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Russian leader Vladimir Putin will arrive in Beijing on the evening of 19 May, where he will be met by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Slovak PM Robert Fico, returning from Moscow, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should phone Vladimir Putin himself if he wants a meeting.
The total number of Russian military personnel killed from the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine to the end of 2025 stood at 352,000, according to a joint study by two Russian media outlets.
On the morning of 8 May, drones struck the Khankala district in Grozny, where one of Russia's largest military bases is located, as well as a building of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in the village of Znamenskoye.
A total of 45 combat clashes occurred on the battlefield between 22:00 on 8 May and 08:00 on 9 May, which is an average figure. Since midnight, a three-day truce between Ukraine and Russia has been in effect.
Over the past 24 hours, the area of a wildfire sparked by Russian attacks on the border areas of Chernihiv Oblast has nearly doubled, while the fire front has shifted back towards Russia.
Mobile internet has been shut down in central Moscow as the Victory Day parade has commenced. [Victory Day is a Russian holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, celebrated on 9 May – ed.]
Dmitry Makhonin, Governor of Russia's Perm Krai, has announced that the military parade in Perm will not take place on 9 May, citing "security concerns".
Ukraine does not consider the matter of valuables seized by Hungary from Oschadbank's cash-in-transit vehicles to be closed and will demand compensation.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko has announced that it will become easier for foreigners fighting or planning to join Ukrainian defence forces to obtain temporary residence in Ukraine, with the government establishing documentation procedures for them.
EU leaders are preparing for potential negotiations with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin as European capitals grow increasingly frustrated with the war-ending talks led by US President Donald Trump.
