Ukraine lays out peace-talk demands as the West braces for escalation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined his conditions Friday for entering peace talks with Russia, demanding a restoration of preinvasion borders, the return of more than 5 million refugees, membership in the European Union and accountability from Russian military leaders before Kyiv would consider laying down its arms.
Zelensky’s slate of requirements, which he listed during an online forum organized by Chatham House, are in direct conflict with the military objectives Russian leaders have articulated as they bear down on the Donbas region and southern Ukraine — inflicting additional casualties Friday in apparent violation of a cease-fire.
They also come as Ukraine and its allies await possible pronouncements or dramatic shifts on the battlefield by Moscow before Monday, when Russia observes Victory Day, commemorating the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of the European front in World War II.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky outlined his conditions Friday for entering peace talks with Russia, demanding a restoration of preinvasion borders, the return of more than 5 million refugees, membership in the European Union and accountability from Russian military leaders before Kyiv would consider laying down its arms.
Zelensky’s slate of requirements, which he listed during an online forum organized by Chatham House, are in direct conflict with the military objectives Russian leaders have articulated as they bear down on the Donbas region and southern Ukraine — inflicting additional casualties Friday in apparent violation of a cease-fire.
They also come as Ukraine and its allies await possible pronouncements or dramatic shifts on the battlefield by Moscow before Monday, when Russia observes Victory Day, commemorating the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of the European front in World War II.
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An open-ended war forces one Ukrainian city to reinvent itself
LVIV, Ukraine — Sure, it looks like a pile of dirt ringed by boxy gray shacks, but that’s not what Anton Kolomyeytsev sees at a construction site here in this western Ukrainian city.
As the city’s chief architect, he envisions a village of container-style housing for families displaced by Russia’s war in Ukraine. He sees playground equipment accessible for wounded children. Meals cooked by students from a nearby culinary institute. And enough greenery to make it “the best courtyard in the whole neighborhood.”
Those plans will take months — and the first families are expected to move in next week.
“We have to invent things out of nothing,” Kolomyeytsev said. “We know that those who came here want to live in Ukraine. They can go west, to Poland or other countries, but it’s their decision to stay in Ukraine, to develop Ukraine.”
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LVIV, Ukraine — Sure, it looks like a pile of dirt ringed by boxy gray shacks, but that’s not what Anton Kolomyeytsev sees at a construction site here in this western Ukrainian city.
As the city’s chief architect, he envisions a village of container-style housing for families displaced by Russia’s war in Ukraine. He sees playground equipment accessible for wounded children. Meals cooked by students from a nearby culinary institute. And enough greenery to make it “the best courtyard in the whole neighborhood.”
Those plans will take months — and the first families are expected to move in next week.
“We have to invent things out of nothing,” Kolomyeytsev said. “We know that those who came here want to live in Ukraine. They can go west, to Poland or other countries, but it’s their decision to stay in Ukraine, to develop Ukraine.”
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As Russia marks annual Victory Day, Ukrainians scarred by war reject defeat
From Kharkiv to Mariupol, Monday will be a day of dread.
May 9 is Victory Day, when the states of the former Soviet Union celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. In Moscow, tanks will rumble proudly through Red Square. President Vladimir Putin will make a speech many think could signal a new — and potentially devastating — direction for his invasion of Ukraine.
But to Ukrainians, the Russian military is unworthy of celebration. Ukraine, once part of the Soviet Union, has always treated Victory Day as a holiday. But this year, it will be just another day to take the fight to the Russian army, just another day to survive.
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From Kharkiv to Mariupol, Monday will be a day of dread.
May 9 is Victory Day, when the states of the former Soviet Union celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. In Moscow, tanks will rumble proudly through Red Square. President Vladimir Putin will make a speech many think could signal a new — and potentially devastating — direction for his invasion of Ukraine.
But to Ukrainians, the Russian military is unworthy of celebration. Ukraine, once part of the Soviet Union, has always treated Victory Day as a holiday. But this year, it will be just another day to take the fight to the Russian army, just another day to survive.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine.
