The BBC’s Russia editor reports from Moscow, where the annual Victory Day display was quieter than usual.

Kikuo Hatakeyama, 72, has served as the mayor of Hachirogata in north-east Japan since 2008, but fell ill in February.

In the Novhorod-Siverskyi district of the Chernihiv region, a Russian drone attack on an agricultural enterprise killed a 70-year-old man and his 49-year-old son.

Over the past day, May 8, a total of 245 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded along the frontline.

Abbas Araghchi says the US attacks each time there is a diplomatic solution on the table.

Ukraine’s air defense forces neutralized 34 out of 43 drones launched by Russian forces in attacks beginning in the evening of Friday, May 8.

On Saturday, May 9, Ukraine is celebrating Europe Day together with the countries of the European Union.

Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces have reported the presence of Russia’s 90th Tank Division in Pokrovsk.

The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, through May 8, 2026, amount to approximately 1,340,270 personnel, including 1,080 killed or wounded over the past day.

Law enforcement officers in Ukraine’s Ternopil region have uncovered a scheme involving draft evasion and the illegal smuggling of men across the state border, allegedly involving a doctor and two accomplices.