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The Ukrainian President Selenskyj is a visitor within the allied Czech Republic. According to Ukrainian data, a number of individuals had been injured in a Russian drone assault on Kyiv.

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Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj and his spouse Olena arrived for a two -day go to to Prague. At the airport, the 2 had been welcomed by the Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky, as he introduced on the X platform.

At the Prague Castle, Selenskyj was supposed to come back along with President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala. A essential subject is more likely to be the Czech grenade initiative, which performs an vital function within the provide of Ukraine with a large-caliber ammunition.

From the start of the 12 months to the top of April, the Czech data initiative has already delivered 400,000 rounds of artillery ammunition from third nations to Ukraine. A complete of round 1.5 million pictures ought to be as much as the top of the year- simply as a lot as in 2024. Numerous EU and NATO companions participate within the financing.

The total citadel space with the presidential seat was closed to vacationers for safety causes. For Selenskyj it’s the second go to to the Czech Republic. His host, the ex-Nato General Pavel, had solely visited the Ukrainian Odessa on the finish of March.

After extreme Russian drone assaults at evening, the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj accused the political management of the political management in Moscow cynicism within the debate a couple of ceasefire. “The Russians ask for a ceasefire on May 9th and shoot the Ukraine every day. This is the highest level of cynicism,” he wrote at Telegram.

According to it, the Russian army attacked its nation with 1,180 drones and 1,360 -controlled aviation bombs inside every week. Last evening alone, 165 drones in opposition to Kiev, Charkiw, Tscherkassy and Mykolajiw began. Since morning, the areas of Donetsk and Sumy have been attacked with heavy aviation bombs from the plane.

Ukraine remains to be prepared for a ceasefire, however this could not solely apply to the Russian festive days, emphasised Selenskyj. On May 9, Russia celebrated the day of victory over Nazi Germany 80 years in the past. Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin had organized a 3 -day ceasefire across the date that’s celebrated in Moscow with a army parade. Kyiv, then again, calls for that the weapons ought to be silent for not less than 30 days.

According to native Russian authorities, the Ukrainian military attacked an electronics manufacturing unit within the West Russian border area of Brjansk. Large components of the ability within the village of Susemka have been destroyed akin to manufacturing halls and the administration constructing, says regional governor Alexander Bogomas. There had been no victims.

According to the Telegram Canal Mash, which is near Russian safety companies, digital components akin to transformers had been produced within the manufacturing unit. The work was shot at with a rocket system of the grade developed within the former Soviet Union. Ukraine repeatedly assaults industrial vegetation in Russia, that are additionally supposed to provide materials for the Russian invasion troops.

According to his personal phrases, Russian President Vladimir Putin sees no cause for using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. So far there was no want to make use of these weapons, and he hoped that this may not be the case, Putin says in a piece of an interview on Russian state tv printed upfront on the quick message service Telegram. Russia has the power and the technique of bringing the battle in Ukraine to a “logical conclusion” with the outcome required by it, Putin replies to a query.

China’s President Xi Jinping will journey to Moscow from May seventh to tenth. This was introduced by the State Chinese information company Xihua and the Kremlin. There he would participate within the celebrations for victory over Nazi Germany 80 years in the past.

According to the Kremlin, XI is welcomed by the Russian President Vladimir Putin to advise on the event of bilateral relationships between the 2 states. According to the data, the signing of a number of agreements can be deliberate.

According to Kiev, Russia attacked 165 drones at evening. The air protection shot 69 drones from this, the Ukrainian Air Force introduced. 80 drones have disappeared from the radar as a result of they had been most likely intercepted by digital interference measures or that they had been drones with out explosive heads that Russia used to distract air protection.

From the Russian aspect it was mentioned that 13 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted. The Ministry of Defense in Moscow introduced that they had been destroyed by the Russian border areas of Rostow, Belgorod and Brjansk.

According to the native authorities, an individual was violated in a drone assault within the Central Lucrainian area of Tscherkassy. There, too, there have been fires in residential buildings and civil infrastructure.

According to the authorities, not less than eleven individuals had been injured in a Russian drone assault on the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Among them are two youngsters, the pinnacle of the Kiev army administration, Timur Tkatschenko. Several residential buildings and vehicles have caught hearth because of falling rubble.

According to the boss of the army administration, two younger individuals aged 14 and 17 had been injured within the drone assault on Kiev. The Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported 4 individuals up to now on the evening who had used medical assist. They had been handled on web site.

According to Ukrainian authorities, a number of residential buildings had been broken in a Russian drone assault on Kyiv. Falls in residential buildings within the districts of Obolonskyi and Swjatoschynskyi triggered falling particles, Timur Tkachenko, head of the Kiev army administration, wrote on social media.

The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj accuses Russia of not striving for ceasefire in opposition to his nation within the battle. “At the moment nobody sees such a willingness of Russia,” he mentioned in his night video handle. On the opposite, the nation’s inside rhetoric is turning into more and more energetic. “Without pressure on Moscow, Russia will continue to wage war,” emphasised Selenskyj. Therefore, international sanctions in opposition to Russian power may actually assist Russian banks create peace.

Selenskyj emphasised that Ukraine was prepared to maneuver in direction of a ceasefire any longer when Russia was prepared for consideration: a everlasting ceasefire of not less than 30 days. “This is an appropriate time frame to prepare the next steps. Russia has to end the war – its attacks and its fire.”

According to Ukrainian data, Russia assaults Kyiv. The air protection items are busy keeping off the assault on the capital, the Ukrainian army and authorities official mentioned. “Stay in the shelters!” Writes Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Telegram.