Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will travel to Moscow for the May 9 military parade.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed strikes on the Bryansk Chemical Plant, the Ya.M. Sverdlov Plant in Dzerzhinsk, and the "Kedrovka" arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) of the Russian Defense Ministry in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region.

Greek media say the drone, which reportedly had explosives, could be either Ukrainian or linked to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russian forces carried out several FPV drone attacks on Nikopol district in Dnipropetrovsk region during the day, damaging civilian buildings.

Thousands of people have taken part in the Palestine Marathon, which returns to Bethlehem after a two-year pause over the Gaza War.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck an oil refinery and a drone storage warehouse inside Russia overnight on May 8, as well as the "Luhanska" oil depot and air defense facilities in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.

Russia’s army has intensified operations across virtually the entire front and is regrouping forces. In particular, the enemy has concentrated around 106,000 troops in the Pokrovsk direction.

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency carried out another inspection of substations critical to nuclear safety.

On Friday, May 8, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a strong protest to a summoned representative of the Russian Embassy over threats directed at the diplomatic missions of Lithuania and other countries in Kyiv.

An international air body suggests wider acceptance of US-grade jet fuel could help to head off any supply problems.