- A high-ranking Ukrainian official said Saturday that all women, children and the elderly had been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians were trapped for weeks amid an intense Russian assault.
- Fighting continued in Ukraine’s eastern region, with Kyiv accusing Russian forces Saturday of blowing up three bridges northeast of Kharkiv, to prevent counterattacks. In the south, Russian forces launched cruise missiles at the Black Sea port of Odessa on Saturday, hitting a civilian target, according to the Ukrainian military.
- First lady Jill Biden, who is in Romania as part of a four-day trip to Eastern Europe, met Ukrainian refugee students and their mothers Saturday at a school in Bucharest. The first lady, who often appeared to be on the verge of tears as she heard harrowing stories of how they fled the war in Ukraine, emphasized her concern over a refugee crisis that “keeps going on and on.”
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- A high-ranking Ukrainian official said Saturday that all women, children and the elderly had been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians were trapped for weeks amid an intense Russian assault.
- Fighting continued in Ukraine’s eastern region, with Kyiv accusing Russian forces Saturday of blowing up three bridges northeast of Kharkiv, to prevent counterattacks. In the south, Russian forces launched cruise missiles at the Black Sea port of Odessa on Saturday, hitting a civilian target, according to the Ukrainian military.
- First lady Jill Biden, who is in Romania as part of a four-day trip to Eastern Europe, met Ukrainian refugee students and their mothers Saturday at a school in Bucharest. The first lady, who often appeared to be on the verge of tears as she heard harrowing stories of how they fled the war in Ukraine, emphasized her concern over a refugee crisis that “keeps going on and on.”
More live updates here.
Here's the latest on key battlegrounds in Ukraine.
Odessa: Russian forces used cruise missiles to strike a civilian target in this port city Saturday, Ukraine’s military said. It reported no casualties. The region will be under a curfew from Sunday evening until Tuesday morning because of Russia’s Victory Day celebrations.
Mariupol: All women, children and elderly people have been evacuated from Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Saturday. Ukrainian fighters holed up at the plant are clinging to hopes of a diplomatic deal that would allow a peaceful evacuation of their wounded, medics and military.
Luhansk: Russian forces bombed a school in Luhansk, possibly trapping dozens of people in the rubble, the region’s governor said Saturday.
Kharkiv: Ukraine accused Russian forces Saturday of blowing up three bridges northeast of Kharkiv to thwart counterattacks. The Post could not independently verify the assertion.
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Odessa: Russian forces used cruise missiles to strike a civilian target in this port city Saturday, Ukraine’s military said. It reported no casualties. The region will be under a curfew from Sunday evening until Tuesday morning because of Russia’s Victory Day celebrations.
Mariupol: All women, children and elderly people have been evacuated from Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Saturday. Ukrainian fighters holed up at the plant are clinging to hopes of a diplomatic deal that would allow a peaceful evacuation of their wounded, medics and military.
Luhansk: Russian forces bombed a school in Luhansk, possibly trapping dozens of people in the rubble, the region’s governor said Saturday.
Kharkiv: Ukraine accused Russian forces Saturday of blowing up three bridges northeast of Kharkiv to thwart counterattacks. The Post could not independently verify the assertion.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- As the last of the civilian women, children and elderly were evacuated from a steel plant that has been a stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol, Kyiv’s defense of the strategic port city appeared to be nearing an end, with President Volodymyr Zelensky and a Ukrainian commander at the plant appealing for the evacuation of fighters and their wounded.
- Maj. Serhiy Volyna, whose forces are trapped at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works under a constant barrage of Russian fire, made a plea on Facebook for “everyone to make the maximum effort to evacuate the military.” He described life at the plant as “some hellish reality show.”
- Meanwhile, Russian forces bombed a school in Luhansk, leaving as many as 60 people trapped in the rubble and presumed dead, Ukrainian officials said. About 90 people were sheltering in the basement when Russian forces attacked, Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, said Sunday.
