Live – War in Ukraine: Russia says it has foiled a drone attack targeting Moscow

Lithuania will spend 1.1 billion euros to strengthen the protection of its border with Russia and Belarus, in particular with anti -tank mines, the Ministry of Defense said on Monday. This new financial effort, spread over 10 years, will allow Vilnius to “block and slow down hostile states”, he said in a statement.

In January, Lithuania had announced its intention to devote five to six percent of its GDP each year to its military expenses between 2026 and 2030. At the same time, the ministry specifies that “intensive work” are underway to determine how to “ensure the integrity of the Baltic Defense line”.

Ukrainian drone attacks caused three civilians in the Russian region of Koursk, its acting governor said Alexandre Khinsteïn. After months of fighting, Russia claimed to have completely released this region at the end of April. Volodymyr Zelensky assured that Ukrainian troops were pursuing operations there.

Two employees of an agricultural company were killed this morning in a drone attack on a car near the village of Chtchegoliok, wrote Alexandre Khinsteïn on Telegram. A 53 -year -old man died in a similar attack on “a civil car” in the village of Zvannoia, according to the same source.

Russian journalist and film critic Ekaterina Barabach was exfiltrated from her country to France by Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF). She risked up to ten years in prison for denouncing the offensive of Russia led to her Ukrainian neighbor. Our article to find out more …

The outgoing German Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius, known for his flawless support in Ukraine against Russia, will remain at his post in the new government which will be inducted on Tuesday, has just announced his social democratic party. In particular, he will be responsible for supervising a vast unprecedented rearmament program of Germany of several hundred billions of euros in the face of the Russian threat, and to make the country more independent of the United States.

Yesterday, Volodymyr Zelensky said that he did not “believe” that Russia would respect a three -day truce during the celebrations of the victory day – on Nazi – Moscow Germany. “This is not the first challenge, nor the first promises made by Russia of ceasefire. We know who we are dealing with, we do not believe them,” said the Ukrainian president at a joint press conference with Czech President Petr Pavel, during a trip to Prague.

Vladimir Putin proposed a three -day truce that coincide with the Russian commemorations of May 9 in order to, according to him, test the arrangement of kyiv to make peace. The Russian president had already declared a short ceasefire during the Pascal weekend in April, which had led to a drop in fighting without being fully respected by the two camps.

During the night, Russia claimed to have thwarted an attack by Ukrainian drones that were aiming for Moscow. The mayor, Sergei Sobianinen, said on Telegram that the air defense had “pushed an attack from four flying drones towards Moscow” without doing neither “damage nor victims”.

This is not the first time that the Russian capital has been the target of Ukrainian operations of this type, even if these remain rare. This raid occurs a few days before the Military Parade of May 9 on the Red Square, which must assist Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva and other partners and allies of Moscow.

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