• Ukraine’s military struck a Russian Karakurt-class missile ship in the Caspian Sea off Dagestan, over 1,500 km from Kyiv.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed satisfaction with the strike and a second attack on a refinery in Perm within eight days.
  • Ukraine’s defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov said a deal to buy Gripen fighter jets could be signed within months.
  • Moscow issued threats ahead of the Victory Day parade on May 9, warning foreign ambassadors to evacuate staff from Kyiv.
  • Zelenskyy said Russia is violating the ceasefire and wants a ‘permit’ to safely hold the parade, then continue the war.
  • Russia complained to Armenia for hosting Zelenskyy at a European Political Community summit.
  • Ukraine’s negotiator Rustem Umerov arrived in Miami for meetings with US negotiators on a peace accord.

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