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- As the last of the civilian women, children and elderly were evacuated from a steel plant that has been a stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol, Kyiv’s defense of the strategic port city appeared to be nearing an end, with President Volodymyr Zelensky and a Ukrainian commander at the plant appealing for the evacuation of fighters and their wounded.
- Maj. Serhiy Volyna, whose forces are trapped at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works under a constant barrage of Russian fire, made a plea on Facebook for “everyone to make the maximum effort to evacuate the military.” He described life at the plant as “some hellish reality show.”
- Meanwhile, Russian forces bombed a school in Luhansk, leaving as many as 60 people trapped in the rubble and presumed dead, Ukrainian officials said. About 90 people were sheltering in the basement when Russian forces attacked, Serhiy Haidai, governor of the eastern Luhansk region, said Sunday.
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First lady Jill Biden visits Ukraine in rare trip to war zone
UZHHOROD, Ukraine — First lady Jill Biden crossed the border into Ukraine on Sunday, entering an active war zone in a rare move for the spouse of a sitting president.
Biden entered the country on Mother’s Day from Slovakia after she visited a processing center at the Vysne Nemecke border crossing and met with refugees. Inside Ukraine, she met with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, who had not appeared in public since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24.
“I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden said before the start of a closed-door meeting between the two first ladies. “I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop and this war has been brutal and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine.”
Zelenska praised Biden “for a very courageous act” in coming to Ukraine.
“We understand what it takes for the U.S. first lady to come here during a war," she said.
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UZHHOROD, Ukraine — First lady Jill Biden crossed the border into Ukraine on Sunday, entering an active war zone in a rare move for the spouse of a sitting president.
Biden entered the country on Mother’s Day from Slovakia after she visited a processing center at the Vysne Nemecke border crossing and met with refugees. Inside Ukraine, she met with Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, who had not appeared in public since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24.
“I wanted to come on Mother’s Day,” Biden said before the start of a closed-door meeting between the two first ladies. “I thought it was important to show the Ukrainian people that this war has to stop and this war has been brutal and that the people of the United States stand with the people of Ukraine.”
Zelenska praised Biden “for a very courageous act” in coming to Ukraine.
“We understand what it takes for the U.S. first lady to come here during a war," she said.
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Up to 60 feared dead after Russia bombs school in eastern Ukraine
BERESTOVE, Ukraine — A Russian airstrike on a school that was serving as a bomb shelter for civilians has left as many as 60 people buried under rubble and feared dead, Ukrainian officials said Sunday.
If confirmed, the incident in the eastern village of Bilohorivka would rank among the deadliest attacks on civilians since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The strike came as President Vladimir Putin’s forces intensified their push to consolidate territory ahead of May 9, a day of pomp and circumstance in Russia known as Victory Day.
On Sunday, the sounds of clashes boomed out along the road to Bilohorivka. As Ukrainian and Russian forces traded missiles and artillery fire, soldiers urged civilian cars to turn back.
About 90 people were hiding in the basement of the Bilohorivka school when it was attacked, according to Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region.
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BERESTOVE, Ukraine — A Russian airstrike on a school that was serving as a bomb shelter for civilians has left as many as 60 people buried under rubble and feared dead, Ukrainian officials said Sunday.
If confirmed, the incident in the eastern village of Bilohorivka would rank among the deadliest attacks on civilians since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The strike came as President Vladimir Putin’s forces intensified their push to consolidate territory ahead of May 9, a day of pomp and circumstance in Russia known as Victory Day.
On Sunday, the sounds of clashes boomed out along the road to Bilohorivka. As Ukrainian and Russian forces traded missiles and artillery fire, soldiers urged civilian cars to turn back.
About 90 people were hiding in the basement of the Bilohorivka school when it was attacked, according to Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region.
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Last Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol vow to fight ‘as long as we are alive’
As the last civilians were evacuated from Mariupol’s embattled steel plant, leaders of the remaining Ukrainian fighters holed up there took to Zoom to issue a defiant message: They will fight to the end.
“We will always fight, as long as we are alive, for justice,” Azov’s deputy commander, Capt. Sviatoslav “Kalina” Palamar, said in an unusual news conference from within the Azovstal steel plant.
