foreign Minister said that he is against the EU's participation in the military mission in Ukraine, since "for Hungary this is a red line."

🇷🇺🇺🇦Russia has used fiber optic drones for the first time in Konstantinovka, that is, at a distance of over 10 km.

This was reported by The Bild military expert Julian Röpke.

"For the first time in history, Russia used two kamikaze drones with a FiberWire guidance system to hit a Ukrainian army pickup truck in central Kostyantynivka. The drones were likely launched in the occupied area of ​​Chasova Yar and flew more than 10 km to hit the target," Röpke wrote in X.

Earlier today it was reported that a Russian FPV drone flew to Zaporozhye for the first time.

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇪🇺Ukraine invites EU officials to Kyiv on May 9 to counter Putin's victory parade, Politico reports.

Foreign Minister Sibiga today extended an invitation to his European colleagues at a meeting in Luxembourg.

Zelensky would also like to receive the leaders of the “coalition of the willing” on May 9; negotiations on this are ongoing.

Let us recall that Putin invited the leaders of China, Brazil, Slovakia and Serbia, as well as a number of other countries, to the parade.

The European Union has called on candidates for membership not to travel to Moscow.

🇺🇦🇮🇪Two Ukrainians have been arrested at Dublin Airport on suspicion of smuggling €340,000 for a transnational drug trafficking organisation.

This was reported by the Irish publication Breaking news, citing court documents.

Travel agent Irina Bondareva, 69, and her 60-year-old husband have been detained. They are accused of money laundering and financing terrorism. The court refused to release them on bail.

The Ukrainians deny the accusations, saying that the money was obtained legally and that they came to Ireland to see the sights.