Putin 'running scared' with pared back V-Day parade plans
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 8 May 2026
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Summary
Day 1,534.
Today, as President Zelensky said he "doesn't recommend" that foreign representatives attend tomorrow’s May Day parade in Moscow, we report on the Kremlin’s cool and measured response to the threat of Ukrainian strikes, with Russian State Duma deputies threatening the use of Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missiles against Kyiv whilst, for reasons known only to them, warning that these statements are Russia’s “last warning to Brussels”. And, as the Azov Corps say they have returned to occupied Mariupol - albeit using strike drones - somewhat fittingly we have our regular update of resistance activity in the occupied areas.
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CONTENT REFERENCED:
Will Ukrainian drones spoil Putin’s Victory Day parade? (The Spectator)
https://spectator.com/article/will-ukrainian-drones-spoil-putins-victory-day-parade/
Rosenberg: Russia's Victory Day parade with no tanks a sign Ukraine war not going to plan (BBC)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2gj2jlr8o
Is Frustration With Armenia’s Pashinyan Enough to Bring the Pro-Russia Opposition to Power? (Carnegie Endowment)
'They are stealing the election': How Armenia became the next Russia-EU battlefield
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260419-stealing-election-how-armenia-became-next-russia-eu-battlefield
EU prepares for ‘potential’ talks with Vladimir Putin, says official (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b093dae1-939b-47b4-96e4-40f212e87430?shareType=nongift&syn-25a6b1a6=1
Ukraine war 'led me to surrogacy' to earn money but a new law could end those plans (BBC)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyp4kp687go
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Domnickles and this is Ukraine the latest. |
| 0:12.0 | Today, as President Zelensky says he doesn't recommend that foreign representatives attend tomorrow's Mayday parade in Moscow, |
| 0:19.0 | we report on the Kremlin's cool and measured response |
| 0:22.1 | to the threat of Ukrainian strikes, with Russian state Duma deputies threatening the use of |
| 0:26.9 | Ereschenic intermediate-range ballistic missiles against Kiev, whilst for reasons known only to them, |
| 0:32.1 | warning that these statements are Russia's last warning to Brussels. |
| 0:36.9 | And as the Azov Corps say they have returned to occupied Mariupol, albeit using strike drones, |
| 0:42.4 | somewhat fittingly we have our regular update of resistance activity in the occupied areas. |
| 0:47.8 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:57.6 | The Russian does not want peace. |
| 0:59.4 | First, we're fighting with our help for the Ukraine, |
| 1:02.9 | also our freedom and our European values. |
| 1:08.1 | If I'm president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. |
| 1:12.0 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 1:17.0 | We can't, as European, let's be gained the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 1:21.6 | Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. Where Ukraine is. |
| 1:27.7 | It's Friday, the 8th of May, four years and 73 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:33.2 | And today I'm joined by my co-host, Adley Pochman-Ponte, and Dr. J. McGlynn of King's College London. |
| 1:39.7 | There is confusion today about whether Moscow has imposed and recognized a unilateral |
| 1:45.1 | ceasefire. The Russian Defence Ministry said yesterday a ceasefire would be in place from |
| 1:50.2 | 0.000 AM on May the 8th, i.e. first thing Friday morning, through to May the 10th. During this period, |
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