Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk:

During the prisoner exchange with Russia, 41 Ukrainians, 11 of them women, were rescued.

🇺🇦 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that more than 25,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war.

🇺🇸🇵🇱 The United States continues to increase its military presence in Poland.

World Bank:

Oil prices have risen 55% since the start of the Ukraine War.

🔴 Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi:

◾️“We are very impressed with Zelenski. He is a hero to the world.”

“Putin is a coward. He is fighting against civilians and children. Therefore, they need to be on the list of 'states supporting terrorism'.”

Putin declared Islam the second official religion in Russia.

It also lifted all restrictions imposed on Muslims.

The death of Lieutenant Colonel Yury Savchun, one of the commanders of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was confirmed near Kharkov on May 4.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian President Vladimir Putin: I wish all Ukrainians peace, tranquility and a just future.

Zelensky:

I am ready to sit down with Putin to discuss difficult issues.

🇷🇺President of the Russian Space Agency: “If there is a nuclear war, we will wipe out NATO countries from the world in 30 minutes.”

The G7 countries announced that they will gradually end or completely cut off oil exports from Russia as part of the new sanctions package against Russia.

Putin ordered the transfer of troops from Syria to Ukraine to accelerate the invasion of Donbass.

Defending that Russia's "intervention" in Ukraine was necessary, Putin said, "The West was preparing to invade our lands. NATO was spreading around us. It had become a threat to our country. It was the only right decision to make," he said.

In Nagbur, India, a young man named Ajit Someswar died when a tiger attacked him while having sexual intercourse with his lover in the forest. His girlfriend managed to escape.

🔺The Russian Army is bombing Nikolaev, Ukraine.

As of May 9, the advance of the Russian army is at a standstill again.

There is a slight increase in the number of rebel-controlled areas in Kherson.

There are no serious changes in Izyum, south of Kharkiv.

Mykolaiv is at the second level of Mariupol. but no attempt to attack the area yet

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