Russian forces continued to besiege the steel plant into Sunday with airstrikes; artillery bombardment; tank, drone and sniper fire, as well as infantry assaults, the fighters said.
“We are under constant shelling, so we need to begin,” Palamar warned at the start of a nearly two- hour news conference streamed online from their underground bunker.
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As the last civilians were evacuated from Mariupol’s embattled steel plant, leaders of the remaining Ukrainian fighters holed up there took to Zoom to issue a defiant message: They will fight to the end.
“We will always fight, as long as we are alive, for justice,” Azov’s deputy commander, Capt. Sviatoslav “Kalina” Palamar, said in an unusual news conference from within the Azovstal steel plant.
Russian forces continued to besiege the steel plant into Sunday with airstrikes; artillery bombardment; tank, drone and sniper fire, as well as infantry assaults, the fighters said.
“We are under constant shelling, so we need to begin,” Palamar warned at the start of a nearly two- hour news conference streamed online from their underground bunker.
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Kremlin is targeting Ukraine resupply infrastructure, officials say
The Kremlin is carrying out strikes on infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine’s efforts to resupply its forces in their defense against Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian officials and the Pentagon said Wednesday.
A senior U.S. defense official, speaking to reporters on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon, said Ukraine is still able to move weapons through the country.
Russia’s targets on Tuesday and Wednesday included electrical substations, a railroad facility and a bridge in two major cities in western and central Ukraine. Strikes on Tuesday night caused severe damage at three electrical substations in Lviv, a critical hub for assistance entering the country from Eastern Europe, delaying trains and wiping out power for about a quarter of a million people.
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The Kremlin is carrying out strikes on infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine’s efforts to resupply its forces in their defense against Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian officials and the Pentagon said Wednesday.
A senior U.S. defense official, speaking to reporters on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon, said Ukraine is still able to move weapons through the country.
Russia’s targets on Tuesday and Wednesday included electrical substations, a railroad facility and a bridge in two major cities in western and central Ukraine. Strikes on Tuesday night caused severe damage at three electrical substations in Lviv, a critical hub for assistance entering the country from Eastern Europe, delaying trains and wiping out power for about a quarter of a million people.
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Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol’s embattled steel plant, the port city’s last remaining holdout, pledged to fight “as long as we are alive, for justice,” as Zelensky appealed for their evacuation after the last civilians were allowed to leave the facility.
- First lady Jill Biden stopped at the border town of Uzhhorod, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went to his nation’s embassy in Kyiv and to Irpin, a suburb of the capital devastated in the early weeks of the Russian invasion.
- The head of the Russian republic of Chechnya said Sunday that his troops have seized most of the eastern Ukrainian city of Popasna; Ukrainian officials insisted the fight is not over.
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- Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol’s embattled steel plant, the port city’s last remaining holdout, pledged to fight “as long as we are alive, for justice,” as Zelensky appealed for their evacuation after the last civilians were allowed to leave the facility.
- First lady Jill Biden stopped at the border town of Uzhhorod, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau went to his nation’s embassy in Kyiv and to Irpin, a suburb of the capital devastated in the early weeks of the Russian invasion.
- The head of the Russian republic of Chechnya said Sunday that his troops have seized most of the eastern Ukrainian city of Popasna; Ukrainian officials insisted the fight is not over.
More live updates here.
Here's the latest on key battlegrounds in Ukraine.
Popasna: Chechen forces allied with Russia said they have taken this eastern town of about 20,000 people. Ukrainian officials acknowledged on Sunday that their troops have withdrawn from the area. “Everything was destroyed there,” the Luhansk governor said.
Kharkiv: Ukrainian counterattacks to retake territory near this northeastern city are likely forcing Russian troops to redeploy there, “instead of reinforcing stalled Russian offensive operations elsewhere in eastern Ukraine,” the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank, said in its latest assessment.
