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The Kyiv Independent: Trump attributed Russia's invasion of Ukraine to its exclusion from the Group of Eight, now the Group of Seven. "They threw them out and because of that... millions of people are dying," Trump said.
BBC: Joe Biden has told the BBC that pressure from the Trump administration on Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is "modern-day appeasement" in an exclusive interview, his first since leaving the White House.
Reuters: Russia and Ukraine launched more overnight air attacks on each other's capitals on Wednesday, with two people killed as a result of the strikes on Kyiv and swarms of drones destroyed on their approach to Moscow.
ISW: The Kremlin appears to be consolidating around an informal state ideology predicated on perpetuating the belief that the West is determined to encircle and defeat Russia.
The Guardian: A Russian Shahed drone costing up to £75,000 is estimated to have inflicted tens of millions worth of damage to the site of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, according to initial assessments and engineering experts.
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WaPo: The Trump administration earlier this year urged the Ukrainian government to accept an unspecified number of U.S. deportees who are citizens of other countries, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post (archive).
Reuters: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked his government on Tuesday to seek help from Ukraine's Western allies to develop interceptor drones he said were vital to protecting the country from air attacks.
AFP: A Russian ballistic missile strike Tuesday on the Ukrainian city of Sumy killed three people and wounded 11, with children were among both dead and injured, authorities said.
Politico: Foreign embassies have been disinvited from an annual Washington event commemorating the end of World War II in Europe this week, after a group of European embassies protested the organizers’ decision to include ambassadors from Russia and its close ally Belarus.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian troops shot three unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war on May 3 near the village of Novopil in Donetsk Oblast, the regional prosecutor's office reported on May 6.
Reuters: The Russian government plans to tap its fiscal reserves for 447 billion roubles ($5.51 billion), or 14% of their remaining liquid assets, to balance the budget in 2025 after a threefold increase in the deficit, the finance minister said on Tuesday.
The Moscow Times: Russia’s quarterly GDP may have shrunk between January and March for the first time in nearly three years, the Vedomosti business newspaper reported Tuesday, citing analysts.
Reuters: Russia's oil price in roubles has fallen to a two-year low below the 4,000 rouble per barrel mark and some 40% lower than planned in the federal budget, data showed, piling pressure on the Kremlin, already saddled with a burgeoning budget deficit.
The Moscow Times: The Kremlin said Tuesday that 29 foreign leaders will attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow later this week.
AFP: Ukraine warned Tuesday against any foreign troop participation in Russia's May 9 parade to mark 80 years since the defeat of Nazi Germany, saying it would be "unacceptable" and seen as helping Moscow "whitewash its war crimes".
Reuters: Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International increased its profit in Russia in the first quarter, driven by a stronger rouble, results showed on Tuesday as the most important Western bank in the country said it was paring back its business.
The European Commission will next month propose legal measures to phase out the EU's imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, it said on Tuesday.
Reuters: The European Commission proposed adding more individuals and over 100 vessels linked to Russia's shadow fleet to its 17th package of sanctions against Moscow, EU diplomats said on Tuesday.
Reuters: Poland is facing an unprecedented attempt by Russia to interfere in its presidential election, the digital affairs minister said on Tuesday, as the first round of voting looms on May 18.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian military behavior in the Baltic Sea region is "increasing the threat of accidental military incidents," Latvia’s Military Intelligence and Security Service has said in a new report.
Reuters: Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday swapped 205 prisoners of war each, the Russian Defence ministry said in a statement.
Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office ordered a temporary halt of military aid flights to Ukraine in early February without notifying the White House. The suspension reportedly affected 11 shipments of artillery shells and weapons from Dover Air Force Base and a U.S. base in the United Arab Emirates.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has stabilized the situation in the Pokrovsk direction of Donetsk Oblast, and in some areas seized the tactical initiative, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on May 6.
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