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Reuters: Putin proposed the reappointment on Friday of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, a technocrat who has helped him through the war in Ukraine and the economic challenges wrought by Western sanctions over Moscow's invasion.
ISW: Putin relitigated his belief that the West is erasing the Soviet Union's contributions to defeating Nazi Germany during the Second World War during his May 9 Victory Day speech, a grievance that is at the core of Russia's adversarial perceptions of the West.
Reuters: A Ukraine drone attack set an oil refinery in Russia's Kaluga region on fire, RIA state news agency reported on Friday, citing emergency services sources.
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Bloomberg: Ukraine will receive three HIMARS mobile rocket systems from US stocks with Germany footing the bill, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Thursday (archive).
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed the head of the state guards on Thursday, two days after two of its members were accused of plotting to assassinate the president.
The Kyiv Independent: Germany will provide Ukraine 45 million euros in the form of a grant for energy restoration, the Ukrainian Energy Ministry announced on May 9.
The Kyiv Independent: Sweden will allocate 28 million euros to several funds to support Ukraine's defense capabilities, the country's Defense Ministry announced on May 9.
Bloomberg: Pentagon officials working with Elon Musk’s SpaceX have blunted the Russian military’s unauthorized use of Starlink internet terminals on the battlefield in its war with Ukraine (archive).
Reuters: Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to crack down on draft dodgers, as the country grapples with a serious shortage of soldiers available to fight more than two years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
Bloomberg: Russian sabotage, spying and intimidation in Europe is becoming so brazen that one senior official believes the Kremlin no longer cares if it's caught (archive).
POLITICO: Hundreds of Russian soldiers will stand down from their positions along Armenia’s borders, the Kremlin confirmed, marking a significant rift between the two former allies.
Reuters: Two Russian online film distributors, including a company owned by Nasdaq-listed internet giant Yandex, have been charged with offences under the country's so-called "LGBT propaganda" law, a notice on a Moscow court's website said.
The Kyiv Independent: A long-range drone operated by Ukraine's State Security Service attacked an oil refinery, Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat, in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan on May 9. For the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine attacked facilities in Bashkortostan, some 1,500 kilometers from the country's border.
Reuters: Drones launched by the Security Service of Ukraine struck two oil depots near the town of Anapa in Russia's southern Krasnodar region causing large-scale fires, a Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters on Thursday.
AFP: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday officially appointed former commander-in-chief of the armed forces Valery Zaluzhny, 50, as ambassador to the United Kingdom.
Reuters: Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to sack the deputy prime minister for infrastructure and the farm minister, removing two senior officials who have held key portfolios for the wartime economy.
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