Kyiv: Diplomats, leaders and two rock stars visited the capital over the weekend, even as its mayor warned that it would be safer for residents to return to the city after the Russian military holiday on Monday. Visitors included Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires for Ukraine Kristina Kvien and musicians Bono and the Edge.
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Popasna: Chechen forces allied with Russia said they have taken this eastern town of about 20,000 people. Ukrainian officials acknowledged on Sunday that their troops have withdrawn from the area. “Everything was destroyed there,” the Luhansk governor said.
Kharkiv: Ukrainian counterattacks to retake territory near this northeastern city are likely forcing Russian troops to redeploy there, “instead of reinforcing stalled Russian offensive operations elsewhere in eastern Ukraine,” the Institute for the Study of War, a think tank, said in its latest assessment.
Kyiv: Diplomats, leaders and two rock stars visited the capital over the weekend, even as its mayor warned that it would be safer for residents to return to the city after the Russian military holiday on Monday. Visitors included Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires for Ukraine Kristina Kvien and musicians Bono and the Edge.
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Vladimir Putin, at Victory Day military parade in Moscow, defends Ukraine invasion
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking from Moscow’s Red Square at the start of a military pageant, defended his country’s military action in Ukraine as “necessary, timely and the only right solution.”
Putin told 11,000 assembled service personnel gathered to mark Victory Day, a commemoration of the Soviet Union’s World War II win over the Nazis, that Russian forces entered Ukraine as “preemptive pushback” to what he claimed, without evidence, were Western plans to carry out attacks on eastern Ukraine. The United States and Western allies, while backing Ukraine and funneling weapons and aid, have not entered the fight.
Ukrainian officials had speculated Putin might use the event to formally acknowledge that the two countries were at war, but the speech did not contain major announcements. Cities across Russia are joining the commemoration.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking from Moscow’s Red Square at the start of a military pageant, defended his country’s military action in Ukraine as “necessary, timely and the only right solution.”
Putin told 11,000 assembled service personnel gathered to mark Victory Day, a commemoration of the Soviet Union’s World War II win over the Nazis, that Russian forces entered Ukraine as “preemptive pushback” to what he claimed, without evidence, were Western plans to carry out attacks on eastern Ukraine. The United States and Western allies, while backing Ukraine and funneling weapons and aid, have not entered the fight.
Ukrainian officials had speculated Putin might use the event to formally acknowledge that the two countries were at war, but the speech did not contain major announcements. Cities across Russia are joining the commemoration.
More live updates here.
Russian ambassador doused with red paint by protesters in Poland
Protesters doused Russia’s ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreev, in bright red paint — resembling fake blood — as he was arriving at an event to honor Soviet soldiers who fought in World War II.
Footage posted by Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti showed the ambassador’s face dripping with the liquid as he arrived to lay flowers at the Soviet Military Cemetery on a day of widespread celebrations of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The video was shared without audio.
Videos shared to Twitter, however, showed huge crowds, with some people angrily shouting “Fascists!” at a group of Russian officials, whose faces were stained in red. Others at the scene held flowers and Ukrainian flags.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the incident, which also targeted the Russian diplomats accompanying Andreev on Monday.
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Protesters doused Russia’s ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreev, in bright red paint — resembling fake blood — as he was arriving at an event to honor Soviet soldiers who fought in World War II.
Footage posted by Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti showed the ambassador’s face dripping with the liquid as he arrived to lay flowers at the Soviet Military Cemetery on a day of widespread celebrations of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The video was shared without audio.
Videos shared to Twitter, however, showed huge crowds, with some people angrily shouting “Fascists!” at a group of Russian officials, whose faces were stained in red. Others at the scene held flowers and Ukrainian flags.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the incident, which also targeted the Russian diplomats accompanying Andreev on Monday.
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On Victory Day, Putin defends war on Ukraine as fight against ‘Nazis’
President Vladimir Putin sought to justify his contentious war against Ukraine during a huge Victory Day parade on Monday, once again falsely calling Ukrainians “Nazis” and insisting without evidence that Kyiv was planning to build nuclear weapons.
