• A drone crash caused a large forest fire within the Chernobyl exclusion zone near the defunct nuclear plant; radiation levels are within normal limits.
  • Russia will hold its annual victory parade in Moscow on Saturday, with fewer tanks and heavy equipment due to fears of Ukrainian attacks.
  • Only leaders of Belarus, Malaysia, and Laos will attend the parade, along with leaders of two Georgian breakaway republics.
  • Russia’s army is responding ‘symmetrically’ to Ukrainian attacks, while Russia claims Ukraine fired hundreds of drones and carried out artillery strikes.
  • The threat of Ukrainian attacks led to the closure of more than a dozen airports in southern Russia.
  • Russia threatened a heavy attack if any attempt is made to disrupt the Moscow parade.

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