🇺🇦 Zelensky: Ukraine is ready for a ceasefire starting May 7, but for 30 days. A 3-day truce, as proposed by Putin, is insufficient to develop further steps for ending the war. Ukraine is prepared for a serious, long-term approach.

https://lb.ua/society/2025/05/03/674450_zelenskiy_ukraina_gotova_pochati.html

🇺🇦 Zelensky: I told the foreign minister that we should tell foreign leaders asking us: "We do not recommend you visit Russia on May 9 for security reasons. If you do, don't ask us. It's your personal decision."

🇺🇦 Ukrainian troops will join British forces in the VE Day procession in London to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day. Symbolizing global support for Ukraine's fight for freedom.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-troops-to-join-british-forces-for-ve-day-procession-13360303

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky announces Ukraine could receive $30 billion in US aid in 2025, with $15 billion allocated for 2025 and another $15 billion for 2026. Ukraine is negotiating to advance part of the 2026 aid to speed up weapon deliveries. These funds will contribute to the Reconstruction Investment Fund.

Fico and Vucic, who had planned to attend the Moscow parade, have both suddenly fallen ill, per Russian media citing local sources. Vucic reportedly became seriously ill during a U.S. visit and was flown back to Belgrade.

Oh, how convenient...

A Russian UAZ with four soldiers was destroyed by Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade. Russian forces tried to establish a supply route, but FPV drones showed them a faster exit. Vehicles, a hidden BM-21 Grad MLRS were turned into scrap and smoke by the FATUM unit.

Footage released by Ukraine's GUR confirms a Ukrainian naval drone shot down a Russian Su-30 fighter jet using a modified R-73 air-to-air missile. This is the first destruction of a combat aircraft by a naval drone in the world.

Footage from a Russian helicopter, chasing Ukrainian naval drones in the Black Sea.

Medvedev threatens that "May 10 might not come for Kyiv" if Zelensky dares a provocation in Moscow on May 9.

In his latest rant, he attacked Zelensky for rejecting Putin’s so-called truce offer and claimed that “no one can guarantee Kyiv’s survival” if anything happens on Victory Day.

🇸🇰 Only 14% of Slovaks say they would take up arms if Russia attacked, according to a new poll. 58% support defending the country but wouldn’t go to the front, 13% oppose resistance entirely, and 15% are undecided.

https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/750504-raz-ten-rus-odide-hovoril-minister-vacsina-slovakov-vsak-hovori-ze-treba-krajinu-pred-invaziou-branit-kolki-by-vzali-zbran-do-ru/

The US feared giving Ukraine enough weapons to win, says ex-CIA chief Ralph Goff in a blunt interview with The Times.

“We gave Ukraine enough weapons to bleed, not to win.”

Goff says Biden & allies delayed critical arms, intimidated by Putin’s nuclear threats.

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/ex-cia-chief-we-gave-ukraine-enough-weapons-to-bleed-not-to-win-r3q0r2fcg

Ukrainian drone operators from the 426th Separate UAV Battalion of the Navy are relentlessly targeting enemy assets in the southern direction, recently eliminating a howitzer, a Pole-21 electronic warfare system, and a radio reconnaissance complex.

🇺🇸 Adm. Samuel Paparo: The U.S. would defeat China in a Taiwan conflict today — America is stronger in submarine warfare and space. But he warns: China is building warships and weapons far faster than the U.S. can keep up.

https://www.ft.com/content/a78d7737-874f-47f9-9c50-9c6dd6c2bd44

❗️Ukraine is preparing a new national security advisors’ meeting with the U.S., UK, France, and Germany. Zelensky says they’re waiting on U.S. Sec. Rubio, who already holds the authority.

🚨 Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has been urgently hospitalized in Belgrade, local media report. He reportedly fell ill during a visit to Florida and canceled all planned meetings in the U.S. before returning home.

https://www.danas.rs/vesti/drustvo/vucic-primljen-na-vma-sacekao-ga-zlatibor-loncar/

Trump’s spiritual advisor Mark Burns briefed the U.S. president after visiting Ukraine:

“I spoke of Russian atrocities—against women, children, the elderly. Of 20,000 abducted kids, 700 religious sites targeted. I remain firm: the U.S. must stand with Ukraine in its fight for freedom.”

https://kyivindependent.com/us-will-not-turn-its-back-on-ukraine-trumps-spiritual-advisor-says-after-briefing-american-president/

Aerial scouts of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade, together with strike drone units, detected and destroyed 8 Russian artillery pieces.

PHOENIX regiment eliminated multiple Russian vehicles near Kupyansk, Kharkiv region. Recent drone strikes destroyed 3 vans, 2 trucks, a car, 3 motorcycles, 3 shelters, a fuel depot, and 2 antennas.

🇺🇦 Zelensky slams Orban for dragging Ukraine into Hungary’s elections and blocking its EU path.

“He’s doing very dangerous things,” Zelensky said, accusing Orban of using Ukraine as a political tool while most Hungarians actually support Ukraine’s EU accession.

https://interfax.com.ua/news/political/1068894.html

⚡️ About 29,000 sanctions have been imposed on Russia since 2014 — 5x more than on Iran. The U.S. leads with 7,300+ sanctions, followed by Canada, Switzerland, and France. Singapore (5) and South Korea (24) imposed the fewest.

https://report.az/en/other-countries/about-29-000-sanctions-imposed-against-russia-since-2014/