As Russia celebrated its most emotional holiday commemorating the Nazi defeat in World War II, Putin appeared in Moscow’s Red Square to invoke pride over the Soviet role in that cause. He cast Russia’s battles in Ukraine now as a comparable effort. “There is no place in the world for executioners, punishers and Nazis,” he said. A day earlier, he had described Ukrainians as “Nazi filth.”
But Putin’s speech was brief, made no mention of Russian troops’ poor performance and miscalculations. And he did not declare the “special military operation” to be a “war” or announce a general or partial mobilization to rebuild depleted Russian forces, as some had feared.
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President Vladimir Putin sought to justify his contentious war against Ukraine during a huge Victory Day parade on Monday, once again falsely calling Ukrainians “Nazis” and insisting without evidence that Kyiv was planning to build nuclear weapons.
As Russia celebrated its most emotional holiday commemorating the Nazi defeat in World War II, Putin appeared in Moscow’s Red Square to invoke pride over the Soviet role in that cause. He cast Russia’s battles in Ukraine now as a comparable effort. “There is no place in the world for executioners, punishers and Nazis,” he said. A day earlier, he had described Ukrainians as “Nazi filth.”
But Putin’s speech was brief, made no mention of Russian troops’ poor performance and miscalculations. And he did not declare the “special military operation” to be a “war” or announce a general or partial mobilization to rebuild depleted Russian forces, as some had feared.
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Russian TV, online platforms hacked with antiwar message on Victory Day
Russians using smart TVs reported seeing something atypical: A message appeared instead of the usual channels. “The blood of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of murdered children is on your hands,” read a message that took over their screens. “TV and the authorities are lying. No to war.”
The apparent hack, targeting ordinary Russians sitting by their TVs or looking things up on their search engines, broke through the pro-Moscow messaging as Russia celebrates Victory Day, a commemoration of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
The antiwar message shown on TV screens also appeared on the platforms of Yandex, Russia’s IT giant that, similarly to Google, combines many products under its umbrella, including a search engine and a service providing TV programming schedules. On that page, the daily programs for state-run Channel One and Russia 1 were also defaced early Monday.
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Russians using smart TVs reported seeing something atypical: A message appeared instead of the usual channels. “The blood of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of murdered children is on your hands,” read a message that took over their screens. “TV and the authorities are lying. No to war.”
The apparent hack, targeting ordinary Russians sitting by their TVs or looking things up on their search engines, broke through the pro-Moscow messaging as Russia celebrates Victory Day, a commemoration of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
The antiwar message shown on TV screens also appeared on the platforms of Yandex, Russia’s IT giant that, similarly to Google, combines many products under its umbrella, including a search engine and a service providing TV programming schedules. On that page, the daily programs for state-run Channel One and Russia 1 were also defaced early Monday.
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Photos: Putin’s troops, tanks, missile launchers at Victory Day parade
Russia held its yearly military parade on Monday — Victory Day — to commemorate the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany during World War II.
Some Ukrainian officials had feared that Russian President Vladimir Putin would formally declare war on Ukraine or announce new commitments to the battlefield. But while the parade was rife with military pageantry and symbolism, and although Putin again argued that Russia’s invasion was justified, he did not make any declarations about an escalation.
Instead, the parade was a relatively toned-down affair. Some 131 pieces of military equipment were displayed — fewer than last year’s 190. Russian authorities also eschewed the flyover that typically accompanies the parade, blaming the weather even though the sky above Moscow appeared only partly cloudy.
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Russia held its yearly military parade on Monday — Victory Day — to commemorate the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany during World War II.
Some Ukrainian officials had feared that Russian President Vladimir Putin would formally declare war on Ukraine or announce new commitments to the battlefield. But while the parade was rife with military pageantry and symbolism, and although Putin again argued that Russia’s invasion was justified, he did not make any declarations about an escalation.
Instead, the parade was a relatively toned-down affair. Some 131 pieces of military equipment were displayed — fewer than last year’s 190. Russian authorities also eschewed the flyover that typically accompanies the parade, blaming the weather even though the sky above Moscow appeared only partly cloudy.
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