Ukrainian drones struck the Yaroslavl refinery again overnight, according to DniproOsint analysis and satellite imagery. At least the AVT-3 unit was hit, and a fire broke out at the site after the attack.
❗️Zelensky visited the front on the Oleksandrivka axis, accompanied by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and Deputy Head of the President’s Office Pavlo Palisa.
Ukraine’s 77th Airmobile Brigade destroyed a Russian field ammunition depot near Berestove on the Kupyansk axis. After reconnaissance detected the site, FPV drone operators struck the depot and destroyed the ammunition stockpile.
A MiG-29 pilot from the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade used an R-73 missile against a Russian aerial target.
❗️Zelensky says NSDC Secretary Rustem Umerov reported on substantive meetings in the US, with Kyiv coordinating a schedule of needed visits and expecting representatives of the US president in Kyiv around late spring to early summer to intensify diplomacy.
❗️Russia will broadcast the May 9 Red Square military parade with a time delay, several Channel One sources report. The move follows reports that Western media were stripped of accreditation, leaving only Russian outlets at the event.
❗️Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi says Russia plans to produce 7.3 million FPV drones and 7.8 million UAV warheads in 2026, while urgently deploying 4 regiments, 24 battalions and 162 batteries to counter Ukrainian strike drones and reinforce air defenses around Moscow and Krasnodar.
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A Ukrainian long-range drone struck an FSB building in Znamenskoye, Chechnya.
Russian troops exchanged fire in Kursk region, according to a radio intercept by Ukraine’s 71st Air Assault Brigade. Soldiers from the 30th Regiment and 810th Marine Brigade used small arms while dividing up a food depot.
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov claimed many in Europe are calling to repeat the experience of Hitler and preparing another attack on Russia. He said the openly declared goal is to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces confirmed a May 8 strike on the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl, one of northern Russia’s largest. The plant processes up to 15 million tons of oil a year and produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other oil products.
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❗️The Kremlin revoked previously issued accreditation for foreign journalists covering the Victory Parade, Der Spiegel reports. Outlets denied access include Der Spiegel, ARD, ZDF, Sky, Rai, NHK and AFP, with only Russian media now allowed to cover the event.