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Reuters: Ukraine will host a group of foreign ministers in Lviv on Friday to endorse the establishment of a special tribunal to prosecute the leadership of Russia, Belarus and North Korea for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, a senior Kyiv official said.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces faced 117 combat clashes across the front line on the first day of Russia’s self-declared Victory Day “humanitarian ceasefire,” the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on May 8.

Reuters: Western governments should make legal commitments to pool the risk of keeping Russian central bank assets frozen if European Union sanctions are no longer in place, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot told Reuters on Thursday.

Euronews: The European Union should maintain sanctions on Russia and must diversify its energy supplies because Moscow is using energy for blackmail, Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker told Euronews in an exclusive interview.

EU: Ukraine has received 1 billion euro from the European Union under the G7's Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) initiative, the European Commission announced on May 8. The ERA mechanism, totaling $50 billion, provides loans to Ukraine that will be repaid using future profits from frozen Russian assets.

Reuters: Russia is undertaking a major factory expansion in remote Siberia to ramp up production of a powerful explosive used in artillery shells and other munitions in the war in Ukraine.

Politico: Romanian presidential front-runner George Simion said he would not be in favor of sending more military gear to Ukraine but will follow any decisions made by Trump.

France 24: Germany on Thursday slammed Russia's "lies" over its invasion of Ukraine, while French leader Emmanuel Macron warned that the "spectre of war" has returned to Europe as western allies staged solemn ceremonies to mark 80 years since the victory over the Nazis.

Reuters: With a frost covering Europe's energy relations with Russia, officials from Washington and Moscow have held discussions about the U.S. helping to revive Russian gas sales to the continent.

European Parliament: MEPs strongly condemn the "genocidal strategy" carried out by Russia, with the support of Belarus, designed to erase Ukrainian identity. The forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children, their illegal adoption, their assassination, and the forced Russification and militarisation must stop.

UN: Russia killed 209 and injured 1,146 civilians during April, making it the deadliest month and the one with the highest number of injured since September 2024, the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported on May 8.

European Parliament: MEPs voted on Thursday to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas for certain imports from Ukraine, such as iron and steel, due to expire on 5 June 2025.

Reuters: Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday in favour of ratifying a minerals deal signed with the United States, an agreement Kyiv hopes will secure future military assistance from Washington in its fight to repel Russian troops.

Reuters: Indonesia's Karimun terminal has ramped up imports of Russian oil products to become a key transshipment hub where traders store cargoes whose countries of origin are rebranded before re-export.

Reuters: The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday voted in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines amid concerns over the military threat posed by neighbouring Russia.

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