• Russia warned foreign embassies in Kyiv to evacuate staff due to a possible strike on the Ukrainian capital during the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
  • Ukraine proposed a ceasefire starting May 6, but Russia ignored it, and President Zelenskyy said Russia committed 1,820 violations.
  • Russian drones hit a kindergarten in Sumy, killing a security guard and wounding two.
  • Hungary returned seized cash and gold of Ukraine’s Oschadbank, welcomed as a step toward normalizing relations.
  • The Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale was temporarily closed after a Pussy Riot protest against Russia’s participation.
  • Sweden’s coast guard detained a tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’.

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