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2025-05-10 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 9, 2025
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondence] 22.57 Russia "supports" the idea of ​​a 30-day truce between Ukraine and the Russian Federation, but it is allegedly necessary to "take into account certain nuances in order to reach an agreement." This was stated by Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov, according to the Russian propaganda news agency RIA Novosti.

22.25 The United States Embassy in Kiev reported on Friday, May 9, "specific information" about a possible serious air attack on Ukraine in the near future. This is stated in a statement on the website of the US Embassy in Ukraine.

21.59 US President Donald Trump hopes that the Russian Federation and Ukraine will agree to a 30-day ceasefire. This was stated by White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt at a briefing.

21.48 Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on the phone. The main topic of discussion was the ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. Yermak reported this on his Telegram channel.

18:43 Journalist from Zhitomir, officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Bohdan Lysenko died in the Zaporizhzhya direction of the front. This was reported by the Institute of Mass Information with reference to the journalist's son Anton Lysenko.

18:33 Another nine children have been returned to government-controlled territory of Ukraine, said Daria Zarovna, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office.

Zarovna said that among those who were brought back was 14-year-old Dmitry, whose house was next to a Russian firing position and whose family lived under the constant sounds of gunfire.

"At school, the young man was forced to sing war songs and throw grenades, and some of his classmates were sent to military camps where they were trained by Wagnerites," she added.

They also returned Ekaterina, whose mother was forced to obtain a Russian passport, otherwise she would have been denied medical care during a difficult birth.

Another boy, 9-year-old Stas, despite threats and persecution from teachers and the FSB, refused to sing the Russian anthem and participate in militarized events.

18.21 A meeting of the leaders of the "coalition of the determined" countries will take place in Ukraine. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky. French President Emmanuel Macron also confirmed that a meeting of the "coalition of the determined" will take place, which will be held partly virtually and partly in person.

18.00 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes that a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine is possible in the next two days. This was reported by Bild.

17.27 The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv sent two citizens suspected of working for Hungarian intelligence to pretrial detention. This was reported by Suspilne.

17:00 The Security Service and the National Police have eliminated six new schemes for evading mobilization in different regions of Ukraine. Thirteen dealers who sold fake medical certificates to evaders or helped them escape abroad have been detained. The cost of such "services" was 20 thousand dollars.

16.33 Mass events are banned in Chernihiv on May 9, 10 and 11. This was reported by the head of the city military administration, Dmitry Brizhinsky. He also called on residents not to ignore air raid sirens and avoid mass gatherings.

16.10 EU countries have already committed to providing Ukraine with at least 1.35 million artillery shells by the end of 2025. This was announced by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha following a meeting in Lviv. According to him, work to increase this quantity is ongoing.

15.30 In Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, emergency rescue and search operations have been completed at the site of a partially destroyed nine-story building damaged as a result of a Russian airstrike on May 7.

402 tons of destroyed structures were dismantled. Emergency workers removed a woman's body from under the rubble.

14:50 A meeting of the EU foreign ministers on the creation of a special tribunal for the Russian Federation for crimes against Ukraine was held in Lviv. The coalition gave political approval to the creation of a special tribunal, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reported .

14.22 President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to representatives of partner countries to create a tribunal for the crime of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Vladimir Putin started a full-scale war against Ukraine because he escaped punishment for previous wars. This can no longer be allowed, the president noted.

14.15 In Belgorod, a strike drone hit the regional government building. Deputy Governor of the Belgorod Region Alexander Lorenz, who was near the epicenter at the time of the explosion, was injured. He was diagnosed with a concussion and acubar trauma. A Rosgvardia employee was also injured in the attack.

13.52 Russian troops dropped guided aerial bombs on Sumy Oblast, killing a woman. This was reported by the Sumy Oblast Prosecutor's Office. It is noted that on the evening of May 8, the enemy dropped, according to preliminary data, 8 guided aerial bombs on the Rechkovskaya community of Sumy District. Only in the morning of May 9, the body of a 63-year-old woman with no signs of life was found on the territory of one of the households. A criminal case has been opened.

13.13 A 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine will be a test for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's readiness to negotiate a lasting peace. This was stated by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. If the Russians do not agree to a 30-day truce, then Western allies will not hesitate to increase sanctions pressure, he warned.

12.22 Delegations from 35 countries and the Council of Europe arrived in Lviv on Friday. This was reported by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. A meeting of EU foreign ministers and a meeting of the Core Group on the creation of a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine will take place.

11.16 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that his country is introducing the largest package of sanctions against Russia ever.

10.24 Russia is producing munitions at an extraordinary rate – more than 1,400 Iskander ballistic missiles a year, as well as 500 Kh-101 cruise missiles a year, The Economist reports, citing Ukraine’s assessment and a report by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.

9:50 For the first time in the history of Ukraine, the Security Service has exposed a network of agents of the Hungarian military intelligence, which carried out espionage activities to the detriment of our state.

The organization's task was to collect information on the military security of the Zakarpattia region, search for vulnerabilities in the land and air defense of the region, and study the socio-political views of local residents: in particular, scenarios of their behavior if Hungarian troops enter the region.

As a result of complex measures in Zakarpattia, the SBU detained two agents from the network of the Hungarian special service. The curator of both defendants was a career employee of the Hungarian military intelligence, whose identity has already been identified.

8.52 Over the past 24 hours, 193 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, with the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelling most of the Russian assaults in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported on May 9 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is noted that aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 16 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment of the Russian invaders, two command posts, five artillery weapons, a military supply warehouse and four other important Russian facilities.

8.22 Troops attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery. As a result of the shelling, one person was injured, a fire started and residential buildings were damaged. This was reported by the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. According to him, the invaders fired at the district center, Pokrovsk, Krasnogrigorevsk, Mirovsk and Marganets communities. An 83-year-old man was injured. He is undergoing outpatient treatment. A garage and an outbuilding caught fire. Rescuers tamed the fire.

7.51 Ukrainian military destroyed 1,300 Russian invaders in one day, as well as 4 tanks, 36 artillery systems, MLRS and air defense systems of the enemy. This was reported on May 9 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

7.22 Fighters of the border unit of unmanned aerial systems Phoenix, using drones, destroyed military equipment of the Russians in the eastern direction. This was reported by the operational-strategic group of forces Khortytsia, which published a video filmed by border guards. We are talking about a tank, an MSTA-B cannon and a dozen trucks of the occupiers.

02.58 Georgian volunteer Tarbey (Tabo) Arkania died in the battles near Pokrovsk. He is a refugee from Abkhazia. He lived in Ukraine, was a national and European champion in taekwondo. He is survived by his wife and two small children.

01.11 The 10% decrease in the number of mobilized in December-January is explained by the Christmas and New Year holidays. After that, the mobilization figures returned "to a certain level." This was stated by the head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, Oleksandr Zavitnevich.

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