- Evgueni Prigojine, resentful of being in command of the Russian army, threatens to withdraw from Bakhmout from 10 May. ” Where’s the damn ammo? ” explains the head of the Russian private military group Wagner in a video published on his social networks on Thursday, showing what he presents as the bodies of his mercenaries killed during the fighting in Ukraine.
- The Kremlin declined to comment on the video with Prigoyine. “Of course we saw it in the media. But I can’t comment on that because it’s about conducting a special military operation,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by the Interfax agency.
- Russia on Friday announced the partial evacuation of eighteen places under Russian occupation in Zaporizhia Oblastin southern Ukraine, as Kiev claims to be preparing an upcoming offensive.
- A new fire has broken out at the Ilski oil refinery in south-west Russia, near Ukraine. The fire, which affected an area of 60 square meters, was brought under control “before firefighters arrived,” said the local department of Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, quoted by the Interfax agency.
- Hundreds of thousands of children were probably transferred from Russia according to a report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in areas under their control in Ukraine as well as on their own territory.
- The alleged Ukrainian drone attack on the Kremlin could not have happened without the knowledge of the USsaid the head of Russian diplomacy Sergey Lavrov during a trip to India. He also announced that Moscow would take “concrete measures” to respond to this attack, which remains suspected.
- Ukraine’s military said Thursday night it shot down one of its own drones in Kiev after losing control, resulting in an explosion followed by a fire. Nobody was hurt.
- The Senate website has been blocked by pro-Russian hackers. The pro-Russian hacker collective NoName claimed responsibility for the attack on its Telegram channel at 10:23 a.m. and published a message in Russian and English criticizing France’s support for Ukraine.
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